Monica+MacEachen

My name is Monica MacEachen. I completed my Bachelor's Degree in Education in May of 1999 from the College of Santa Fe. I am a licensed K-8 level II teacher with an endorsement in social studies My first teaching job was first grade at Bluewater Elementary for the Grants- Cibola County Schools. Currently, I am a second grade teacher at Rio Grande Elementary in Belen. I have been with Belen Consolidated Schools for the past 12 years. I taught kindergarten for six years, first grade for one year and am starting my fourth year in second grade. I also taught two summers of remedial reading and math at Belen Middle School for seventh and eighth grade students.

Most of my teaching experience has been at the primary level; therefore, I have extensive knowledge in teaching the core subjects of reading,writing and arithmetic, but especially reading. I feel confident that I have a strong sense of what is developmentally appropriate for students from age four to nine years old.

There are so many "burning issues" in education anymore, I wouldn't know where to begin researching any one topic, however, one issue that that I would find interseting to investigate, especially for the majority of the population in New Mexico, is the affect of poverty on student success. Although I think it would be incredibly insightful for me, a classroom teacher, it would probably be sad and depressing too.

My personal interest include walking, going to jazzercise, seeing a good movie, reading Nicholas Sparks books and spending time not only with my husband and my kids, but also my parents and brothers and sisters.