Chad+Sitts

Education: I guess I would have to say that I have wanted to be a teacher since my senior year of high school. From there I attended college and majored in Elementary Education. I have been a teacher now for 5 years. I first started out teaching in an inner city school district. I did that for two years and then we moved to our current house located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. I currently teach in a very small rural school district in the Adirondack Mountains. I teach fourth grade and currently have 6 students in my class this year. I has been very interesting going from an inner city district to where I am now. I also coach soccer and basketball at my school for grades 4-6. The thing I love the most about teaching is helping a struggling student with a concept and then watching the proverbial "light bulb" turn on when they finally understand or figure something out.

Technology has always been a fascination of mine, which is one of the reasons I decided to enroll in this masters program. The other reason is that the school district that I currently teach in is a heavy believer in integrating technology into the classroom. Last year I was placed on the technology committee for my school district. I am hoping that this program gives me a lot of new ideas to incorporate into my school district.

As for myself, I am 29 years old. I have been married for 4 years. My wife is also an educator, and teaches high school business to grades 9-12. Over this past summer we had our first baby. She is the light of our lives. Her name is Natalie Marie. Sometimes I find myself thinking about what classrooms will look like when she starts school with all this available technology.

There are a few different ways that I can be reached. You can send me an email to either my walden account chad.sitts@waldenu.edu or my teacher email at csitts@edinburgcs.org. You can also reach me on my cell after 4pm at 315-529-8285.