About me

My name is Stephanie Evans, I am a junior at The University of Akron, dual-majoring in Early Childhood Education and Special Education. I an completing my first year here at Akron as I am a transfer student from Ashland University. There, I studied nursing, so I have huge biology and chemistry background. The reason I changed schools is because I had family medical issues and financial issues and my fiance graduated college, so we moved to Akron, close to Cleveland, so he could find a better job. I changed majors because nursing school is memorization-based for so much, which education is application-based, and I love it. I was actually working as a nanny and decided to apply at Akron last minute to see if I could still attend school last fall. It happened to be that I was accepted the day school started to attend school at Akron and I began classes the next day.

 I work at a daycare in Akron as a school-age teacher. I work with second through fourth grade most of the time, but sometimes I have all kindergarten through fourth grade, too. I will be working during the summer, as a full-time teacher, creating my own lesson plans, taking the students on field trips, and participating in a carnival at the daycare.

Last semester, I accomplished something so big. I made the Dean's List with a GPA of 3.925. I was so proud of myself. I think taking a year off school and changing my majors was the best thing I could have done. I was already young for my class, so being able to mature and then attend school has helped me focus on the importance of school, not just getting through it. I try so hard now, do more than just the bare minimum. I set aside time each day to complete homework and do not let myself get behind on assignments.

I have grown so much through this semester, I became a teacher and use the things I learn in class and apply them to my students. The activities that I have to make in my classes, I let my students try them out and tweak them according to my students' needs. For my major project in Educational Technology, I learned how to crochet, Not only did I learn how to crochet, but I took the time to teach my students how to crochet as well. they loved it. I sat down with them and walked them through each step, it was an amazing experience. They were able to help me through my project. My goal is to incorporate my students in my decisions as much as possible because in the end, they are the ones that are going to be affected and changed.