Grace D'Antuono

Welcome to my digital portfolio! I’ve curated this site to document my journey with San Diego Teacher Residency and my venture to become a teacher over the course of the past year. In this time, I’ve found myself asking a lot of questions:

 

How did I get here? - stumbling off of my skateboard and into the grass, on day eleven of learning a new skill in just under three weeks, encouraged by my new students to tackle the art of skateboarding for our classroom challenge.

 

So, is this project-based learning? - sprawling on the classroom rug with a helium balloon inflator, while giving directions to students about ribbon length and where to find tape on the morning of our first exhibition. 

 

What type of educator do I aspire to be? - sitting outside of a café, in front of an empty document with a flashing cursor titled “Draft Teaching Philosophy I,” course readings and classroom experiences spinning in my mind.  

 

In this portfolio, you will find some of the answers to these questions: my aspirations for this role, my current musings on education, and the work of my students from past projects. But even here, I find myself again asking: how did I get here? 

 

I think of the grace and humor gifted to me by fifty-four incredible thirteen and fourteen year olds, growth fostered by the most encouraging cooperating teacher, and support from one very special school community. It is with the sincerest gratitude I reflect on this year of learning and look towards all that is to come.