Education and Experience My name is Whitney Ann Watson and I am currently a junior at the University of Utah and working towards getting my degree in elementary education and also getting my teaching license. I graduated with honors from Murray High School in 2010 and since then graduated Suma Cum Laude from Snow College with an associates of science. I am now entering my final year and will be student teaching in Fall of 2014. I have been volunteering in elementary schools since my senior year of high school and really enjoy being not only with children but also in a learning environment. I have worked with both first and fourth graders for the past three years in three different elementary schools: Grant Elementary (Murray, Utah), Ephraim Elementary (Ephraim, Utah), and Midvale Elementary (Midvale, Utah), Washington Elementary (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Lincoln Elementary (Salt Lake City, Utah). This past summer I recently returned home from teaching English as a second language in Mexico. I volunteered at a small community after school program where I enjoyed teaching students ages 3-14. I specialized in the students ages 7-10, specifically teaching literacy and academic English. I really enjoyed living in Mexico and loved the Mexican culture.
Personal Life I was born and raised in Murray, Utah by two wonderful parents Bryan and Ann Peterson. I am the eldest of four girls, which has been the one of the greatest joys and adventures of my life! I am very passionate about literature and I love to read more than anything else. My mother has been reading to me since I was a child and I have been in love with it ever since. I have a particular love for children's literature, which is what I choose to read most of the time. I particularly love all of Jane Austen's works and I am an avid Harry Potter fan. I also very much enjoy dancing, particularly partner dancing. I love country swing and line dancing especially with my husband. Other things I enjoy doing in my free time include spending time out doors, leisure biking, and spending time with my husband.