Teacher Assistant Spotlight: Christie Taylor

By Evie Fordham

 

AST_9946-1 copyWake Christian Academy feels like “home” to first grade teacher assistant Christie Taylor.

“I have always enjoyed being at Wake Christian,” she said, “After subbing for a while I knew that I wanted to be a permanent part of the Wake Christian family.”

Her favorite parts of her job are “reading to the children, being silly with them, and knowing that they leave first grade learning how to be obedient and a little more independent.”

Mrs. Taylor has a little trick to keep the first graders well-behaved during lunch.

“I have a small stuffed mouse that rides in my apron pocket,” she said, “The kids have to be very careful to use all of their good manners at lunch when eating and when cleaning up so that mouse doesn’t learn any bad manners… They also know that when they are extra obedient in their classrooms, mouse will come and hang out.”

Mrs. Taylor lives in Fuquay Varina with her husband and three daughters, all of whom started at Wake Christian in kindergarten. She enjoys spending time outside as well as crafting.

“[I] have found that I can use this talent here at Wake Christian,” she said.

Before becoming a teacher assistant, Mrs. Taylor taught preschool for eight years.

“The first grade team is a terrific group of ladies,” she said, “I knew that this was the right place for me.”

In the classroom, Mrs. Taylor most emphasizes to the first graders the importance of perseverance.

“It is okay when things are hard,” she said, “That’s how we grow. It’s also okay to fail sometimes. We are not perfect, but it is though our mistakes that we learn and hopefully move on to the next lesson that life has for us.”

 

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