Faculty Spotlight: Kimberly Causer

By Evie Fordham

Kimberly Causer is the Elementary Curriculum Assistant at Wake Christian Academy. She started working at the school in 2014 following a thirteen-year career as an accountant.

“After my youngest went to kindergarten, I chose to follow my passion for teaching and went back to school at East Carolina University,” she said, “I’ve now been teaching professionally for six and a half years.”

Mrs. Causer works with students who need additional support in their education plan, such as students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). Most of the kids she assists are in the third through fifth grades.

“I support the teacher’s objectives by pulling students to work individually or in small groups and reteaching concepts in smaller chunks or with different approaches to ensure students are grasping difficult concepts,” she explained.

Mrs. Causer has been married to her husband, Brian, for twenty-one years, and they have three sons, Clayton, Joshua, and Noah. The Causers enrolled their children at Wake Christian in 2013.

“My children grew up in the public school system until we decided to make the move to not only a better education plan, but more importantly one founded in Biblical principles,” she said, “It was an easy choice.”

For Mrs. Causer, getting to know her students is the best part of her job. Finding out “what approaches to learning affect them the most” helps her to help them learn.

“Seeing a student have one of those ‘lightbulb moments’ where it all makes sense and they are able to meet their goals is so thrilling,” she said, “It makes me come to work every day ready to see what awaits me!”