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MY NAME IS TAYLOR DALE AND I GRADUATED IN MAY 2018 WITH MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION WITH A SECOND ACADEMIC CONCENTRATION IN DIVERSITY STUDIES. I WILL GRADUATE IN MAY 2019 WITH MY MASTERS IN READING EDUCATION. 

I LOVE EDUCATION WITH ALL MY HEART AND I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF EDUCATORS.

I AM A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN BOTH BUNCOMBE AND WATAUGA COUNTY.

I STUDENT TAUGHT AT HARDIN PARK IN BOONE, NC FOR 10 WEEKS AND THEN COMPLETED MY STUDENT TEACHING IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA. 

I WAS AN AFTER SCHOOL TUTOR AT WESTERN YOUTH NETWORK GRADES 4TH-8TH AND BRADFORD PARK GRADES K-8TH. 

MY HOMETOWN IS ASHEVILLE, NC AND FOR THE PAST SIX SUMMERS I HAVE WORKED AT CAMP ROCKMONT IN BLACK MOUNTAIN. FOR 3 OF THOSE 6 SUMMERS I WAS A CAMP COUNSELOR FOR THE DAY CAMP AGES 5-10 AND MY LAST SUMMER I WAS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

 

FUN FACTS:

• I LOVE TO TRAVEL. I HAVE BEEN TO CANADA FOR THE 2015 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP, MEXICO FOR MISSION TRIPS, COSTA RICA FOR TEACHING, AND NEPAL FOR A VOLUNTEER TRIP.

• I HAVE RUN 4 HALF MARATHONS AND PLAN ON RUNNING MORE!

• I HAVE WANTED TO BE A TEACHER AND GO TO APPALACHIAN STATE SINCE I WAS 11.

• I HAVE HAD 14 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF PETS IN MY LIFE.