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    My name is Carissa (Dembinski) Jordan and I am a student at Columbus State Community College where I am enrolled in the early education program. I am currently working towards earning my associates degree then plan on slowly but surely getting my bachelors in early education. I was recently married at the end of September to my lovely husband. We have two golden retrievers together and plan to build our family after I finish my associates. At the moment, my hobbies include reading (I prefer fiction), listening to podcasts, mostly those of true crime nature, babysitting outside of work, cooking, and lots of cleaning. Most of my time is spent with my preschoolers as I have worked in preschool for over a year now and worked with toddlers before that. I am currently 23 years old and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for me in my career in education. 

    I have always had a passion for working with young children. From a very young age I began babysitting and even volunteered in an after school program when I was a freshman in high school. There I assisted elementary and middle school students with their homework and kept them entertained until their parents got off work. Not long after graduating high school I began working at a childcare center called Barrington. There, I was the assistant teacher in the older toddler classroom for a year then promoted to the lead teacher role. I learned a lot during this time, especially the value of teaching emotional regulation and being a safe space for those young children as they navigate their big emotions. I currently work as a teacher in the preschool age classroom at Kiddie Acadeny of Dublin. I love working with this age group because I still get to help them learn emotional regulation but I also get to watch them learn and improve on things like writing, math concepts, science, and art. Some of my favorite times are those spent with my students in our classroom. 

    The main reason I enjoy working with children is because they give me a fresh insight on things and keep me on my toes. I am constantly having to adjust to their current interest which has forced me to become very flexible with my work. I also love getting to see the world through their eyes. Children have such a positive outlook on things which is so refreshing. Hearing the excitement in their voice over the littlest things has the power to turn the worst days into the best. Lastly, I love getting to form close connections with each of my students and I hope I leave a positive impact on their lives like some of my teachers did for me. After I earn my associates I plan on continuing to work in preschool as I work on getting my bachelors. Once I finish that, my hope is to begin teaching in K-3 grades and continue to not only teach my students how to add, subtract, read, and write, but also how to be a good, kind human in this world. 

                                            

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