My name is Nicole Stoutner and I teach 4 year old preschool.  

I graduated from UNI in 2001 with a BA in elementary education and a minor in reading and language arts.  I am currently working on my endorsement in early childhood education at Iowa Wesleyan.  


I had always wanted to be a teacher since my first experience in kindergarten.  I loved being in school and learning.  For me it was a hard choice what area of education to go into.  In high school I thought I wanted to teach Spanish because it was my favorite class. Or English because I loved the reading aspect.  But after volunteering to be a Big Sister I knew that elementary was what I wanted to focus on.  


After I graduated from UNI the second grade position opened up and I was so lucky to be hired here.  Then when my children’s daycare provider left to go back to school I decided to have my own inhome daycare.  I had that for ten years and when we decided to move to the country I closed my daycare and started subbing in the schools.  I was approached by Beth McBride about teaching preschool the following fall because there was talk of looping.  It really interested me and I went for it.  


I am married to my husband, Pat, since 2002.  We have two children, Charley and Nora.  We live on a farm and have goats, sheep, a couple cows, and chickens.  We love our quiet corner of the world!


You can reach me at nstoutner@sjknights.org or 319-653-3631 extension 113.