My name is Nicole Stoutner and I am teaching kindergarten this 2020-2021 school year. In Fall 2021 I will teach 4 year old preschool. I am part of the looping program between 4 year old preschool and kindergarten.
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!
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