Meet the Teacher

 

10 Fun Facts about Mrs. Goldsby

1.  I am finishing up my 5th year as a teacher!  I taught for 2 years in the Jackson-Madison County Schools system.  In those 2 years, I taught 6th grade and 1st grade.  I am currently teaching in the Crockett County School System.  I have taught in a computer lab at the middle school as well as in the Adult Education program for 2 years.  I am finishing up my 1st year full time at the middle school teaching 6th grade Science and Social Studies!

2.  I spent 3 AMAZING summers on summer staff at a summer camp known as Lakeshore!  I learned SO many life lessons and made some best friends during my summers!  I still volunteer each summer to lead 2 different week-long camps as well as serve on the Summer Staff Interview Team!
 

3.  I met my husband (the cute guy in the picture) at Lakeshore while he was on Summer Staff and I was a Sr. High camper (scandalous I know!).  We have been married for 4 1/2 years (5 in November) and I couldn't be happier!  He is an EMT in Jackson and the fur baby in the picture is Darla! 

4.  Growing up, I always knew I wanted to be a teacher!  Like-for always wanted to be a teacher!  Teaching is HARD work!  There are some days that I go home and just want to go to bed because I am exhausted and there are other days that I get so excited about what happened that day that I could just tell everyone!  Teaching definitely has it's ups and downs but that's what makes is such a unique profession!

5.  I graduated from (the former) Lambuth University in 2009-in 4 years, with no summer classes!  I only applied to go to Lambuth and absolutely cherish my time spent there! 

 I JUST graduated from The Univeristy of Tennessee at Martin (May 3rd!!!) with my Masters degree in Education with a concentration in Special Education PreK-12.  I don't want to say that I am done with school forever because the thought has still crossed my mind to go back--throughout under grad I always said that I wanted to get my Reading Specialist Degree...so that's a possibility.  I also won't squash the idea of a Doctorate...but for now I'm good!

6.  Drew and I bought our 1st home just over a year ago!  The situation was not pretty and the process was VERY rushed (started looking on Thursday, offer accepted on Tuesday) but I couldn't be happier with our home and I can't wait to create more memories!  P.S. my parents are building a house in Jackson and will be moving from Memphis this summer!

7.  I LOVE certain T.V. shows...call me a dork if you want, but some of my favorite shows are Big Brother, Survivor, Amazing Race, Dance Moms, The Little Couple, The Duggars, and several more...I also LOVE crime-drama shows like Law and Order: SVU, Castle, Bones, NCIS, etc...Let's just saw that our DVRs are always recording something...

8.  I honestly WANT to learn to LOVE to run...Growing up I have always struggled with knee problems but I WANT to be one of those people who goes for runs in the morning before work or in the afternoon before dinner...I have a goal of doing a Disney Marathon (eventually) but I haven't done very well...but my intentions are there...does that count?

9. My husband and I went to Disney for our honeymoon and I want to go back SOOO bad!  I told Drew that I would love to go back before we have kids...but I don't know if that will happen!  If not, we will definitely be one of the families that starts saving for Disney trips before the kids are born!!
 

10.  I love to be crafty!  I love to scrapbook, paint, etc...Pinterest is DANGEROUS!!!! I just hope that with the new found freedom that I have since graduating with my Masters I will be able to dive deeper in to my craft room that I have established upstairs! :)