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Homeroom® Teacher’s Blog is pleased to introduce you to Franki, our new contributing blogger.
In her own words:

“My name is Francesca Hutchins-Huff, Franki to my friends. I didn’t grow up with the desire to be a teacher. In a way, it happened by default. In my previous professional life I was a consultant for Texaco Refinery, teaching interpersonal skills to a diverse, international group of people. During a period of down-sizing, I went from there to working with the senior population, assisting them in understanding their medical benefits under the latest Medicare system, advising on living trusts, and most importantly, how to take their medical care into their own hands. Although this job was rewarding, there was no room for advancement. At the time I decided I would take some classes until something better came along. It did. I just didn’t know it at the time. I decided that I wanted to work with children. I took a leap of faith and I didn’t look back. 

For the past 4 years I have been teaching 1st and 3rd grades as well as middle school in Long Beach, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada.  Since I began teaching, I got married, relocated to Ohio, and became a step-mom. Learning how to be a mother has been its own rewarding challenge. When I moved I also became a private tutor. Although classroom teaching and tutoring may seem very different, I could not say one has been more rewarding than the other, they are just different. Each day that I work in education I learn as much, if not more, from my students as they learn from me. The experience and the knowledge I gain from life, teaching and my interactions with others inside the classroom or out are an invaluable gift to me. As my grandfather used to say “If you don’t learn something new every day of your life, you might as well cash in your chips and go home because you just wasted a day.” That is my motto exactly.

I look forward to sharing my thoughts, insights and experiences in teaching and I look forward to hearing from you”

Great Gifts for Teachers