Melissa Wrenchey
Educator in a STEM learning community
Nikola Tesla STEM High School
Milestones
My road in life has taken me all over.
First, I wanted to teach elementary.
Then I wanted to teach high school english.
Then I wanted to teach in a community college.
Then I made more money with mortgage companies and aerospace manufacturers.
Then I worked for a non-profit and loved it!
Then I missed kids so I went back to school.
For the last ten years I have been back in the classroom and this time I have more skills.
Now I am learning more programming.
Education
High School
Career
Educator in a STEM learning community
I facilitate student learning in computer science principles.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Education
Technology
Teaching / Mentoring
Day to Day
We start the day with programming and learning appropriate algorithms to solve problems. We problem solve and get answers through the day. We collaborate a lot within groups and in different classes for specific projects. In other classes students are engineers and find new ways to redo projects and build more accessible items for a wider audience.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for middle school students
Check out lots of resources to build things and program games and above all have fun learning new tools and stretching yourself. Learn skills in working with people and resolving conflict.
Recommended Education
My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Family:
"What are you going to do with a degree in reading literature?"
