Katherine Marin

Personal background / Significant events / Reasons / Preparing / Resume

Personal background

I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and moved to Gorman, Texas in 1982.  I married in 1982 and my husband and I have 5 children.  Angie is 20 years old and recently married, Emma is 18 and plans to attend college in the fall, Michael is 14 and stays busy with his youth group, Elizabeth is 7 and in the first grade, and Matthew is 2 and with his older sisters and brother is very spoiled.  My family is very important to my husband and I and I love spending time with them.  I attended Ranger College in 1995 and graduated with an Associates of Applied Science degree in Computer Information Systems.  I decided to continue my education and  graduated from Tarleton State University in 1998.   My first teaching job was at  Coleman high school in Coleman Texas.  I drove150 miles round trip for two years.  I enjoyed teaching in Coleman but, the commute was hard and it took me away from my children.  I began teaching at Gorman high school which enabled me to be with my children throughout the day and stay involved with them.  I have been teaching in Gorman for 2 years.

This is a favorite picture of my son Matthew Marin at 9mos. old.  Taken almost 1 year ago.

This picture was taken about 4 years ago.  It's one of my favorites, and I keep it on the mirror of my dresser in my bedroom so I can look at it everyday. 

When my older children were young they loved the Lion King.  I bought them the video and they played it so much that they broke the tape.  I liked this link when I found it.  I would love to take them to see the show on Broadway.  http://disney.go.com/disneytheatrical/lionking/index.html

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Significant personal and technology events in your life

My best friend's mother worked with computers in the early 70's.  She would take my friend and I to her work and let us play computer games.  She would also bring home a computer and attach the receiver end of an old rotary telephone to one end and dial a number to gain access to her work files using the company's Intranet.  She told me that someday this would be a popular way of learning and going to school, and that I should go to college and study computers.  I always felt fortunate having such a good role model at a young age.  

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Reasons for wanting to be a technology applications teacher

I was influenced by my teacher at Ranger College.  She convinced me to go to Tarleton and finish my education.  There were many things that she said and did on a daily basis that encouraged me to continue my education and become a teacher.  I enjoy teaching a subject that my students can use out of school and get jobs right out of high school.  I hope I am able to make an impact on one of my students as my teacher did me.

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Preparing to teach

Whenever I prepare a lesson for the first time I always go over it to anticipate any problems or questions the students may have.  Often I find that I need to make sure students are aware of certain things before they are able to complete an exercise, and if I have already gone through the material it won't surprise me when they begin asking questions.  I also don't have a problem telling a student that I don't have an  answer to a question, but I tell them that I will try to find the answer and get back with them.  I'm also able to tell students when I have been wrong about something.  They appreciate the honesty.

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