Angie Bretches is the new English teacher, and she has come back into teaching after a break.
“I would purposely push off interviews,” Bretches said. “I was having stuff come up with Gardner to interview again. I wanted to be back here because the community is so great.”
Your experiences in your early life can have a great impact on you later in life, whether it’s with your career or something else.
“I always grew up around kids because she [Mom] had a home daycare at my house,” Bretches said. “Then I took a program in high school, similar to what we have here, like the educator rising program in Olathe. It’s called ECHO, early childhood career opportunities.”
In some families, there are legacies, like military, a sport, or a career.
“My mom was a preschool teacher,” Bretches said. “My sister is also a teacher, so I just come from a family of teachers.”
People usually choose careers that fit their personality and interests.
“I just really loved being in the classroom,” Bretches said. “I really love planning things, and so the concept of planning units long-term is nice for my brain. I like being able to use my creativity that way to be able to plan lessons and projects and stuff.”
The student is one of the defining factors that make or break a teacher.
“I some of my classes have really we’ve had a lot of fun,” Bretches said. “I keep a notebook of all the funny things that everybody says because it’s fun to go back and laugh at the things that people say in class… and the kids are the reason we do this, you know.”
Many teachers hope to make an impact on their students, and many do in different ways.
“I’m really hoping that I can make an impact in a different way and not just teaching, but, like, with clubs and that sort of thing,” Bretches said.
