A quote about me...

My principal says,
"Melissa is a highly valued member of our faculty and coaching staff. In the classroom, Melissa is flexible in assignment, professional in approach to teaching and creates a meaningful learning culture in any class she teaches. Melissa uses a wide variety of instructional strategies and her highly professional approach is reflected in how she transitions quality teacher preparation to practical teaching strategies. Students are highly engaged in Melissa's class."

Introduction:
​About Me, Melissa Bechtold

I currently teach Algebra 1 to freshman and AP Macroeconomics to seniors at West Valley High School in Hemet, California. I am also the head cheer coach.
I received my teaching credential from California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM) in the area of secondary mathematics with supplementary authorizations to teach Economics and Government. 

I graduated from University of California, San Diego in 2008 with a degree in Economics and a minor in political science. I went on to become a restaurant manager for California Pizza Kitchen where I still work now. I have always enjoyed teaching people things through either training or tutoring which is what made me realize that I wanted to be a teacher. I have been learning a lot through my coursework at CSUSM and by doing my clinical practice, or student teaching, at Temecula Valley High School in Geometry and AVID and at Vista Murrieta High School in Algebra II.

I am married to an amazing man and we have a crazy dog. We love to travel and stay active by hiking, snowboarding, running, or anything else to enjoy the California sun!

One of the reasons I like to teach is because I get to have fun experiences like this: 

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A list of feeds from some peers in my credential program on Twitter:

Tweets from https://twitter.com/jheil65/csusmedu14

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