Reply To: CSPA Fall 2021: Pre-Enrollment Ice Breaker

[Donna G]

Hi!

My name is Donna; my students call me Professor G.  However, everyone else just calls me Donna.

I chose to take this course because I am always seeking ways to help my students and to improve my teaching and facilitating methods.  I teach English at the Community College of Rhode Island where I have been for the last 12 years; I also facilitate managerial and area-specific classes for Walmart’s Academy where I have been for the past two years. My students come from truly diverse backgrounds.  I learn so much from them already, but I would like to look at differences from an academic viewpoint. 

I hope to gain greater insights into diversity topics in education.  My long-term career goal is to advance at the Academy at some point.  I recently gained promotion from an Academy Team Lead to an Academy Coach, but I hope to go even further in management. I’d love to travel more in my next position.