My name is Ann Strunk. I am a teacher certified in business education and am employed by the Klamath County School District. I am currently working with Southern Oregon ESD as a Career Technical Education specialist. In this position, I assist high school vocational teachers in maintaining their programs to state and national Perkins grant standards. So there is a lot of paperworks and training and interpretation of law all of which I need to pass on to the high school teachers (who will be my students).

My roster includes 14 agriculture teachers, 6 business and marketing teachers, 7 industrial tech teachers, 2 culinary arts teachers, and one health occupations teacher. I will teach a range of topics such as: how to integrate math and literacy into their programs, how to use data for program decision making, and how to update programs to industry standards. I am currently participating in the Oregon Mentor Program and will possibly be incorporating those elements into my course as well.

I hope that through an e-learning course I can connect and communicate with my teachers/students in a manner that doesn't pull them out of the classroom. I have been in their shoes and know that preparing lessons for the substitute teacher is time-consuming and many times not much is accomplished. Some of my students live 1 1/2 to 2 hours away and with the server Klamath Falls winters driving to a workshop or class with me is not safe or practical. In the past I have taught alternaive ed and business education. The e-learning holds wonderful possibilities should my career take me back to those areas.

On personal note, I still think of myself as a newlywed (three years). My husband and I have fours sons scattered around the state (Portland, Eugene, Bend and Klamath Falls) and we spend time with them. We have three Jack Russell terrriers - yes, three - so never a dull moment around this house.