Julia Gallaher:  

Feel like I've done just about everything only to end up back in Coolville and at Federal Hocking. After graduating from OU, I moved to Cincinnati. I taught two years in Ohio, then taught the next 5 years in Northern KY. Of the 7 years in Cincinnati, I taught preschool special ed for 3 years; K-5 special ed for 4. I also completed my Masters Degree at University of Rio Grande as K-12 Intervention Specialist (fun way to fill your summers!). In 2004, I was given the opportunity to come back home to Coolville. I was the Reading Intervention Specialist with the Ohio Reading First Grant (something totally new for me), then I moved into the Literacy Specialist position for the next two years. That put me in the position to provide the professional development for the teachers. It was weird "teaching" some of my previous teachers!!! The grant ran out so I had to move to the high school (which about sent me into a nervous breakdown...I'd always been with the wee little ones) and am in my 2nd year as a High School Intervention Specialist (special ed). I truly enjoy it. Never wanted to teach students older than elementary, but what a pleas...Expand for more