Robin Cave

Background

About Robin Cave

I have worked with children, adolescents, and their families in one capacity or another for my entire career as a Preschool/Pre-K teacher, PE teacher, SPED aide, summer camp director/instructor, assistant counselor, and volunteer in several different programs. Although much of my college career was focused on social sciences and human growth and development I have a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. I have managed my own business, a YMCA branch, and volunteers in many school related events. I want to find my place on a great team and put my experience to work. Physical education is very important to me. I developed an interest in it when I was introduced to Brain Gym, a method of using physical exercises to help the brain cope with external stimuli. I began using it in my Pre-K classes. After I left preschool I had the opportunity to share the exercises by including several in a warm up routine in my PE classes. I have had the pleasure of teaching for Cumberland Academy, a charter school, for 7 years. As a teacher I would describe my methods as organic and child driven. I have a plan, I have a goal for a lesson, but I am not so rigid that I cannot see that my plan is not what is important. Learning is the important thing. I engage in a dialogue that is honest, respectful, and helpful and children respond to it. I try to create a safe environment. In every position I have held it was important to create this environment so that individuals could feel free to participate without fear of judgment.