Hello! This is my first post to blogger, EVER, and I am excited because I am going to try this for my AP Literature and Composition class also so this will be great extra practice.
My name is Amber Rutan and I am about to start my fifth year of teaching at Harper Creek High School in Battle Creek, MI. I am also in my 3rd semester of the MATC program. I will be done this upcoming summer and have learned so much with the classes I have taken so far. I am doing a concentration in technology which has been so helpful in my own classroom and it has pushed me to discover new technologies, including blogger. I am taking TE 818 to get me closer to graduation and to get some more insights on teaching.
I have taught at two high schools since I graduated at Western Michigan University in 2009. I did one year at Battle Creek Central and then got my position at Harper Creek and have been there ever since. I teach English and the classes I teach (and love!) are AP Literature and Composition, Creative Writing, and English IV.
I lived and work in Battle Creek (Cereal City USA, and yes, you can smell the cereal cooking throughout downtown), but I moved 20 minutes south to Union City a few years ago when my husband and I bought his grandma's old Victorian home. We have been fixing it up, stripping wallpaper (ughh!), restoring hard wood floors, and painting. We are currently working on two rooms right now, and I am wondering why I started such a big project as school is starting back up!
My husband's name is John and we will be married for two years this October. We have two children, well sort of, I call them my children--a dog named Edgar and a cat named El Diablo or Debers. I will attach pictures, especially of Edgar because he is my dog-child and I talk about him way too much.
When I have time, I like to be lazy, hang out, watch movies, and sail on my Dad's boat. The summers have been pretty crazy these last two years with home repairs and classes, but I have been able to relax on Lake Michigan and watch my DVR here and there.
Edgar
Debers
John and I 