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Hi all! My name is Jacqueline Lautato, better known to my little ones as Miss Jackie. I currently attend Rowan University as a full time student. I am majoring in Early Childhood Education with a coordinate major in Writing Arts. I will also be recieving a degree for Teacher of the Handicapped. In the Spring I will venture into my last semester at Rowan which will strictly consist of student teaching. I will be student teaching preschool at Winslow Township School #2. I am slightly nervous but, this is what I have been looking forward to the past four years here. My plan is to jump right into my Master's Degree in Special Education after I graduate in the Spring.



Ideally, I would eventually like to have my own Autistic preschool classroom. I have worked at Atlantic County Special Service School District for three years now. During my time spent there I have realized that teaching Autistic children is not only what I want to do but, also what I was meant to do. Every teacher goes into their career hoping to make a change in the lives of their students and that is exactly what I want to do. I know that the road I am heading down is not going to be easy. It is going to be very frusterating and at times heartbreaking but, I know that I have the patience and ambition to take on whatever challenge is brought my way.



Currently, I have a few other things going on aside from being a full time student. I am the president of the Early Childhood Education Association at Rowan University. We participate in numerous volunteer activties in the surrounding area that involve children. Our club also participates in various drives to collect food, clothing, books, etc. for underpriviledged children and their families. Also, I currently visit Milanesi Elementary School in Buena, NJ once a week for my field placement in Education courses. I also subsitute teach a few days a week in the Glassboro School District and at ACSSSD. Substituting and my numerous field placements have provided me with vaulable experiences that I will definately benifit from in the future. Additionally, I tutor math once a week. Finally, I am a part-time gymnastics coach at Rainbow Gymnastics in Sewell, NJ. Mostly, I coach five to seven year old girls. They can be quite challenging at times but, they are awesome girls and I am getting a first hand lesson on class management from them!