Wakefield welcomes new administrators, teachers and staff

Q: What was your educational background? A: I attended Blue Field College in the Northern part of Virginia. I studied Physiology and I taught for a couple of years after that and then I decided to go back and get my masters in education and I went to Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Q: What’s one impact you want to make on students? A: I want to get students excited about their teacher. I d...

Q: What’s your educational background? A: I have a bachelor’s of arts in language and international trade, and that basically means I majored in international business and Spanish at Clemson University. I have a masters in business from Clemson University, a law degree from the University of North Carolina, and a masters in supervision and administration from North Carolina Central University...

Q: Were you born here in North Carolina or did you move here? A: I was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  Q: What is the impact that you want to make on students? A: Now I'm serving as a career academy coordinator, which is a new position here at the school. Eventually, I would like to grow the academy to where it has 50 students per grade level, but I only have [freshman] this year...

Q: What do you do here at Wakefield? A: I am one of the assistant principals over ninth grade, last names J through Z.  Q: What is your educational background? A: I got my undergrad, my bachelor’s of science degree from Radford University, which is in Virginia. I got my master’s in english and rhetoric composition from University of Central Florida in Orlando, and then I completed my d...

Q: What’s your job title? A: I’m a business and finance teacher at Wakefield High School Q: How did you get into teaching? A: I always was passionate about teaching, but it never made sense to do it because back home; I grew up in Morocco and teachers don’t get paid as much there. So, I went into business because it made more sense financially. So I never got to do something that I love u...

Q: What’s your job title? A: I am a school counselor here and I have 10th through 12th graders. Q: How did you get into counseling? A: I’ve worked in high schools since 2013 and I was in different positions. But, the latest ones I worked very closely with the counselors. So once I saw what the role was in the job that’s when I was like I’m going to go back to school and get my coun...

Q: How did you get into teaching? A: Once I graduated from college I saw there was an after school program for youth. I enjoy working with the kids so I applied to work in the school system as a teacher assistant. I loved being a teacher assistant so that final year I wanted to be able to work with the students, teach them, and build relationships with them. Q: What is your educational backgrou...

Q: What is your job here? A: I am an agriculture teacher and I teach sustainable agriculture and horticulture.  Q: What is your favorite part of teaching? A: I really like helping others learn new things. I love it when I see students learn something new and their eyes get super big and they are super excited about it. Q: How has teaching impacted you? A: It has really shown me the ...

Q: What is your job here? A: [I am an] instructional assistant. Q: How did you get into this? A: I worked in different fields before education and it led me over to education. [I worked in] mental health and was a qualified professional, and I was a social development director. [I did] a variety of things in the human service field. Q: What is your favorite part of this job? A: Being ar...

Q: Where were you born? A: I was born in Cleveland, Ohio. I did undergrad at the University of Toledo, then relocated to Raleigh last May to attend State. I’m getting my MAT in English at state, which is my second year at Wake County. I did social and emotional learning for a few years in Cleveland, family and community engagement in Cleveland, and then when Covid hit I decided I was going to go bac...

Q: Why do you like teaching this subject A: When I was in high school social studies was my subject, that’s what I was passionate about. I like a subject where we can talk about real things happening in the world. I think there are some real, practical applications there. Being able to engage with young people in those things makes my day. Q: Where’d you go to school? A: I did my undergradu...

Q: What subject do you teach and why do you enjoy it? A: I teach ESL because I love helping kids who are new to the school and figuring out how to maneuver when you don’t know a language. Q: How did you get into teaching? A: I have a lot of teachers in my family and I love helping kids. Q: What’s your educational background? A: I went to Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, North ...

Q: What made you decide to come to Wakefield High School? A: I [actually] graduated from [Wakefield] in 2011. I came back here and I started coaching football [because] I just wanted to get involved with the school and be around the kids more. Q: How did you get into this position at the school? A: Mr. Lee, [the Wakefield High School Special Education teacher], is a close friend [of mine]...

Q: What made you decide to teach World History? A: When I was in high school, in West Virginia, I either wanted to get into law enforcement or history, I liked history so I thought I might teach that. I [did go into] law enforcement first, then [I] became a college teacher, and I wanted to finish out my time before retiring, teaching history. Q: What made you move from working at a college to here at...

Q:  Why do you teach English? A:  I've always been interested in reading and writing. While I've tried other fields, like software engineering, that use some of these skills, I've liked it much better to have more reliable exposure to both skills and to use creativity in communicating these skills to others. Q:  How did you get into teaching? A:  I decided to leave software engineering and focus more squarely on ...