I am a Maryland State Advanced Professional Certified Teacher with over 15 years of experience teaching children in grades K-8. My philosophy on education is rooted in Vygotsky’s teachings, which are in simplistic terms: what children are able to do today with teacher assistance they will be able to do independently tomorrow, however, tomorrow is predicated on the child’s Zone of Proximal Development. My job as an educator is to scaffold children’s learning through lessons and activities designe.