Hello everyone! My name is Michael Mann. I am 25 years old and I currently live in Sacramento, CA. However, I am Pinole, a small town in the East San Francisco Bay Area. I graduated from UC Davis, majoring in Music and minoring in History. I have been a substitute teacher for the past three years, two years in the Bay Area and one year in Sacramento. I am in the process of getting my single-subject teaching credential in Music, along with my masters in Differentiated Instruction. During my time substitute teaching, I have taught in many long-term teaching positions, some in music and some in history. This has been mostly at the high school level. At first, I rarely used differentiated instruction because I had not learned about it yet. I mostly lectured (especially in history) while the students took notes. Now, I realize the effectiveness and necessity of differentiating my instruction. In the music classroom, I can do many things to differentiate instruction and make sure tha
Hello everyone! BIOGRAPHY I am currently attending the National University Rancho Cordova campus and live in Sacramento, CA. I am in the process of getting my single-subject credentials in Music and Social Science. I graduated from UC Davis as a Music major. I have been substitute teaching for the past three years and I am ready to become a "real" teacher! My dream is to teach both Music and Social Science, but I will be starting an internship in either of these subjects this Fall. Currently, I am a subbing in the San Juan Unified School District. My hobbies are baseball, softball, making music, and playing in my rock band Chronic Vitality. My mother is a 3rd grade teacher, my father is a lawyer, and my brother is finishing up his final year at UC Davis as a Business major. PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE My personality definitely affects what subjects I am interested in. It caters to my desire to become a music teacher. Music is in interesting subject because it