My name is Kali Martin and I am so grateful to be teaching at Rose Union Elementary School.  I grew up in Edmond, Oklahoma and attended Edmond North High School.  I graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education.  

I have a wonderful family and a younger sister, Tara, who will be a sophomore at the University of Oklahoma.  Yes, we have a house divided!  I became engaged on New Years Eve 2006 and am planning a wedding for June 2009.   My fiancé, Josh, is currently attending graduate school at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.   

I student taught for two semesters before graduating from Oklahoma State University; one semester in a first grade classroom at Rose Union.  I loved Rose Union and the Deer Creek school district so much that I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else!  Children are truly my passion and I am so thankful to be working in such an amazing school alongside an incredible group of teachers and staff, as well as wonderful and supportive Deer Creek families!   

I believe that children learn best when they can relate their learning experiences to their life and when they feel comfortable and confident taking risks as learners.  I feel it is important to build a classroom community in which all students are engaged and feel safe working together to solve problems and learn from one other.  I consider it a great privilege to be entrusted with the responsibility to teach this bright and beautiful group of young children.