Introduction
Hello and welcome to my blog, My name is Katie McBride! Image Source: Personal Image About Me: I am an 8th grade Special Education teacher at a middle school in the suburbs near O'Hare. This is my 10th year teaching. I have been at my current position for 7 years. Prior to this, I worked at a charter high school in Chicago. This year I get to focus all of my energy into teaching 8th grade math. I support our special education students in two co-taught classes as well as teach my own section of a self-contained 8th grade math class. I was not the best math student growing up, but now I could not imagine myself teaching anything else! I love my family to death and I am very close to them. My two brothers, Bobby and Tommy, and I love to attend sporting events. Our favorite games are Bears games. We are so excited to get back into Soldier Field this year to watch them play. It has been way too long! We are hoping for a great season with many wins and sooner, rather than later, an appe...