Ms. McBride Gets TECHnical

Introduction About Me: Hello! My name is Katie McBride and I am an 8th grade special education teacher at Mannheim Middle School in Melrose Park. This is my 7th year at Mannheim, but 10th year in teaching all together. Prior to the school I am at now, I taught at a charter high school on the Northwest side of Chicago. This school year, I am co-teaching 8th grade math as well as teaching a section of it to a small group of students in our self-contained program. Math is definitely my favorite subject to teach because there is always a right answer! In 2010, I graduated from Illinois State University with my degree focusing in Special Education teaching. I went back to school at Dominican University in 2021 to pursue my ESL endorsement. After, receiving my ESL endorsement, I decided to continue on to earn Master's of Arts in Education. This is the last course I need to complete my degree. I am so excited to graduate in May!  Social Media: When it comes to social media, I am some...

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...