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San Jose Christian
School Faculty
Analee Wartinger
Professional
Biography
After graduating
from the University of California at Santa Barbara with
a double major in English and Sociology, I worked in a
variety of customer service jobs before being employed
as a teacher’s aide for the Santa Clara Unified School
District. When my first daughter began pre-school, I started
an 11-year adventure as a parent volunteer in the classroom.
During this time I took a college course that allowed
me to tutor beginning readers in the Lindamood-Bell ADD
(Auditory Discrimination in Depth) method of reading phonics.
Besides using this method at my two daughters’ school,
I also began tutoring students privately in the ADD method.
It gave me great satisfaction to see struggling students
begin to unlock the mysteries of reading and spelling
in the English language. When my older daughter began
attending San Jose Christian in 6th grade, I started working
at SJCS as a classroom aide before also taking classes
that have allowed me to administer the Gesell Developmental
Observation.
Personal Biography
I grew up in the Mountain View/Los Altos
area. I have lived in Santa Clara for 27 years with my
husband Steve. We have two daughters over 21 and on their
own! I enjoy walking and reading, and I participate in
a variety of volunteer ministries at Christ Community
Church of Milpitas. Vacation Bible School, the Women’s
Mentoring Program and the ALPHA ministry are among my
favorites.
Christian Philosophy of Education
The author John Maxwell says “People
don’t care how much you know until they know how
much you care.” I believe this applies to our students
at SJCS as well. My first job is to see each child as
a member of God’s creation worthy of love and respect.
As I build loving relationships, it is my hope that I
can encourage each student to live up to his or her full
potential as student and young Christian believer. As
I assess students, it is my goal to see them placed at
the proper grade level so they will thrive in the educational
environment we offer at SJCS.
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