LisaClarke

Hi everyone! My name is Lisa Clarke and I am enrolled in the Master's program for Higher Education and Student Personnel at Kent State University. I already have a Master's of Education with a Reading Specialization from Kent State University (2002) and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Hiram College (1997). I taught English at the middle and high school levels for nine years and absolutely loved it, but I had the opportunity to live abroad in Belgium for a few years and jumped at that chance. Upon settling back in the States, I taught several developmental education classes at State College Florida for two years before moving back to Ohio to be near my family once again. Currently, I am the Job Placement Coordinator at Portage Lakes Career Center and I thoroughly enjoy being in Student Services and am learning so much in this exciting position. I am hoping to enhance my skills with this degree and to focus on Career and Student Services and on teaching college-level students to the best of my ability. As you can see from my experience, I am passionate about education, about teaching, and about learning. I do not think there will ever be a time in my life when I am not actively pursuing some kind of education and, along with my internship this semester, I am planning on enrolling in a CDF (Career Development Facilitator) course as well. My goal is to learn as much as I can about the job that I am doing so I can do the job well, help my students to succeed, and give my students the tools they need to become lifelong learners themselves.