Christina Layton

I have been teaching for 11 years. I began my career in a self-contained classroom for students with moderate to intense special needs. Throughout my career, I have assisted with the growth of programming offered by our district and experienced shifts from educational practices to be all inclusive and truly meet the needs of all students. I taught a Socialization, Communication, and School Fundamentals classroom for 7 years and now work with Middle School students. I have been a part of implementing programming at this level that allows students access to Extended Curriculum Standards in the classroom setting and truly challenges students at all levels. In addition, I teach Writing Labs for students identified as struggling writers and needed additional intervention. I believe all students can achieve success and develop my lessons with this in mind.

I follow a very structured teaching format with a great deal of repetition and incorporating all learning styles. We move, we dance, we sing, we learn.

2005 Teacher of the Year presented by the Autism Society of Greater Cincinnati 2013 Project Excellence award winner presented by Mason City Schools and Warren County

I attended Miami University in Oxford, OH where I earned my Bachelor's degree in Middle Childhood Education--Science and Language Arts-- and my Master's degree in Educational Psychology with a certification in Special Education--Moderate to Intensive.

I am a teacher-leader, mom of two active boys, wife, gardener, and essential oil lover.