Ramsey Sullivan
news@greenepublishing.com
Teaching is not always an easy job, but those who teach truly love what they do. Katelyn King, a fourth grade teacher at Madison Creative Arts Academy (MCAA) is no exception to this.
King, a lifelong resident of Greenville, has been teaching for six years, and is in her fifth year at MCAA. She graduated from Madison County High School in 2010, and Florida State University in 2014, with her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a minor in Child Development. After graduating, she decided that she wanted to teach, and took a few more classes so she could. 2014 was a busy year for King, as she also married her now husband, Kyle King.
Her first teaching position was as a paraprofessional educator, or teacher's aide, at Jefferson County Elementary School. After completing one year in that position, King went on to teach kindergarten.
After those two years at Jefferson County Elementary School, King accepted her current position at MCAA teaching fourth grade. "I love what I do," said King. "I just love when kids are struggling with something and you finally see the lightbulb moment when it clicks."
Although these moments are what makes the job worth it for King, there are still challenges, as there are with any job. In addition to the general challenges that King, and other teachers, face on a regular basis, there are now even more challenges due to COVID.
"With Covid, it's hard to do group work, and we do a lot of group work in fourth grade," said King. "I also have to make sure they have their masks on and they're not sharing supplies."
In addition to King's responsibilities as a teacher at MCAA, she is also a mom to her three-year-old twins, Kolton and Kenley. King says she might want to teach her kids one day when they're a little older, but she isn't sure about that yet.