Ms. Maggie Mosher

Friends from college who entered religious orders: Sister Sarah Rose and Sister Maria Theresa

A statue of the patroness of our classroom St. Therese of the Little Flower. She is the Patroness of Missions who preached the importance of loving God in all our daily little actions.

This will be my fifth year as a part of the St. Agnes community. I am a Kansan at heart, even though I have spent most of my life living in New Mexico. I was born in Topeka, KS and moved when I was six to an area of NM surrounded by reservations. I love to travel and learn about different cultures. My undergraduate years were spent studying at Franciscan University in Ohio as well as abroad in Austria, Italy, Ireland, France and Poland. My graduate degrees are from the University of Kansas and Baker University.

Last year I was asked to speak at the International Learning Disabilities Conference. My presentations on working with students with learning disabilities in inclusive classrooms were so well received that I have been asked back this year. My presentations this year will be about using various forms of technology to help students develop metacognition skills.

I have worked with students with disabilities ages birth through twenty-two for the past thirteen years. My work with students with learning disabilities has allowed me to have the opportunity to win second place at the International Science and Engineering Fair, sit on a new technology panel for the American Academy of Achievement with Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, and give seminars for the Austria Dyslexia Association in Vienna. During college, I worked as a grant teacher in the inner-city schools of Steubenville, OH in both a Pre-K-K multi-category classroom and a 1st through 4th grade developmentally delayed classroom.  In 2005, I was privileged to be a member of a team that opened a school in Gardner Kansas which utilized technology and full inclusion to meet the needs of all students. Our school enrollment grew so quickly that in the span of one year a second elementary school had to be built to allow for our school’s growing population.

During my first year teaching in the state of Kansas, I was selected as The Kansas Horizon Winner and was flown to California for the national teacher’s conference. There, I had the opportunity to collaborate with the nation’s top teachers on topics such as tiered systems of support, technology integration, and differentiated teaching.  I have an extensive background in working with students with learning disabilities, autism, behavior disorders, and other disabilities spanning from severe and profound to mild and moderate.

I have worked with the International Solidarity and Human Rights Institute in DC and Mexico speaking with senators and members of congress about human rights. I had the privilege of being involved in the 8th United Nations Conference on the Rights of Disabled Persons and defended treaty language which would guarantee nutrition and hydration as a right for people with disabilities.   

My goals for this school year are to provide a supportive and fun environment and to ensure every child receives the available resources and the appropriate instruction needed to excel. I have lots of fun activities and novel techniques planned for this year. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

I am holding Genevieve, a dear friend's first child.

Building volcanoes.

My sister Katie and her boyfriend George. My sister teaches math at a Catholic School in D.C.

The waterfalls near the school I attended for my Undergraduate degree, Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Having the Seder Meal in our classroom during Lent.