Born and raised in New York, Theresa Bradshaw is ready to educate students and empower young women who want to pursue a career in stem. However, her journey started further away from the classroom.
Originally, Bradshaw studied at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. From there, she started working in the corporate world heavily.
“I was a sales operation analyst, I have been a project manager for almost 10 years and I really enjoyed that it allowed me to use a variety of softwares,”said Bradshaw.
Although she had spent a significant amount of her career in a separate department, Bradshaw knew that was not where she belonged.
“I always wanted to be in education. However, my mentor said to get a degree in business,” Bradshaw said. “Now I have grown from that, I decided to go back to what is in my heart, which is teaching.”
Since then, she taught at the Trenton District for over five years. From there her most recent teaching position was at a Mercer County Techmical School.
Although she teaches the computer courses at UACHS, Bradshaw does not necessarily like computer science. However, she enjoys working with computer software. As a teacher, she specializes in career development and Microsoft applications.
She likes to try to incorporate different types of learning in her classroom.
“I allow the students to work on the board and deliver the lesson they learned the day before,” said Bradshaw. “Overall though, project based learning is what I really enjoy,”
However, sometimes, learning is not all about having fun. As a teacher there are certain mindsets that each one follows. Bradshaw feels as if she starts disciplining her students early, it will be beneficial towards their future.
“Our job as teachers is to help you recognize that if you are late to class, you are going to be late to your job,” said Bradshaw.
UACHS is changing for the better and Bradshaw will fit right in with her teaching style and her confidence in her student’s success.
