Ingrid Kelly, M.A.
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
-Mark Twain
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 MY PROFILE
Bio in BriefHistory at COM In 2001, I joined the CoM
faculty teaching in the English Department. I teach both traditional
and online courses at CoM. All of my classes include a course web site
offering students access to handouts, course materials and
discussion forums. I am excited about the prospect of further
developing CoM's
online program and in building CoM's Writing Center which
includes online
writing help where students have access to online tutoring
from CoM Instructors. I have also served as Chair on CoM's Technology
Committee for five years, allowing me to help guide the technology
decisions at the college. I also served on the Academic Senate for two
terms making recommendations for the development of policy for issues
such as shared governance, accreditation, program review, curriculum
development, grading policies, institutional planning, and budget
development. All of these roles at the college have helped to make me a
better teacher, allowing me to identify the needs of students and to
implement policies at the college that meet those needs. Pre COM Prior to
my teaching assignment at CoM, I taught full time at Chaffey College in Southern
California. Even though I left Chaffey in 2001 in order to move to the
Bay Area to be closer to family, I still have a strong connection to
the college where I received my first full-time, tenure track teaching
position. I am proud to say that I was one of the original faculty
members that started the online program at Chaffey College and I
designed the original "COW" (Chaffey Online Writing Center). I
occasionally still teach part-time for Chaffey College as an online
instructor. I've also taught part-time in the Department of English at San Francisco State University (SFSU) and at Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC). In fact, I was first inspired to continue my education after completing my A.A. at SRJC. After my first two years of college, I went on to study English at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) & University of California at Davis (UCD), where I received my B.A. and I was eventually awarded my M.A. from SFSU. In addition to a Master's degree in English Literature, I also hold a Certificate to Teach Post Secondary Reading as well as a Certificate to Teach Composition from SFSU. For more details regarding my professional training and experience, please see my Curriculum Vitae.
Educational PhilosophyAs a proud graduate from a California community college, I am particularly familiar with the desires, concerns, and goals of students at the two-year college level and I am dedicated to teaching at the community college in order to instill in students the same qualities which were infused in me as a result of my first two years of college education--determination, dedication and discipline coupled with a new awareness of my inclusion in an academic community, which I had never before experienced. It was my first college English course that inspired me to become a teacher; consequently, I hope to inspire my students with that same spark that fueled my love for education and reading.The combination of teaching experience at CoM, Chaffey College, SFSU and at SRJC has well prepared me to meet the challenges of teaching to an ethnically, culturally, economically, and physically diverse student population and has certainly prepared me to meet the demands of teaching students who exhibit great diversity in terms of levels of reading and writing skills. I am constantly searching for ways to integrate technology into my classroom in order to provide students with technological skills in addition to the reading and writing skills that they will need in order to succeed in the competitive job market. I'm especially interested in computer mediated instruction, collaborative learning, critical and feminist pedagogies and building a sense of community in the classroom.
Personal SideI am happy to share that I am a proud mommy to an adorable baby boy, Finnegan born on November 3, 2007. He truly defines my world, which has changed dramatically since he arrived. My husband, Patrick (also a teacher at the College of Marin), Finnegan and I are enjoying becomming a family as we embark on new adventures like camping, travelling, diaper changing, and waking up together every three hours to sing lullabies. Oh, and my favorite author continues to be Mark Twain, an inspiration for our son's name since one of my favorite books is Hucklberry Finn.
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