NIKKI WHATLEY
May 1999 - Graduated Linden - Kildare High School (Linden, Texas)
December 2002 - Graduated Stephen F. Austin State University with Bacholor's Degree (Nacogdoches, Texas)
May 2007 - Graduated Texas ATM - Texarkana with Master's Degree (Texarkana, Texas)
2002 - BS Early Childhood and Family Development, Minor - ECI (Early Childhood Intervention)
2005 - Texas Educator Certificate in Special Education (EC - 12)
2006 - Texas Educator Certificate in ESL - Supplemental
2007 - MS Special Education
I started working at the Elementary School in August of 2010. I took over the Early Education classroom after Jessie Biscamp retired. I have been here ever since and can think of nowhere else I would rather teach! In 2011, Linden – Kildare partnered with Head Start and for the past six years I have had the priviledge of being the ISD teacher for the three year old class. I teach my EE class in the morning and three year old Head Start classes in the afternoon. . This current school year (2017 -2018), I have a new afternoon schedule. I am not the ISD teacher for the Head Start 3 program, instead, I am the inclusion teacher for kindergarten and first grades. As of the 2018 – 2019 school year, I have done EE in the moring, inclusion in the afternoon, and have also done self contained classes as well. In total I have worked for LKCISD going on fourteen years.
I began my teaching career in 2004, as a student teacher for a resource classroom in Bloomburg, Texas. In August of 2005 I accepted a postition at Mae Luster Stephens Junior High teaching 6 – 8th Life Skills. I taught in that postition for 2 years. In August of 2007, I took over the Content Mastery Lab at the Junior High. I taught in that position for 2 years. In August of 2009, I felt I needed a change and accepted a position teaching at the Jefferson Elementary school. There, I took over a brand new classroom for students with Autism. I worked there a year and decided to return to Linden. In August of 2010, I took over the Early Education classroom after Jessie Biscamp retired.
My husband Rodney and I, both graduated from Linden – Kildare High School. We were married in 2004. We have two beautiful daughters. Our oldest, Ada is in the fourth grade at Linden Elementary and our youngest, Cora is 4 years old. We have a pet cat, Mow.
When I am not teaching, I enjoy photography, reading, watching movies, and spending time with my family.