Carla Sutherland

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“In community college the first semester I enrolled, I worked hard and received straight A’s. After that I just didn’t want to settle for anything less!”

  • Alumni of: 2009 Graduate Scholarship Program
  • Resides: Hauppauge, NY
  • Hometown: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Age: 31

Biography

PROFILE: Not many of Carla Dyck’s 11th grade students at Sayville High School on Long Island in New York know their first-year teacher can not only discuss “Lord of the Flies” and “Death of a Salesman”, but can also explain why the Giants or Jets lost on Sunday. Or, for that matter, how to rebuild a transmission and overhaul and engine. Carla, a native of Winnipeg in central Canada, has found her calling as a teacher. She also understands the technological revolution that has swept the nation and understands that, by embracing it, she can become more proficient at her profession. “Our students are not the same students as even five years ago, and administrators are pushing the use of technology as a way to relate to our students, but also as a way to improve our efficiency as teachers,” she says. Carla hopes that by obtaining an advanced degree in technology education “she will be able to connect with my students on a level that they understand.”

 INSPIRATION: There wasn’t one particular moment when Carla decided to “change paths and become a teacher,” but rather it was a gradual realization that so many experiences she had in her life led to working with teenagers.
 
ASPIRATION: Carla is living her dream now as a high school English teacher, but hopes her graduate studies will not only help her to better relate to her students, but also make her even more effective in the classroom.
 
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: In addition to her teaching duties, Carla has constructed her own teacher web page for Sayville High School. She also advises the Bible Club at the high school and is a young adult leader at Church on the Sound (Long Island Sound).
 
ACCOLADES: Carla graduated Magna Cum Laude from New York University, and worked in five different volunteer positions while completing her undergraduate studies. 
 
INTERESTING FACT: Carla was a member of the New York Dazzles in the Women’s Professional Football League. She also has an Auto Mechanics Degree from the Winnipeg Technical College in her native Canada. 

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