Bio

Hello,

Thank you so much for looking at my page! I am Branden Bailey and I am in my last year at Eastern Oregon University, I am almost finished with my Bachelors of Science in Physical Education and Health. My concentration is in Physical Education and Sport. I live in Scappoose, Oregon which is a community of about 7,000 people! I love the community I live in. I currently work as an Education assistant for the Scappoose School District at the Middle School level. My goal is to teach Special education and eventually get into administration roles, my dream job is an Athletic Director/Vice Principal job. I coach Football, Wrestling and Track during the school year. I have done so for the last 5 years. I wrestled and played football all through my life.

My partner for this E-book is Mary Rilatt. Mary is my girlfriend and she is much smarter than me, in basically every way. Mary was born in Portland and lived their for most of her life. Mary graduated from Central Catholic and then attended PCC for a couple years before transferring to Concordia University. She obtained her Bachelors of Arts in Early Childhood/ Elementary Education in 2014 and then received her MED in special education in 2016 from Concordia as well. She currently teaches Special Education to 4th-6th graders. Mary played basketball and volleyball in High School and tried to swim as a child but only knew how to not drown.

Mary and I are at different points in our career, I am going to start teaching in a few years and she has been teaching for 3 years. We have similar beliefs and one of those shared beliefs is that students who struggle in classrooms settings should become involved in organized sports to create a healthy lifestyle and a way to channel all their energy. Mary is always sending me kids to wrestling practice and in our experience we have found that it helps these students cope with their behaviors.