2002 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year
Ms. McIver brings thirteen years of teaching experience to the Lin-Wood community. She teaches Family and Consumer Science (formerly called Home Economics), Community Service Learning, Vocational Hospitality programs and Independent Living Skills to students in grades 6 through 12.

What are your beliefs about teaching?
"I believe in empowering students to have a voice in their own learning. I also believe that students have to be able to want to learn in order to learn; therefore I always try to relate learning to a real-life challenge."

How are your beliefs incorporated in your teaching style?
"I incorporate my beliefs by using service learning as a teaching strategy whenever I can."

What is your greatest teaching accomplishment?
"My greatest teaching accomplishment is the creation of the Community Service Learning Program. This program teaches students how to become involved with the young children and senior citizens in their community."

What's the most critical issue facing educators today and what do you think can be done to resolve this issue?
"The most critical issue facing educators today is the loss of students from our schools. It is not our gifted students nor is it our identified students, it is the quiet ones we lose. We can reach each and every student by establishing mentorship programs within an advisor/advisee program or through community-service learning programs."

Inspirational thought:
"I look at my own profession, Family and Consumer Science, and I see how it has evolved over the past one hundred plus years. We need to look to the future and how we can best utilize technology to remain current."