Meredith Hoover

I am currently working at Maplewood Career Center, a Career Technical Education High School in Ravenna, Ohio as the Animal Science Instructor. I have been actively teaching for 3 years at MCC and am looking forward to many more years there. I teach 11th and 12th grade students in 4 complete courses of Animal Science and Technology, Animal Anatomy and Physiology, Veterinary Science and Animal Health. I enjoy helping mold today's youth into responsible young adults with real job skills and capable of paving their future in an animal career.

Taking courses at BGSU for their CTE Certificate program has made me think long and hard about my future in education. I learned that I wanted to make an even greater impact in student's education and in order to do that I needed to not just "settle" for my teaching license, but to let BGSU's esteemed professors mold me into the greatest educator I can become for the children that will shape our economy's future. Thus, I decided to pursue my M.Ed. in Curriculum and Teaching so I could better pursue this goal. No matter where my educational career takes me, I am sure BGSU will give me the tools I need to do to conquer anything in the field.

I enjoy shooting competitive archery across the country as a semi-professional archer. I also enjoy farming and have a mid-sized livestock operation where I grow my own cattle, sheep, poultry and game. I love coaching kids/adults in archery or any animal related field. I have been volunteering judging youth poultry shows over the last few years and have been travelling to poultry shows to show my own bred birds since 2010. I stay very busy doing all this but in my downtime I enjoy reading, entertaining family and friends and playing with my 5 rescue dogs and 5 rescue cats.