Fun Facts With Mrs. Kolbert:

• I was born in Spring Valley, New York.  I moved to Florida in 1979 where I finished high school and then went to Florida State University. (Go ‘Noles!) I finished college at Florida Atlantic University and then went to Nova University where I earned my Masters Degree.

• I have a husband and two sons. My youngest is in high school and my oldest is in college. They both play ice-hockey. That makes me a Hockey Mom.

• Proud to call myself an educator, I’ve taught in Palm Beach County, since 1984. I taught at three different elementary schools, including Waters Edge Elementary. In 2004 I decided to try something different and joined the ranks of district administrators in Palm Beach County where I helped train teachers to successfully integrate technology. In addition, I helped make sure that a lot of the programs teachers use every day were running smoothly and that they knew how to use them. It was a great job where I also got to work with wonderfully bright and talented people. 

Only recently, I decided to return to teaching simply because I missed being in the classroom with children. So here I am, back at Waters Edge and it feels like I’ve never left teaching kids! It’s like riding a bicycle.

• Some things I do in my free time:

Co-host PalmBreezeCAFE. – Local cable TV show by The Education Network of Palm Beach.

Florida Master Digital Educator – Training, planning and collaboration. Sponsored by the State of FL DOE and University of South Florida

National Conference Presentations:

• Innovative Learning Conference; 2007- San Jose, CA
• Building Learning Communities; 2009 – Boston, MA
• FETC; 2010 – Orlando, FL
• Building Learning Communities; 2010 – Boston, MA