About Me

Hi, I'm Lisa McElroy Hunter, although at some point in this term I'll be dropping the Hunter (when I finally get all the massive amounts of paperwork completed!) I have essentially completed all of my coursework for my master of science in education technology, but there were still a couple of courses that I wanted to take while I work on completing my thesis.

I am a single mother with three sons, ages 14, 12, and 10. These are my boys in the photo, taken at Mt. St. Helens in the summer of 2008. I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, and graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor of arts in English. I went on to obtain my teaching certificate from Western Washington, married and moved to Canada with my Canadian husband. We have since divorced, and I find myself wanting to move back home to Seattle . . . so if anyone hears of a good position, please let me know!

I am an avid soccer player. That is probably an understatement. Throughout the year, I average about three or four games a week. In the winter, I play indoor soccer. I coach soccer for at least one of my sons every spring -- sometimes two teams -- and have coached high school girls' soccer during the same season as well for the past three years. So spring can be kind of hectic, between coaching and playing (I think I'm in three divisions this year!) I have played in two World Masters Games, most recently in Sydney in October 2009, where I played for the Kiwi Miskicks, a team out of New Zealand. I also play in alternate years in Australia at the Pan Pacific Masters Games for the Perth Strikers out of Perth, Western Australia. I have already been invited to the next World Masters Games in Turin, Italy, in 2013 by two teams -- so this time I'll have to choose. I love to travel, so I never turn down an opportunity to combine the two! In the picture, I'm the one in blue -- my NZ team kit.

Currently, I am between teaching contracts. I completed a contract last week in upper-level English and art. I still have some wrapping up to do -- finishing my marks, getting all the assignments flogged out of my students, and so forth -- so I'll be in and out of the school for a few more days yet. If I don't end up getting a contract, it simply means back onto the sub list here, which isn't a bad thing -- subs here actually get paid quite well, at times better than on contract (but without the benefits).

That about sums it up. I'm looking forward to a new term and new ideas!