Carly Myers

This year, the campus has welcomed more than a dozen new teachers, among them is Carly Myers. Graduating for Austin College, she now finds herself teaching social studies classes. Myers transferred here from Frisco ISD’s Griffin Middle School on the west side of Frisco. Recently, Wingspan sat down with Myers to talk about her experience so far on campus and how the first few weeks have been.

Wingspan: What’s different about teaching middle schoolers and high schoolers

Myers: “Definitely the types of activities we do are very different, I think a lot of structures that you have in class are very different. I like to be able to offer my high schoolers a lot more independence and freedom versus with middle school you can’t always do that.”

Wingspan: What made you choose this campus?

Myers: “So Stacey Whaling [Associate Principal] and Jeff Crowe [social studies department lead] reached out to me during our little snow-vid storm and I was just really impressed with the culture that they talked about that was here at Liberty. That was something that was really important to me to make sure I was at a campus with a really positive culture.”

Wingspan: What’s your favorite part about teaching and why?

Myers: “Providing a lot of tangible experience for my students, Just kinda having students excited about learning and seeing how they can apply their information into what would be an everyday life scenario is good.”

Wingspan: What is difficult about teaching?

Myers: “Just like the planning, staying on top of the work, trying to come up with things that are creative I think is difficult. But I have such a passion for it, so it’s not something that’s ever boring to want to spend this amount of time on. I guess it’s more time consuming than difficult I would say.”

Wingspan: While you were in school, has social studies always been your favorite subject?

Myers: “Yes, not necessarily always history, I think there are certain parts of history I liked more than others. I’ve always been interested in public policy and looking more at how that’s impacting us, hint why it was such a pool for me to want to be able to  teach government, like that aspect of our social studies curriculum.”

Wingspan: Is there any part of government that you like teaching the most or are most interested in?

Myers: “Definitely supreme court cases and public policy,  just public policy in general is one of my personal interests. Seeing how, for example, school districts in force policies that are passed down from TEA, our school boards, and the actual implementation of those practices, has always been something I’ve been interested in.”

Wingspan: What do you like to do in your free time?

Myers: “I really like to eat ice cream, it’s my thing, I just have a huge sweet tooth in general, I’m always out trying new ice creams. I have a sweet little mini goldendoodle, his name is Ralph, me and Ralph hangout a lot. I recently got into puzzling, cooking, I do a lot of cooking and baking in my free time as well. I’m trying to read more, it’s a little bit difficult sometimes and of course watching a good Netflix show.”