My name is Jacob Hansen and this year will be my sixth year as a teacher. I’m thrilled to be teaching at MPHS and consider this profession to be an honor and a privilege.

 

After graduating from Mountain Pointe in 1997, I went on to receive my B.A. in Psychology from Northern Arizona University. Following college, I spent a few years shuffling between sales and the helping professions until I was offered an opportunity to teach a 5^th and 6^th grade class of Emotionally Disabled students at Madison Meadows Middle School in 2002. It was there I discovered my love of teaching!

 

Following my first year teaching, I spent a year teaching Adult E.S.L. at the Friendly House in Phoenix, before enrolling in the MAED program at University of Phoenix. I successfully completed my Master’s program in November of last year.

 

For two and a half years I taught at Tempe Accelerated High School, a public charter school. While I enjoyed some aspects of the non-traditional approach to education, I still longed for the structure of a larger public school, hence my move to MPHS.

 

This is my second year teaching Freshman and Sophomore English at Mountain Pointe and I am also thrilled to be coaching Girls’ JV Soccer and Boys’ JV Volleyball once again. I am very excited about the opportunity to continue to learn and grow as a professional and as a part of the Pride!

 

 

Favorite Quotes:

 

“An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.” ~Gandhi

 

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” ~Albert Einstein

 

“Happiness is only real when it is shared.” ~Christopher McCandless

 

 

 

4201 E. Knox

Phoenix, AZ 85044

“The student has become the teacher.”

To contact me:

Phone: (480) 759-8449

Email: jhansen.mtp@tuhsd.k12.az.us

Mr. Hansen | Freshman English | Sophomore English | Grades | Soccer