Caryl Connor
I have always had a love for working with 
students,
but did not start teaching until 2000.
After graduating from college, I spent almost ten years working in
higher education in the admissions and
financial aid departments. I enjoyed working
with families; helping them navigate the college entrance process. I found the work fulfilling, especially each
fall when the freshman class entered.
Over time, I realized that I was working extremely long hours and not
enjoying what I was doing. I stopped
working full-time, and had the ability to pursue different part-time
opportunities, while raising my young daughter.
When we moved back to Maryland, I started volunteering in my daughter’s
class and realized that I loved interacting with students, even though they
were much younger than the population I worked with before.
I went back to school for my teaching certification
and my masters degree. I spent a couple
of years substitute teaching, but longed for my own class. I started teaching at TES in 2000 in the
fourth grade and have never looked back.
I love teaching at TES and feel privileged to work with an amazing team
of teachers and staff. I have an
opportunity to teach students reading and instill my passion for reading. This is the perfect job for me!
Karen Rand
After graduating from Saint Francis University with
a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management, I initially entered the
corporate world. I worked in Human Resources
at FILA USA Inc., and Employee Benefits Consulting for ten years. I realized that something was missing when I
took a position in business at Severn School in Annapolis. After playing two collegiate sports at Saint
Francis, I really wanted to stay involved in sports, so I began coaching high
school soccer, and basketball at Severn School. My time there enabled me to see that I
really enjoyed teaching children, and that my heart was really in the field of
education. In 2002, I got a Master of
Arts in Teaching, from Towson University, with a specialty in Elementary
Education. In 2003, I started teaching sixth, seventh and eighth grade Reading at Sparrows
Point Middle School, and coaching the Girls high school soccer and softball
teams at Sparrows Point High School. The
great part about Sparrows Point was that the Middle School is attached to the
high school, so I could teach my middle school students and then see them again
as athletes when they got to high school.
In 2008, I
began teaching at TES, and quickly realized how much I
love teaching fourth
grade. I was fortunate enough to be able
to specialize in teaching my favorite subject, Math. It is amazing to watch the growing minds of
our students here as they grow academically.
I am determined to see them master their basic facts, and successfully
work through all of our new skills together.
I can sum up the culture of my class room in one word: “TEAM.”
I encourage students to work together as we conquer the many challenges
of the fourth grade curriculum.
Lauren Krabitz
It only took three months in a cold call 
sales position for me to realize that I missed my calling to be a teacher. I have always loved being in a school environment, and the office building was not for me. I soon returned to Towson University to pursue my Masters of Art in Teaching for Elementary Education. My first job was in Harford County at Deerfield Elementary. I taught fifth grade for three years at Deerfield. I grew up in the Towson and Mays Chapel area and always wanted to teach in Baltimore County. It was always my dream to find a job closer to home and I am thrilled to be a part of Timonium Elementary!
After
spending my first year at Timonium teaching in fifth grade, I decided that I
wanted to experience teaching in a primary grade and made the move down to
first grade! I enjoyed an amazing year filled with
new experiences in first grade, but learned that the Intermediate Grades
are my home! I love the fourth grade science and social studies curriculum and
am excited to start another year in fourth grade!