Faculty

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
I was born on July 23 in Oshawa Ontario, Canada. I have been blessed with a very rich Christian heritage. My parents, their parents, and their parents before them were all saved as young children. All throughout my childhood and teenage years my parents made sure that our family was at church every time the door was open. It was because of this blessing that I was saved as a six year old child. For as long as I can remember I have loved going to Sunday School and church every Sunday, and to worship services every Wednesday evening. My closest friendships have developed out of the time I have spent with fellow believers in church.

My relationship with Christ is the most precious thing to me. If I do not have that relationship right, no earthly relationship can be as rich and meaningful as it should be. I desire to know Christ more and spend more time with Him on a daily basis. It is difficult as a working wife and mother to set aside the time I need to spend in prayer and fellowship with God, but I have learned over the years that without that time no other relationship feels right. The only way I can be the wife, mother, and teacher that God wants me to be is if I spend time with Him each day. I thank God every day for the family He has blessed me with and pray that I will be everything for them that He wants me to be.

LIFE VERSE

My life verse is Philippians 4:6 & 8 “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God…Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.”

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have been teaching for 21 years in Christian schools in Charleston, S. C., Charlotte, N. C., and for the last eleven years at Temple. I have taught kindergarten, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade.

FAMILY

I have been married to Andrew Fields (who I met a Liberty University) for 22 years, and we have been blessed with three beautiful children. Rachel was born 9/9/99 and will be a junior at Liberty University. Zachary will be a freshman at Liberty; and my busy baby, Benjamin, will be a junior at Temple.

HOBBIES

I love to sew…a lot! Sewing is my stress reliever. I have been sewing in one capacity or another for more than 25 years. My other love is writing. I have written two children’s books, Twenty One Bees based on an event from my childhood and The Neighbor’s Kid based on memories from my husband’s childhood.

INTERESTING FACTS

Something interesting about me is that I was born and raised in Canada…in fact, I still am a Canadian citizen. I also was lucky enough to spend my 18th birthday in Paris, France on a short term mission trip.

WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT TEACHING

My favorite part of teaching is seeing the looks on children’s faces when they finally grasp a concept they have been struggling with. I am very enthusiastic, encouraging and creative. I love writing and the writing process. I get very excited at the opportunity to teach children how to tap into their creativity and draw out ideas and abilities they didn’t even know they had and to transfer those ideas and abilities to paper. I get excited to see the way my students grow and blossom from when they enter my class in August to when they leave in May. I love to hear that a student who entered my class not enjoying reading has become a child who would rather read than watch television, play video games, or do anything else! That makes my year!

Mrs. Allison Fields