M.A.
History, University of Texas Permian Basin
My Journey CurriculumEnquire or purchase Meet the creator
Experience shaped
around the learner.
My Journey Curriculum was created by Kaylen M. Gerkey, M.A., a special education and curriculum educator with more than a decade of teaching experience across the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, and Peru.
Kaylen M. Gerkey, M.A.
Special education.
International perspective.
I believe rigorous learning and genuine belonging should never be competing priorities.
Across secondary special education, multilingual classrooms, online learning, and curriculum leadership, my work has centered on making ambitious ideas understandable, age-respectful, and useful in a learner’s real life.
My Journey brings that experience into one flexible framework—helping educators create clear pathways toward communication, confidence, independence, kindness, and resilience.
Education & credentials
Grounded in scholarship.
Built through practice.
B.A.
History & English, University of Texas Permian Basin
QTS
Qualified Teacher Status, United Kingdom
Licensed
Secondary English & History teaching credentials
TEFL / TEYL
Certified in teaching English and young learners
Bilingual
Advanced Spanish and cross-cultural communication
Selected experience
More than a decade
across four countries.
Secondary Special Education Teacher
Pinewood School · Ware, EnglandInclusive secondary SEN teaching and curriculum projects across English, history, and mathematics.
Secondary Teacher
Elevate K-12 · Remote, USADifferentiated online instruction in history, social studies, civics, and English language arts for grades 6–12.
Primary Coordinator, English & Sports Teacher
Oye LENA · PeruProgram coordination, curriculum creation, and teaching in a multilingual community setting.
History Teacher & Assistant Soccer Coach
Aquinas American School · Madrid, SpainInternational secondary teaching and student development in a multicultural school community.
High School Teacher & Head Online Teacher
RSD Charter School · Phoenix, ArizonaEnglish, history, and mathematics teaching alongside leadership of online provision and curriculum coordination.
The vision
Every learner has a
path, potential, and future.
My Journey combines rigorous access to academic content with communication, relationships, health, creativity, community participation, and preparation for adult life.
Its purpose is age-respectful, standards-connected learning that helps every student belong, communicate, make progress, and build a more independent future.
Designed for wide variation
Common themes.
Individual access.
The framework supports students whose academic, communication, sensory, social-emotional, physical, and functional profiles vary widely.
Mixed-attainment special classes
Inclusive settings
Resource programs
Community-based instruction
Guiding commitments
High expectations.
Human-centered practice.
Age-respectful
Chronological age and disability labels never become fixed instructional levels.
Standards-connected
Shared themes and authentic applications connect to challenging grade-level or alternate achievement standards as appropriate.
Communication-rich
Learners use speech, sign, AAC, eye gaze, objects, writing, movement, and assistive technology as valid response modes.
Agency-focused
Progress includes initiation, choice, communication, persistence, reflection, prompt fading, and transfer.
Inclusive
A curriculum must never become an automatic reason for a separate placement or reduced peer membership.
Future-facing
Transition begins through meaningful choice and responsibility, not as a final-year add-on.