MISSION STATEMENT

I actively and continually employ innovative and effective leadership strategies that maximize student learning and result in a shared vision of teaching and learning that reflects excellence.

I positively impact student achievement by empowering colleagues to employ strategy-based teaching to increase engagement, rigor, and literacy skills across the curriculum.

PROFICIENCIES

  • Talent for developing integrated curricula and dynamic learning experiences

  • Ability to captivate and motivate workshop participants of all ability levels and ages

  • Leadership without authority via strong collaboration and coaching skills

  • Ability to identify and synthesize resources and prioritize competing demands for time, based on identified needs and potential impact

  • Effective and timely project development through strategic planning and efficient organization

  • Exemplary technology use and strong written and verbal communication skills

  • A passion for learning and a commitment to professional growth

EXPERIENCE 

Teacher

Student focused, constructivist lessons that combine research proven strategies with educational technology to engage students and build higher order thinking and problem-solving skills

Ashton Elementary School, Sarasota County Schools, 2022-Present, 4th Grade ELA and Social Studies, Reading Intervention

Woodland Middle School, Sarasota County Schools, 2021-2022, Intensive Reading, College and Career Readiness

Boca Raton Community High School, School District of Palm Beach County, 2018-2021, Tenth Grade Intensive Reading, Team Leader

Valley Ridge Academy, St. Johns County Schools, 2015-2016, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade Advanced and Intensive Reading

Shiloh Middle School, Gwinnett County Schools, 2005-2009, Sixth and Seventh grade regular and gifted language arts classes

Mountain Park Elementary, Gwinnett County Schools, 2004-2005, Stellar Substitute and Long-Term Substitute, K-5

Instructional Coach

Empowering colleagues to employ strategy-based teaching to increase engagement, rigor, and literacy skills across the curriculum

Sebastian Middle School, St. Johns County Schools, 2016-2018

Shiloh Middle School, Gwinnett County Schools, 2009-2012

Assistant Principal

Innovative and effective leadership to maximize student learning and build a shared vision of teaching and learning that reflects excellence

Shiloh Middle School, Gwinnett County Schools, 2012-2015

Degrees

Education Specialist, Curriculum and Instruction, Piedmont College, 2009

Master of Education, Reading Specialist, Mercer University, 2006

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, 1992

Certifications

Instructional Coaching Endorsement

Reading Specialist (P-12)

Middle Grades Language Arts & Social Studies (4-8)

Early Childhood (P-5)

Gifted In-Field Endorsement

Ed. Leadership (GA)

EXTENDED ProjectS

Schoolwide S.T.E.A.M. Program

Development and Installation at Sebastian Middle School, in coordination with the University of Florida, Lastinger Center for Education, 2016-2018

  • Created and led a Curriculum Council to implement a STEAM driven school improvement process

  • Assessed institutional needs, researched best practices in similar programs experiencing success, synthesized resources to create instructional materials, applied research based strategies to program development and staff training, developed community partnerships for stakeholder mentorship and long term funding

  • Provided strategic direction for training and development over two years to ensure a consistent approach, PLC Team collaboration, and sharing of high impact strategies

  • Created support systems for new hire mentoring, instructional unit planning, blended learning, and leadership development

  • UF Certification earned in May 2018

International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme,

Development and Installation at Shiloh Middle School, 2013-2015

  • Led a team of administrators, teachers, and district personnel to assess readiness, identify resources, and create an action plan for the multi-year IB standards of operation adoption process

  • Coordinated, developed, and helped deliver the mandatory professional development for MYP educators

  • Demonstrated ability to deliver the MYP flexibly, to the IB parent organization's high standards, in collaboration with the IB Diploma Programme development at our cluster High School

  • Ensured an integrated IB experience with our Gifted, Honors, Standard, and Special Needs curriculum so that all students developed the ability to think critically, challenge assumptions, become multi-lingual, incorporate quality practice from research, and consider both local and global contexts in the creation of learning products

  • Earned certification as an IB World School, Middle Years Programme

Recent TRAINING DEVELOPED and Delivered

  • Project and Problem Based Learning

  • Blended Learning Best Practices

  • Developing STEAM Interdisciplinary Unit Plans for School Wide Novel Studies

  • Professional Learning Community - Data Informed Decisions

  • Integrating Webb’s Depth of Knowledge into Goals and Scales

  • Unpacking the AVID WICOR Literacy Strategies

  • Formative Instructional Practices

  • Blended Learning: Schoology, iReady, Reading Plus, Making Meaning, Thinking Maps, Learning Blade

  • Marzano's Research Based Instructional Practices

Notable ActivitieS

School Administration Manager, SAM Innovation Project

International Baccalaureate Level 3 Trained, Head of Schools, Inquiry in the MYP

Member, Coaching Endorsement Advisory Board

Credentialed Evaluator, Gwinnett Teacher Evaluation System

Graduate, Quality Plus Leadership Academy, Aspiring Leaders Program

Lead Teacher, Challenge and Champions Program, Emory University Graduate School

Member, GEMS Oversight Committee

Presenter, Gwinnett County Summer Leadership Conference, June 2011: Quality Plus Leadership—From the Classroom to the Principal’s Office 

Presenter, Gwinnett County Summer Leadership Conference, June 2010: Incorporating Depth of Knowledge into Quality Plus Instructional Strategies

Presenter, Georgia Association of Secondary School Principals Conference, Session Presenter, 2010: Implementing Job-embedded Professional Learning

Presenter, Vision: Balanced Literacy Workshops, Design and Facilitation for Cohorts 1-3

Presenter, Professional Learning Workshops, Gwinnett County Schools

Curriculum Council, Department Chairs Facilitator

Literacy League PLC Facilitator

TEACH Gwinnett Mentor

Title I Committee Facilitator

GCPS Interim Assessment Specialist

School Improvement Committee

Academic Extensions Program Instructor

Media/Technology Committee, Shiloh Middle School

Sixth Grade Language Arts Chair, Shiloh Middle School

Nominated for Teacher of the Year, Shiloh Middle School