Director of Teacher Programs

• Jan 2017 - Present

Director of Curriculum and Professional Development

• Jul 2016 - Jul 2017

Close Up informs, inspires, and empowers young people to exercise the rights and accept the responsibilities of citizens in a democracy.We believe that a strong democracy requires active and informed participation by all citizens; therefore we seek to reach participants of every race, creed, geographical community, socio-economic level, and academic standing. Close Up welcomes participation on its programs without regard to gender, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability. To carry out our mission, we partner with educators, schools, and youth organizations throughout the country to help young people develop the skills and attitudes to become informed and engaged citizens. Since 1971, over 825,000 participants have participated in Close Up programs. Show less

Consultant for School Reform

• Aug 2013 - Present

I am a consultant for NCAC conducting professional development workshops and as a National Standards of Practice (NSOP) Reviewer for schools seeking accreditation and or model status. From October 2013 to December of 2014 I also held the responsibility as NSOP Review Coordinator; managing the school/district request process.

Program Manager

• Aug 2013 - Dec 2014

I am a consultant for NCAC conducting professional development workshops and as a National Standards of Practice (NSOP) Reviewer for schools seeking accreditation and or model status. From October 2013 to December of 2014 I also held the responsibility as NSOP Review Coordinator; managing the school/district request process.

Interim Instructional Facilitator

• Feb 2016 - Jun 2016

Stocks in the Future’s mission is to develop highly motivated middle school students who are eager to learn and dedicated to attending class through the use of incentives coupled with a financial literacy curriculum focused on investing that reinforces Math, Language Arts and Social Studies Stocks in the Future’s mission is to develop highly motivated middle school students who are eager to learn and dedicated to attending class through the use of incentives coupled with a financial literacy curriculum focused on investing that reinforces Math, Language Arts and Social Studies

Johns Hopkins Language and Literacy Project

• Oct 2015 - Dec 2015

Early Learning Literacy Testing/ Data Collection of Pre-K, K, and 1st graders. Students targeted for testing were throughout the Baltimore Elementary Public Schools. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Certificate of Completion "Protecting Human Research Participants" 9/23/2015 Early Learning Literacy Testing/ Data Collection of Pre-K, K, and 1st graders. Students targeted for testing were throughout the Baltimore Elementary Public Schools. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Certificate of Completion "Protecting Human Research Participants" 9/23/2015

Southeastern and Central Instructional Manager, Development Manager, and Mid Atlantic Manager

• 2005 - Jun 2013

Professional Development of teachers in integrated curriculum, project based learning, work based-learning, advisory board development, and former Manager of the Mid Atlantic Region Professional Development of teachers in integrated curriculum, project based learning, work based-learning, advisory board development, and former Manager of the Mid Atlantic Region