Experience

Adams County Head Start

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations and Quality Assurance Manager

  • Aug 2022 - Present

• Education Program Manager

  • Jan 2019 - Sep 2022



Adams 14 School District

• Child Find Coordinator

  • Aug 2014 - Nov 2018

  • Coordinate district-wide Transdisciplinary Play Based Assessments (TPBA) evaluations for Part C, C to B, and Early Intervention• Train and supervise teachers, paraprofessional teachers, and Child Find Secretary for preschool screenings, using Early Screening Inventory (ESI), Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ), and Colorado Preschool Program (CPP) applications• Conduct, arrange, and allocate funds for professional development for licensed preschool teachers as well as paraprofessional teachers (ex.: TPBA, TS GOLD, CPP screenings/protocols, Every Move Counts, Enrich online platform, Incredible Year, Colorado Disability Categories, Spanish articulation)• Coach/ Mentor 21 licensed ECSE and ECE teachers• Collaborate with Adams 14 early Childhood leadership team to develop preschool curriculum• Manage Child Find Budget• Conduct family transition conferences to prepare families for possible C to B evaluations (done in English and Spanish)• Promote Adams 14 preschool program to the wider community• Assist school-based child advocates to conduct Severity Rating Interviews for special education paraprofessional allocation• Facilitate Incredible Years Parent Groups• Serve as Adams 14 Certified Teachers Association Bargainer (analyze district Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, propose budgetary changes)• Serve on Early Childhood Partnership of Adams County (ECPAC) Health Integration Action Team, Ethnic Minority Action Council, and Facility Review Committee• Determine proper preschool placements based on CPP risk factors, IEP statusTraining:EI Colorado- Individualized Family Service Plan TrainingCDE ESSU Data Management System Training: Record ReviewsIncredible Years Group Leader Training (21 hours, Nov. 2015)Awards, GrantsColorado Department of Education Early Childhood Retention/Recruitment Grant ($10,000)Adams 14 Education Foundation Mini-grant: Incredible Years Parent Group attendance incentives ($1,000)



Adams County School District 14

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• ECSPED Teacher

  • Oct 2009 - Aug 2014

  • Serve as classroom teacher for preschool (3-4 year-olds) as well as ECSE for children in classroom with Individualized Education Programs• Conduct TPBA evaluations, RTI process• Conduct preschool screenings (ASQ, ESI, Vision, Hearing), using CPP applications and Risk Factor guidance to determine possible placement• Serve on A14 early childhood leadership committee- create curriculum for Dialogic Reading units, align standards to Common Core Standards• Conduct TS GOLD assessments (2 years), High Scope Child Observational Record (3 years), A14 Common Assessments• Collaborate in a team to rewrite Adams 14 district preschool report cards• Conduct curricula: Dialogic reading (5 years), Handwriting Without Tears (4 years) Incredible Years (5 years), Zoophonics (5 years), Every Day (Calendar) Math (3 years), StoryTowne (1 year)• Serve on A14CTA Bargaining Team, analyzing district-wide budgets• Conduct Parent Trainings (Cradling Literacy)• Write grants ($5,000 Qwest Technology Grant, $1,000 Adams 14 Education Foundation Grant, $600 Adams 14 Wellness Grant, $700 Donorschoose.org Science Kit Grant) Certifications/Training• • Teaching Strategies GOLD Basic (2013)• Teaching Strategies GOLD Interrater Reliability Certification: Preschool, including children with disabilities (2013)• Invest in Kids: The Incredible Years Preschool Curriculum (2010-12)• Every Day Counts (Calendar) Math (Houghton Mifflin, 2011-12).• Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment (TPBA2) with Toni Linder (2010)• High Scope Child Observation Record (COR) Assessment Training (2010) • Early Childhood LETRS Training (2010)• Using Assessment date to Reponsive Child-centered Curriculum Planning (2009)• Handwriting Without Tears: Pre-K Readiness and Writing (2012)• Zoophonics Training (2010)• Dialogic Reading (2010)