Professional Educator

• Jul 2021 - Present

Adjunct Instructor

• May 2021 - Present

Adjunct instructor in the College of Education. Adjunct instructor in the College of Education.

Writing Instructor

• Jul 2019 - Jul 2021

Improve writing skills and strategies of 130 middle school students of various ability levels. Develop student-specific writing instruction for SPED and ELL students through collaboration with colleagues. Implement technology in writing instruction in a one-to-one setting using Google Classroom, Pearson Interactive. Promote leadership in the building via Building Leadership Team, Teachers as Readers program. Improve writing skills and strategies of 130 middle school students of various ability levels. Develop student-specific writing instruction for SPED and ELL students through collaboration with colleagues. Implement technology in writing instruction in a one-to-one setting using Google Classroom, Pearson Interactive. Promote leadership in the building via Building Leadership Team, Teachers as Readers program.

RTI Intervention Coordinator and Language Arts Teacher

• Aug 2012 - Jun 2019

RTI intervention coordinator in a PLC driven, one-to-one technology school. Achieve high student standardized test scores and high parent approval ratings through focused attention to quality instruction and communication with parents/guardians. Taught language arts, reading, and writing in a general education and an intervention setting; taught math in an intervention setting for all three middle school grades. Develop and revise language arts curriculum to reflect K-12 alignment. Teacher of the Year 2019 Nominee. Show less

Language Arts, Math, Reading Teacher-Middle School

• 2008 - 2012

Achieve high student success and test scores through curriculum driven teaching and collaboration with team members. Coordinate and teach Saturday School each weekend to further student success. Train other teachers district-wide regarding state reading program designed to improve reading scores. Achieve high student success and test scores through curriculum driven teaching and collaboration with team members. Coordinate and teach Saturday School each weekend to further student success. Train other teachers district-wide regarding state reading program designed to improve reading scores.

GEAR UP Program Tutor

• 2010 - 2011

(Part time while teaching full time) Tutored college bound students after school for Gear Up, a grant-funded program that promotes post-secondary education financially at-risk students. (Part time while teaching full time) Tutored college bound students after school for Gear Up, a grant-funded program that promotes post-secondary education financially at-risk students.

Presenter/Teacher Trainer

• 2010 - 2011

(Part time while teaching full time) Presenter at Wyoming Department of Education meetings across the state of Wyoming regarding the Reading 3+8 reading initiative. This involved presenting the information at meetings across the state during weekend seminars. (Part time while teaching full time) Presenter at Wyoming Department of Education meetings across the state of Wyoming regarding the Reading 3+8 reading initiative. This involved presenting the information at meetings across the state during weekend seminars.