Experience

Lake Highland Preparatory School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Speech and Debate & Teacher

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  ● Courses Taught: AP Human Geography ● National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) Coach Achievement Level: One Diamond ● Achievements: 13 NSDA Academic All-Americans, 9 NSDA National Qualifiers, 23 CFL National Qualifiers, 14 TOC Qualifiers, 41 FFL State Qualifiers, FFL Region 2 Coach of the Year (2022), NSDA Distinguished Service Plaque (2022), CFL National Champion Coach - Extemporaneous Speaking (2022), NSDA School of Honor Speech (2022) ● Coach students in Policy Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, and all speech events ● Administrate a budget of $500,000 for a team of 120+ upper school and middle school students; schedule, book, and coordinate travel for 25+ tournaments around the country, manage internal and external team communications ● Hire, schedule, and review nine adjunct coaches for all speech events ● Oversee five faculty members in charge of event sections providing feedback on coaching, supplementing coaching in practices, providing professional development sessions, and facilitating annual review ● Oversee tournament operations for 15+ national competitions for 2000+ students and 500+ judges at locations including Duke University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Florida; including coordinating judges, tabulating results, resolving stakeholder questions and concerns, and troubleshooting equity and rules protests ● National Speech and Debate Association - Public Forum Debate Topic Wording Committee Chair, 2022-Present ● National Speech and Debate Association - Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic Wording Committee Member, 2018-2021 ● Florida Forensics League - State Executive Board Member (Treasurer), 2021-2022, Region 2 Director, 2022- Present Show less



Battle Ground Academy

• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Forensics & Teacher

  • Jul 2020 - Jul 2021

  Upper School Instructor • Courses Taught: Speech & Leadership, Business Communication, AP Human Geography • Design curriculum for all communication courses, serve on a team to design Freshman Seminar curriculum and programming • Advise 12 students and help them manage course selection, advisory projects, disciplinary issues, etc. Director of Speech and Debate • National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) Coach Achievement Level: One Diamond • Achievements: 7 NSDA National Qualifiers, 3 NSDA Academic All-Americans, 11 TOC Qualifiers, 14 THSSDL State Qualifiers, University of Florida Lifetime Achievement Award - Gator Guard (2020), NSDA Distinguished Service Bronze Plaque (2020) • Administrate a budget of $50,000 for a team of 40+ upper school and middle school students; coordinate, hire, schedule, and review adjunct coaches; schedule, book, and coordinate travel for 20+ tournaments around the country Show less



Trinity Preparatory School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Forensics & Teacher

  • Aug 2016 - Jul 2020

  Upper School Social Sciences Instructor • Courses Taught: Honors World History to 1550, Grade Level World History to 1550, AP Human Geography, Middle School Forensics, Forensics III, Honors Forensics IV & V • Help create and implement curriculum for all speech and debate courses • Advise 12 students and help them manage course selection, advisory projects, disciplinary issues, etc. Director of Forensics • NSDA Coach Achievement Level: One Diamond • Achievements: 57 FFL State Qualifiers, 47 NSDA National Qualifiers, 39 CFL National Qualifiers, 19 NSDA Academic All-Americans, 40+ TOC Qualifiers, NSDA School of Honor Debate (2017, 2019), NSDA School of Honor Speech (2017), NSDA School of Excellence Speech (2020), NSDA Florida Panther District Coach of the Year (2018), NSDA Distinguished Service Key (2018), FFL Region 2 Coach of the Year (2019) • Administrate a budget of $225,000 for a team of 50+ students; coordinate, hire, schedule, and review 5 adjunct coaches; schedule, book, and coordinate travel for 20+ tournaments around the country District Chair, Florida Panther District (National Speech and Debate Association), August 2017 – Present • Elected to serve as the liaison between our NSDA district and the national office • Plan and run the NSDA National Qualifying Tournament • Recruit new schools for NSDA membership and handle any questions member schools may have • Coordinate 501(c)(3) status, handle all EIN filing, banking, and tax filing • Serve on the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Wording Committee Region 2 Director, Florida Forensics League, June 2018 – Present Secretary, North Florida Catholic Forensics League, August 2017 – Present Show less



Trinity Valley School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Speech and Debate & Teacher

  • Aug 2013 - Aug 2016

  Upper School Social Sciences Instructor • Courses Taught: U.S. History, Intro to Speech and Debate (Middle School), Speech and Debate (Upper School), Intro to Journalism, Advanced Journalism, AP Human Geography • Created and implemented curriculum for all speech and debate courses and journalism • Advise 10 students and help them manage course selection, advisory projects, disciplinary issues, etc. Director of Speech and Debate, Mock Trial Director • Achievements: 12 TFA State Qualifiers, 3 NSDA National Qualifiers, 6 NSDA Academic All-Americans, 3 Extemporaneous Speaking TOC Qualifiers, 4 Debate TOC Qualifiers • Administrate a budget of $25,000 for a team of 15+ students, schedule, book, and coordinate travel for 20+ tournaments around the country Show less