Experience

Caroline County Public Schools (Virginia)

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Special Education Teacher

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  Special Education Teacher. Since beginning at CCPS, worked as a collaborative teacher for 9th, 10th & 12th grade English, Algebra Functions, Geometry, Algebra, US/VA Government, World History, and Economics and Personal Finance. Also worked as the lead math and science teacher in the functional and independent living classroom. Endorsements in early childhood education, developmental reading, and special education. Prior to working as a teacher, was an environmental educator for 16 years until the Commonwealth of Virginia closed the Office of Environmental Education. Show less


ESS | Source4Teachers
• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Substitute Teacher

  • Oct 2017 - Dec 2022


Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Financial Services Specialist II

  • Feb 2017 - Jul 2017

  Worked in asset forfeiture. Processed vouchers for payment using cardinal system. I resigned. This job was very different from anything that I had done before. The nature of the work was very repetitive and just wasn't for me. Worked in asset forfeiture. Processed vouchers for payment using cardinal system. I resigned. This job was very different from anything that I had done before. The nature of the work was very repetitive and just wasn't for me.



MathScience Innovation Center

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Weekday Instructor

  • Dec 2016 - Feb 2017

  I co-taught in the Eco-Explorer lab. We taught 5th grade students about watersheds and stormwater pollution. They also rotated through three stations including dendrology, live fiddler crabs, and water quality testing. When I taught off campus, I went to schools and conducted one-hour labs in classrooms for 3rd - 5th grade students pertaining to soils, classifying aquatic animals into animals that have vertebrates and don't have vertebrates and don't have vertebrates, and identifying sea creatures using dichotomous keys. There was another lab that I taught about geology, and another about ecosystems. I was in layoff status from the state and when I was offered the job with the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services I would lose my state benefits, so I left the MathScience Innovation Center. Show less



Virginia Dept. of Conservation & Recreation

• Environmental Educator/Virginia Naturally Coordinator

  • Jul 2012 - Dec 2016

  Virginia Naturally Coordinator - recognized as the flagship for the state's environmental education program. Wrote the Virginia Naturally newsletter Maintained the Virginia Naturally calendar. Coordinated the statewide environmental education conference. Outreach for DCR - Represent DCR at events such as the Environment Virginia Symposium and other events. Managed the Adopt-a-Stream program. The state closed the Office of Environmental Education. All of my coworkers were laid off. I was given a "yellow card" which meant that I'd receive priority for other state jobs. Show less



Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Environmental Educator/ Virginia Naturally Coordinator

  • Jul 2007 - Jul 2012

  Virginia Naturally Coordinator - recognized as the flagship for the state's environmental education program. I had a database and mapped over 900 partners that had environmental missions or an outdoor destination within Virginia.Wrote the Virginia Naturally newsletterMaintained the Virginia Naturally calendar. - Environmental education that was taking place throughout Virginia.Coordinated the statewide environmental education confererence.Notified the litter and recycling program managers of the upcoming grant cycle for the non-competitive litter prevention and recycling grants. Hosted webinars to show litter program managers how to complete the application and the performance and accounting report. Created an annual report for the Litter Prevention and Recycling Fund Advisory Board which was presented to the General Assembly.Maintained the files for the waste tire haulers and notified the waste tire haulers when they needed to renew their certifications with our office.Conducted outreach activities and workshops.In 2012 the Office of Environmental Education moved from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Show less

• Environmental Educator/Litter Control and Recycling Coordinator

  • Jul 2005 - Jul 2007

  Worked in the Office of Litter Prevention and Recycling. Communicated with litter control and recycling program managers about the non-competitive litter prevention and recycling grants. Held webinars to explain how to complete the performance and accounting reports. Worked with litter and recycling program managers to help grow their programs. Conducted outreach activities. Wrote the guidelines for the categories for how the grant funds could be spent. Sent waste tire hauler renewal reminder letters to Virginia's waste tire haulers in Virginia.The Office of Recycling and Litter Prevention was reorganized. I took my litter and recycling reponsibilities and became part of the Office of Environmental Education. Show less



Virginia Department of Transportation

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Support Technician

  • Jun 2001 - Jul 2005

  Managed the Adopt-a-Highway program. Made editing updates to brochures and kept an inventory. Answered incoming calls, Created a report for the Library of Virginia of all of the VDOT publications. Served as the liasion betweeen the employees for the Office of Public Affairs and Human Resources for advising employees of human resource benefits and changes and coordinated payroll and human resource transactions for the public affairs office. I resigned when I got the promotion - the job at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Show less