Education:

Education Specialist- Teaching and School Leadership: Lee University- 2010

Masters of Arts in Teaching: Lee University – 2004

Bachelors of Arts in History: Lee University- 2002

Diploma of Practical Theology: Christ for the Nations- 1999

Resume:

Director of the Data Informed History Instruction Model for Consortium of Rural Educators Teaching American History Grant for Bledsoe County Schools
Director of the Data Informed History Instruction Model for River City Teaching American History Grant for Hamilton County Schools
Building Level Teacher of the Year 2011, Cleveland City Schools, Cleveland Middle School, Tennessee
Building Level Teacher of the Year 2010, Cleveland City Schools, Cleveland Middle School, Tennessee
Outstanding Local Educator Award, Kappa Delta Pi, Spring 2010
Created National Reading Lesson Plans for the Center for Civic Education: School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program, Spring 2010
Ran after school credit recovery program 2009-2010, Cleveland Middle School, Cleveland Middle School, Tennessee
Create Lesson Plans for the Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy Museum, Spring, 2010
National Trainer: Project Citizen 2007-Current, Center for Civic Education, Tennessee Center for Civic Learning and Engagement
State Trainer: We the People 2007-Current, Center for Civic Education, Tennessee Center for Civic Learning and Engagement
School Leadership Team 2007-2010, Cleveland Middle School, Tennessee
School Improvement Team 2007-2010, Cleveland Middle School, Tennessee
System wide Quality Council member 2008-2010, Cleveland City Schools, Tennessee
Site Coordinator for After-School program targeting Anti-Methamphetamine Use 2009, Cleveland Middle School, Tennessee
Applebee’s Teacher of the Month 2008, Cleveland, Tennessee

Presentations:

Data Informed History Instruction Model: Heritage Alliance Teaching American History Grant, Charter County, Nov, 2011
Maximizing Student Achievement in a Virtual Learning Classroom: Tennessee School Board Association Conference, Nashville, Nov, 2011
Using the Massachusetts Center for Civic Education Website: Massachusetts Center for Civic Education, Cape Code, MA, Oct 2011
Guest Presenter Incorporating Promethean ActivInspire into the Math Curriculum, Lee University, Math Methods, Cleveland, Tennessee, Aug 2011
Guest Presenter Using Digital Differentiated Instruction: Lee University, Technology in the Classroom, Cleveland, Tennessee, July 2011
Data Informed History Instruction Model: Department of Education, Washington DC, Aug, 2011
Digital Project Citizen 3 Day Workshop: California Center for Civic Education San Francisco California, Feb, 2011
Digital Project Citizen 3 Day Workshop: Tennessee Center for Civic Learning and Engagement, Nashville, Tennessee, Dec, 2010
Guest Presenter Incorporating Technology into the Social Studies Classroom, Lee University, Social Studies Methods, Cleveland, Tennessee, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Utilizing Web 2.0 Technology and Using Technology with Project Citizen: Center for Civic Education, San Antonio, Texas, Oct, 2010
Maximizing a Representative Democracy Training Level 1 and Maximizing a Representative Democracy Training Level 2, Representative Democracy in America, Washington DC, July 2010
Using Project Citizen as a Capstone Project: Forum For Innovative Leadership, Memphis, Tennessee, June, 2010
We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution and We the People: Project Citizen Week Institute: with Memphis City School, Memphis, Tennessee, June, 2010
Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom: Cleveland City Schools, Cleveland, Tennessee, Jan, 2010
Utilizing the Student Voice: National Council for the Social Studies, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov, 2009
Lead In-Service- Utilizing Project Citizen, Algood Middle School, Algood, Tennessee, Oct 2009
Lead In-Service- Utilizing Project Citizen, Clarksville-Montgomery County, Clarksville, Tennessee, Sept, 2009
Utilizing the Student Voice: National Service Learning Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, May, 2009
Incorporating Technology into the History Classroom, Appalachia Corridor Teaching American History Grant, Pikeville, Tennessee, May 2009
Using Digital Story Telling in the Classroom, Tennessee Council for the Social Studies, Knoxville, Tennessee Nov, 2008
Homemade PowerPoint Games: Tennessee Association of Middle Schools Fall weekend conference Presenter 2006

Technology Skills:

Microsoft Certified Professional
Comptia A+ Certified
Fluent in Promethean Activboard
Fluent in MAC and PC
Fluent in Digital Story Telling
Fluent in incorporating Web 2.0 and Clouding Applications into the classroom
Fluent in Learning Management Systems: Moodle
Fluent in Desktop Support
Fluent in Computer Networking
Fluent in Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Publisher
Fluent in Microsoft Operating Systems
Fluent in Web Design
Fluent in Adobe Dreamweaver, and Adobe Photoshop
Fluent in iLife Suite

Education Certifications:

7-8 All Subject Areas, (except Art & Music)

9-12 History

K-6 Language Arts

K-6 Reading

7-8 Social Studies

K-12 Educational Leadership

Educational Work History:

Cleveland City Schools-

Cleveland Middle School – 2007-Present

2010-Current 7th Grade Virtual Learning Academy- Math, Geography, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Reading

2007-2009 7th Grade Geography & Reading

Tennessee Center for Civic Learning and Engagement-

Technology Consultant

2008-Current

Bradley County Schools-

Lake Forest 2005-2007

8th Grade US History

Athens City Schools-

Athens Junior High 2004-2005

7th Grade Geography & 8th Grade US History

Written on March 7th, 2011