Career Objective MY goal is to create a positive learning and working environment that promotes inquiry while USING skills in a technology-rich learning environment.
Experience Summerdale School Summerdale, Alabama Second Grade Teacher, August 2017 - Present Fourth Grade Teacher, August 2002 – 2017 -Highly Qualified under NCLB, Elementary Education K–6, Reading P–12 -Scholastic/Baldwin County Guided Reading cadre -eMINTS Certified -digital Renaissance Leadership Academy -School Technology Mentor -ARI Trained, Alabama Reading Initiative -Creates and prepares Inquiry Based Lessons and Project Based Lessons -Assists students in creating digital projects -Served and Serves on numerous committees BBSST - Building Based Student Support Team, Discipline Based Arts Education, Social Committee, Technology, Grandparents' Day Committee(CHairperson - twelve consecutive years chairing and hosting) -Trained and implementS AMSTI, Alabama Math Science and Technology Initiative, LESSONS -Created and Maintains Teacher Web Page -Coordinates and plans field trips -Implementing The Leader In Me -Presenter at the Gulf Regional Technology Conference
Summerdale Elementary, Summerdale, Alabama In-classroom Training, Spring 2001 -Carried out classroom responsibilities -Created, prepared, and implemented extensive lesson plans -Assisted and implemented Talents activities and Four Square Writing
Daphne Elementary, Daphne, Alabama Sequence Field Experience, Fall 2000 -Assisted Kindergarten teacher, carried out classroom responsibilities -Created, prepared, and implemented lesson plans
Greenwood Bible Deliverance Church, Summerdale, Alabama Sunday School Teacher, 1991 – 2011 -Created, planned, and implemented Sunday School lessons and activities -Created and conducted annual children's presentations
Baldwin County Board of Education, Bay Minette, Alabama Substitute Teacher, November 1998 – June 2002 -Gained valuable experience in the classroom setting -Followed through with the plans of other teachers
Delchamps, Incorporated, Mobile, Alabama Accounts Payable Associate, March 1988 – June 1997 -Assisted and supervised the payment of overhead costs -Managed accounts in order to meet crucial deadlines
University of South Alabama, Spring 1999 – Spring 2001 Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education, Certified K – 6 Honors and Awards: Cum Laude, Recipient of the Ralph Jones Memorial Scholarship, Member of Alpha Theta Chi, President Scholar, Eligible for Mortar Board Senior Honor Society