A Few Facts...

Education   

BA Early Childhood Education

East Carolina University

MEd  K-8 Education

Curriculum & Instruction focus   

UNC-CH

And Some

Personal Interests...

1. • Gardening
   

2. • Making Stained Glass
   

3. • Photography
   

4. • Nature
   

5. • Travel
   

6. • Philosophy

Consulting and staff development EXPERIENCE

1. • Curriculum & Staff Development Director
   

2. • Mentor Teacher Coordinator
   

3. • Vance County Schools
   

4. • Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools
   

5. • Frances Delaney School for Children
   

6. • Central Park School for Children
   

7. • Connected Mathematics Project
   

8. • McGraw Hill Publishing Company
   

9. • Innovative Research Technologies

Teaching Experience

1. • Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools
   

   5th-6th Grades

1. • Duke School
   

   2nd-8th Grades

1. • Central Park School for Children
   

   4th Grade

1. • Carrboro Methodist Preschool
   

   4 Year Olds

1. • UNC-CH & Duke University
   

   Undergraduate Students

1. • Private Tutor 

Presentations

1. • Project-Based Learning Methods
   

2. • Differentiation and Project-Based Learning
   

3. • Integrated Environmental Science
   

4. • In the Garden with the Project Approach
   

5. • Constructing Knowledge in Mathematics

Publications & Organizations

1. • Zen and the Art of Integrated Education, NCAIS
   

2. • Barbie Does Math, NCAIS
   

3. • Board Member, Peaceful Schools Project
   

Honors

1. • Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society
   

2. • Technology Teacher of the Year Award  (2006)
   

3. • NCCAT Seminar Recipient (2010)
   

4. • Fulbright-Hays Study Abroad Grant Recipient (2010)