Portfolio & Personal Interests

Completed Blended Learning instructional course at Michigan Virtual and worked with instructors and peers to present innovative blended learning strategies. 1 year cohort.

It is important that every child have access to books. Book of the month is a program that I started with my classes by leveraging the $1 Scholastic books offered each month. Parents and community members would sponsor a student in my class and every student is able to take home a new book every month to build their home library. Unwanted books are donated to the school library, community library, housing shelters, etc. 

Completed 120 Hour TESOL course. Taught English to students in China via an online tutoring company. I occasionally tutor individuals seeking to learn the English Language. 

•  MiAEYC: "File Cabinet Rebellion" - going digital and keeping your documents/units organized (Grand Rapids, MI, 2011) 

• File Cabinet Rebellion (February 2012, Cadillac Area Public Schools District In-Service)

• Daily 5 in the Primary Classroom - a showcase of Daily 5 stations in action (Wexford-Missaukee ISD, 2012) 

• The 1-iPad Classroom (November 2013, Wexford Missaukee ISD District In-Service)

• iPads in the Classroom (February 2014, Cadillac Area Public Schools District In-Service)

• EdCamp NoMI "How to create for Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT)" (January 2015)

• EdCamp NoMI "Apps Galore and Flipped Classroom Model" (January 2015)

• Google Drive (Cadillac Area Public Schools, 2015)

• Easy and Effective Communication Using Social Media (Nov. 2, 2015, Wexford-Misaukee ISD District Wide Inservice)

• Michigan Association of Computers in Learning (MACUL, March 2018): "Tech Tools for Upping Your Learning Game" and "Blended Learning Panel Discussion" with Michigan Virtual

• Schoology Learning Management System (LSM) - collaborate with other tech leaders and our IT department to implement three year roll out plan for staff and student use of Schoology as a pandemic response to remote, hybrid, and virtual education. Spent a full summer training staff PreK-12th grades to build courses, design lesson, assessments, and create a fully functioning online classroom platform. Collaborated and created user-friendly tutorials, training videos, literature/how-to guides, etc. for staff, students/parents, and administrative assistants for the six buildings within our school district K-12.