07/2019 to Present

STEAM Elective Teacher

Baker Place Elementary– Grovetown, GA

• 2020 Columbia County District Top Five Teacher of the Year Finalist

• 2026 Refined instructional skills for small-group reading and vocabulary while completing Applied Linguistics coursework for the ESOL endorsement program.

• Delivers and develops STEAM curricular units that integrate state standards for students in grades K-5

• Presents professional development training aimed at fostering the integration of STEAM instruction

• Engages students in academically rich and rigorous STEAM learning

• Coaches competitive stock market, STEAM, public speaking, engineering, and robotics teams

• Initiates and develops STEM-based community partner relationships

• Awarded technology grants totaling over $26,000 

• Worked with a collaborative team to write county-wide 3rd-grade science learning targets

• Selected as a member of the 2019-2020 Georgia Board of Education STEAM Leadership Cohort

 

07/2016 to 05/2019

Grades 4-6 Science/STEAM Teacher

Intermediate Literacy And Math Center – Augusta, GA

• 2017 Teacher of the Year

• Developed STEM curricular units that integrate state standards for students in grades 3-6

• Collaborated with teachers to come up with strategies to engage learning and address specific student needs

• Created instructional clubs and teaches academically rich STEM classes

• Delivered daily intensive reading interventions in accordance with the 95 Literacy Intervention System to students in grades 4-6

• Coached competitive FLL robotics, Mindframe STEAM, and Georgia Media Festival teams

• Initiated and develops STEM-based community partner relationships

• Organized and hosts STEM career-based events

• Awarded technology grants totaling over $3,600 used to purchase robotic equipment and fund teams

• Attained over $3,000 in grants funds used to establish school gardens

• Served on the Leadership Team, Arts Committee, Community Involvement Committee, HealthMPowers Team, Grant Committee, Chair of the School Garden Committee, and 2017-18 Teacher of the Year

 

08/2007 to 05/2016

General Education Teacher (Grades 1-3)

W.S. Hornsgy K8 School – Augusta, GA

• 2015 Teacher of the Year

• Taught general education classes to include integrated STEM language arts and science courses (grades 2,3)

• Assisted with the development of STEM-based curriculum for the STEM Academy at the elementary campus of W.S. Hornsby

• Created and taught integrated STEM units aimed at promoting higher-order thinking and the development of problem-solving skills

• Planned and delivered garden-based instructional lessons to W.S. Hornsby teachers 

• Provided garden-based learning instruction to teachers enrolled in Georgia Regents specialist level Place-Based Education course

• Developed activities and integrated technology to diversify instruction

• Fostered meaningful relationships among students through student field-trip retreats and team-work community service projects

• Attained over $10,000 in grant funds and planned and oversaw the development of the Hornsby school community garden and greenhouse

• Partnered with local businesses and raised over $3,000 to develop and support the school-community Soup Kitchen Outreach Program

• Awarded $1,600 grant to support classroom community-based social science service experiment, The Power of Positive

• Initiated the implementation of Richmond County 4H program in upper-level elementary science classrooms

• Delivered school-wide professional development: Classroom Management and county-wide professional development: 5Es

• Served on Leadership Team, AVID team, PBIS team, Garden Committee Chair, and 2015-16 Teacher of the Year

 

06/2005 to 07/2007

Owner And Director

The Saturday School Of Augusta – Augusta, GA

• Created a flourishing business aimed at enriching homeschool instructional practices and curriculum while addressing deficits

• Developed and taught hands-on science and technology lessons to gifted and special needs homeschool students.

 

08/2006 to 05/2007

Teacher Of The Arts

Our Lady Of Peace – North Augusta, SC

• Taught students visual art, music, and dramatic performance skills

 

08/2004 to 05/2005

Teacher

Oconee County Primary School – Bogart, GA

• Attained grant funds for the development of a schoolwide garden-based learning program

• Developed a partnership with educational professionals at the University of Georgia aimed at promoting the use of student-created websites to demonstrate proficiency and conceptual knowledge in various subject areas