I teach grades 3-5 ID Mod at Berea Elementary School. This is my 2nd year teaching at the elementary level.
I taught special education at Beck for one year and Saluda Middle School for four years in Saluda, SC. I have taught resource at the middle school level for a total of 15 years. I had taken two years off to stay home with my son and was at Lakeview MIddle School for the 13 years. For 5 years I taught as the core teacher in the math classroom.
I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Northland Baptist Bible College in 2001. I then went on to complete my Master of Arts in Teaching in Special Education Learning Disabilities at Bob Jones University in 2003.
After passing the Praxis Exams for Special Education Learning Disabilities, I went on to teach from 2004-2008 at Saluda Middle School in Saluda, SC. During this time I also took and passed the Praxis for Middle School Math becoming highly qualified to teach in the middle school resource setting.
In the Spring Semester of 2009 I worked for Spartanburg County as a long term substitute teacher. At the end of 2009 I began working at Brain Balance Achievement Centers for students with autism and ADHD as the evaluator and lead teacher of the academic room.
In the 2012-2013 school year, I took the Elementary Praxis Exam, making me highly qualified to teach as the special education teacher in the classroom grades K5 through 12th. I added Middle Level Mathematics to my certification in the summer of 2019 when I took and passed the Middle Level Mathematics Praxis exam. I added a certification for Intellectual Disabilities to my certificate in December of 2023 as well.
When I am not at school, I enjoy playing chess with my son who is 18. I also enjoy reading mystery novels.