Education & Credentials

2003

bachelor of Science in Elementary Education

Concentration: Spanish

Minor: Teaching English as a Second Language

2008

Master of Reading Education

K-12 Reading Specialist

2013

Doctor of Education in Curriculum & Instruction

Dissertation: Summer Reading Loss: A Mixed-Methods Study of Parent Development and Home-Based Summer Reading

Licensure

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Teaching License

- D-Level Curriculum-Instruction Specialist (Grades K-12)
- M-Level Literacy Specialist (Grades K-12)
- A-Level Elementary Education (Grades K-6)
- A-Level English as a Second Language

Certifications/Credentials

- Quality Matters Teaching Online Courses Certification (completed October 2022)
  - Course 1: Gauging Your Technology Skills (June 2022)
  - Course 2: Evaluating Your Course Design (June 2022)
  - Course 3: Exploring Your Institutions Policies (July 2022)
  - Course 4: Orienting Your Online Learners (August 2022)
  - Course 5: Connecting Learning Theories to Your Teaching Strategies (September 2022)
  - Course 6: Creating Presence in Your Online Course (September 2022)
  - Course 7: Assessing Your Learners (October 2022)
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Literacy: Reading-Language Arts (Early-Middle Childhood ages 3-12)
- Keys to Literacy Comprehension Routine Level 1 Trainer (K-12)
- Reading Research to Classroom Practice Trainer for NCSIP (previously titled “Reading Foundations”)
- North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Data Literacy Online Course Facilitator
- Focused Collaborative Cycle Facilitator (certified by the Center for Quality Teaching and Learning)
- Helping Early Literacy with Practice Strategies (HELPS) Certified Trainer

Quality Matters

I have engaged in many professional development opportunities through Quality Matters.

In May 2021, I took a course focused on learning the Quality Matters standards, Improving Your Online Course, which served as a prerequisite for having one of my online courses evaluated for Quality Matters certification. In April 2022, my RE 3240 course design was evaluated and certified by Quality Matters using the eight standards for highly effective online teaching.

Further, I completed the Teaching Online Certification through Quality Matters, which includes seven separate courses focused on course design, policies, teaching/learning alignment, and digital tools.

Professional Memberships

- Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) Member and AppState's KDP Chapter Faculty Advisor
- Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER), Member
- Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (DKG) Avery/Watauga Chapter, Member
- International Literacy Association (ILA), Member
- National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE), Member
- North Carolina English Teachers' Association (NCETA), Member, former Board Member
- Learning Forward, Member

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