Daily Schedule

7:55-8:40      Grade 2 WIN (What I Need) 

9:05-9:45   Grade 1 WIN (What I Need) 

9:55-10:40  Grade 5 WIN (What I Need)

10:40-11:10   Lunch

11:10-11:55   Grade 4 WIN (What I Need)

12:10-12:55  Grade 3 WIN (What I Need)

12:55-1:40    Planning

1:40-2:10     Grade K WIN (What I Need)

2:50  Dismissal ​

Safety Patrol

There are many benefits to being a member of Safety Patrol, such as learning responsibility, leadership, commitment, and the satisfaction of helping others.  If you are interested in Safety Patrol complete the Safety Patrol Application below.

SAFETY PATROL APPLICATION

Characteristics of a Safety Patrol

• Lead by example.

• Consider the feelings of others.

• Be Respectful to teachers and students.

• Be responsible and safe.

• Be friendly and work well with others

What do they do?

Safety Patrol students dedicate their time by arriving early at school each day. They help teachers to facilitate the safety of all students.  Examples of duties that our Safety Patrol performs are: assisting with car rider arrival, assisting students from the front and back of the school to their classrooms before school, holding bus signs, hanging up and taking down the flags, monitoring hallways, and assisting with distributing lost and found items & package delivery.  Direct students, not traffic!

AM Car Duty: 4 students

• Students in the front of the school to open cars – Safety, Safety, Safety!!!

• Listen to the duty teachers:  Do not step off the curb to open a car door.  

• While waiting for cars to arrive, be 3 good steps away from the curb or behind the blue line.

AM 100 Hallway, 300 Hallway Duty, & Main Hallway:  4 students

• Hall Monitors direct students to make passing in the halls orderly.

PM Bus Duty: 4 Students

• Need to be bus riders so that you can get on the bus right after duty.

• Hold the signs so that students can read them.

• Put out & store bus signs each afternoon.

PM 100 Hallway & Main Hallway Duty:  4 students

• Hall Monitors direct students to make passing in the halls orderly.

Flag Patrols: 3 Students

• Raise the flags in the morning and lower the flags at the end of the day.

About Me

I have twenty-three years of experience in education.  My love of literacy and working with English language learners began with serving as an AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers In Service to America).  I established community after-school reading programs for English language learner children and trained literacy tutors with the San Diego Council on Literacy.  My experience as an AmeriCorps*VISTA propelled me towards Teach For America.  

As a Corps Member of Teach for America in the San Francisco Bay Area, I taught English Immersion to kindergarten students in East Palo Alto, California.   I earned a Cross-cultural, Language, and Academic Development, (CLAD), multiple subject teaching credential from San Jose State University, and a Master of Arts in Teaching Specializing in Reading Instruction from National University in La Jolla, California.  After completing of my commitment to Teach for America, I returned to Houston, Texas.

In my first year in Houston, I taught second grade at Our Lady of Fatima in Galena Park, Texas.  The next year, I returned to public education with the Houston Independent School District at Jenard Gross Elementary.  I taught first grade and was selected to serve as a Reading First campus literacy coach for grades kindergarten through third grade.  

In 2006, my husband and I moved to Austin.   I wanted to continue to work with English language learners.  I taught fifth-grade reading and social studies at Smith Elementary in Del Valle Independent School District.  Later, I completed the Principal Certification Network program at Region 13 and became an assistant principal at Smith Elementary and later at Gilbert Elementary.  In the summer of 2013, my son was born and I accepted a district position as the Elementary English Language Arts and Reading Coordinator for grades PK-5 serving nine elementary campuses.

In 2016, I began serving as a Campus Support Specialist at Barton Creek and this has been a wonderful and wanted balance for my work and family life.  I love being at Barton Creek and teaching our wonderful Blue Jays!  

I completed my Wilson Language WRS Level 1 certification during the 2017-2018 school year.  I completed my Wilson Language WRS Level 2 certification for small group instruction in January of 2021.  I am currently, certified as a Wilson Dyslexia Practitioner.  

During the 2019-2020, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 school years in my free time, I am a Team Manager for Destination Imagination for the Texas Capital Region.  The DI Knights earned second place at Regionals in the Engineering Challenge for the spring of 2022.  In 2023, the DI Knights earned second place in the Technical Challenge.  I currently serve on the Pack Committee for BSA Cub Scout Pack 29.  I love stretching myself in other leadership positions outside the classroom.

A little about me and my family...   I am a mom, aunt, great-aunt, daughter, stepdaughter, sister, and step-sister.  My childhood experience was moving between divorced parents and eventually blended families.  I grew up between Casper, Wyoming, and Houston, Texas.  I had the luxury of spending my school years in Houston and my summer vacations in Wyoming.  I graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science in Communication.  Go, Cowboys! My husband and I met through mutual friends in Houston.  I am the mother of a very energetic son that attends Barton Creek Elementary.  I enjoy spending time with my family and our dog!   

I love to cook for my family, friends, and colleagues - trying a new food or recipe is always an adventure.   My son and I enjoy reading together and hiking our neighborhood greenbelt.  My husband and I read over 1,000 books to my son before he was three years old.   I personally enjoy reading humorous novels and historical fiction.  Our family also enjoys being outdoors, playing board games, card games, and Mexican train dominoes.