About Me

EDUCATION

• University of South Carolina ♦ Doctorate of Education in Curriculum and Instruction ♦ December 2018

Dissertation Focus: How the instruction of implicit bias within a particular cohort would foster an environment conducive to better social and cultural awareness

• University of South Carolina ♦ Master of Education in Educational Leadership ♦ June 2017

• University of South Carolina ♦ Master of Education in Educational Technology ♦ June 2005

• The College of Charleston ♦ Bachelor of Arts in English, SC Teaching Certification  ♦  June 1997 & 1998

WORK EXPERIENCE 

• ENGLISH TEACHER ♦ CHAPIN HIGH SCHOOL, CHAPIN, SC ♦ August 1998 - Present

English 1 (all levels), English 2 (all levels), English 3 Honors,  AP Language and Composition, AP Literature & Composition, AP Seminar, SAT Verbal, Journalism 1, School Newspaper Advisor, Yearbook Advisor

• ADJUNCT PROFESSOR ♦ COLUMBIA COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, SC ♦ January 2024 - Present

Synchronous online instruction of APEC Graduate students in Literacy Across the Curriculum, Cross-Curricular Instruction, and Assessment Writing 

• RANGE FINDING COMMITTEE ♦ DRC & SC DEPT. OF ED., COLUMBIA, SC ♦ July 2025 

Worked with a team of educators from around SC to determine rage finding essays for scorers of the E2 EOC TDWs. 

• EOC TEST PREP INSTRUCTOR ♦ ATTEST LLC, LEXINGTON, SC ♦ October 2018 - Present

Travel to Title I Schools to work with at-risk students in order to help them succeed on the English 2 and US History EOC exams

• SCORER for AP LANGUAGE FREE RESPONSE ♦ ETS/COLLEGE BOARD, NEW JERSEY ♦ June 2012 - June 2020

Score over 1200 essays for the AP Language free response question each summer

CERTIFICATIONS, TRAINING, & ENDORSEMENTS

• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification & Renewal ♦ AYA/ELA ♦ 2026; 2016; 2006 ♦
  AYA/ELA

• SCTS 4.0 Rubric ♦ July 2018 

• AP Capstone Seminar (AP Seminar Certification) ♦ July 2017

• Center for Creative Leadership Training ♦ May 2017

• Data Team Training ♦ 2012

• PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies) Team Training ♦ Chicago, IL ♦ 2010

• AP Literature & Composition Certification ♦ 2006

• AP Language & Composition Certification ♦ 2005

• Gifted & Talented Certification ♦ 2003

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

• Table Leader for AP Language & Composition Scoring ♦ 2020

• Academic Leadership Academy ♦ Founding Faculty & Implementation Team

• Data Team Trainer

• LeaD5 Trainer ♦ Professional Development Training for AP Language and AP Literature

• High Schools That Work (HSTW) Committee 

• ELA District Leadership Committee

• Chapin High School Leadership Team

• Superintendent’s Faculty Advisory Council

• School Improvement Council

• District Five Teacher Forum 

• English Department Head ♦ 2009-2016

• SAIL (Success Acquired in Learning) Committee & Leadership Team 

• MAST (Mentor & Student Teams) Committee & Leadership Team

• Humanities 1 & Humanities 2 ♦ Founding Faculty & Implementation Team 

PRESENTATIONS

• Bias Awareness in Secondary Students: Reactions to Hidden Prejudices
  Dissertation Defense and Presentation, University of South Carolina, December 2018

• Academic Leadership Academy Informational Community/Parent Meeting
  Chapin High School, Annual Fall Presentation, 2011-Present

• Integrating Center for Creative Leadership Lessons into English Language Arts Curriculum
  The Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC, October 2017 and filmed for CCL Promotional 2019

• Beyond Angry Birds: Using iPads and Web 2.0 as Instructional Tools
  National High Schools That Work Conference, New Orleans, June 2012

AWARDS

• Teacher of the Year ♦ Chapin High School, 2013