Bachelor of Music- Music Performance | Western Carolina University, 2013 (magna cum laude)
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certification- 120 hours | University of Toronto Online, 2015
Master of Education- Globalization of Education | Moreland University (Teach Now Educatore), 2018
Professional Teaching License- Elementary Education, ESOL, Music | Washington, DC, Aug. 2018-2021
International Baccalaureate (IB) Certificate in Teaching & Learning, Primary Years Programme (PYP) | University of Windsor, 2021
PEAK Educator's Conference | Northwest Bilingual School, Kuwait- 2017
Independent Investigation Method | Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait- 2017
Weekly teacher-led workshops on various topics- developing classroom community, designing workshop model Math lessons, incorporating technology into the classroom (2018-2020)
Continuous mini-workshop training in new technologies- MyOn Online Library, G-Suite, Padlet, Nearpod, Mote, Zoom. (2020-2021)
Rules in School: Teaching Discipline in the Responsive Classroom, by: Kathryn Brady, Mary Beth Forton, Deborah Porter (Center for Responsive Schools, Inc., 2003)
80 Morning Meeting Ideas for Grades 3-6, 1st Edition, by: Carol Davis (Center for Responsive Schools, Inc., 2012)
The Daily 5, Second Edition: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades, by: Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (Stenhouse Publishers, 2006)
The CAFE Book, Expanded Second Edition: Engaging all students in daily literacy assessment and instruction, by: Gail Boushey and Allison Benhe (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019)
This year I plan to...
Culturally Responsive Literature Instruction Workshop- Harvard Graduate School of Education, July 28 - Aug. 17 2021 (unconfirmed)
Collaborating Across Borders: Classroom to classroom connections- United We Teach course.
Become active in the United We Teach community.
In the next 5 years...
I hope to further my student in the psychology of learning and education. I am looking to study in a conversion program in the UK.