Contact/About

I began my teaching career at a private school teaching 7th and 8th grade life science, earth science, math 7 and math 8.  As much as I enjoyed that experience, I found myself pulled in a different direction.  I then began my career at Todd Middle School where I have been since 2000.  I have always taught science here but have also taught 6th grade math, ELA and reading. 

I am also currently an adjunct professor and Fieldwork 2 Coordinator at SUNY New Paltz where I teach the fieldwork portion of the "How to teach math and science" class.  There I am able to work with students from K-5 and my college students at  a farm.  We use the farm for many lessons! 

I have dual NYS certifications in both Prek-6 elementary education and 1-6 special education.  I also have my Wilson Multi-Sensory Reading designation and Orton Gillingham Classroom teacher designation.

2019-2020 I received an award for SUNY New Paltz for being a Mentor of future teachers! I am a NYS Master teacher as of January 2023.

I have been teaching 20+ years and still have a few more to go!

I have a wonderful husband who helps me coach the Science Olympiad team here at Todd.  I also have 3 wonderful daughters, and a beautiful grandson!  We have 3 dogs all named after cookies and 2 cats who think they are dogs.  I love going to the gym and reading nonfiction education publications.