Professional Licensure                                                           (2000-Present)

         Kansas State Department of Education

         Highly Qualified Designation for Art K-12

Wichita State University - Bachelor's in Art Education (BAE) 2000

Wichita State University - Master's Degree in Art Education (MAE) 2004

ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES

• National Art Education Association Kansas Art Educator of the Year 2019

• Kansas Outstanding Overall Art Educator of the Year 2018-2019

• Andover Foundation for Education Grant Recipient 2019, 2021, and 2022.

• Target Field Trip Grant Recipient 2018

• USD 402 Secondary Teacher of the Year 2016-2017

• Named Kansas Art Education Association Outstanding Middle School Art Educator of the Year 2011-2012

• The Power of Art Professional Development Grant Recipient 2017

• Derby NEA New Educator of the Year 2002-2003

• Artwork included in the permanent collection of the Coutts Memorial Museum of Art in El Dorado, Kansas

• Artwork exhibited at the Erman B. White Gallery of Art, McKnight Art Center on the campus of Wichita State University, The Art Centre in Augusta, Kansas, and The City Hall Art Gallery in Derby, Kansas

• Scholastic National Silver Medalist Teacher, 2016

• Arts Partners Grant Recipient 2000, Donors Choose Grant Recipient 2012, KAEA Grant Recipient 2013, Target Grant Recipient 2015 and  I.D.E.A. Grant Recipient 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, Foundation for Andover Schools Grant Recipient 2019 & 2020

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

• Member of  KEEN (Kansas Exemplary Educator Network)

• Former Vice President of the Augusta Arts Council Board of Directors

• Served on the Kansas Visual Arts Standards Writing and Review Team 2015

• Served on the Kansas Higher Education Program Standards Committee 2016

• Selected as one of only 100 educators across the nation to pilot the National Visual Arts Standards Model Cornerstone Assessments

• Former Member of the Art Education Advisory Committee at Wichita State University

• Kansas Art Education Association Youth Art Month Flag Chairperson 2012 - 2021

• Leader of the Andover EdVenture travel program that provides students the opportunity  to travel the world during the summer months through EF Tours.

• Actively involved in building awareness of Kansas student-artists through the promotion of Youth Art Month across the state.

• Served as a building Representative for Derby NEA

• Past Presenter at multiple Annual Kansas Art Education Association Fall Conferences

• Design Consultant for Downtown Augusta, Inc.

• Illustrated design concepts for the Downtown Augusta Revitalization Project

• Coordinated youth art activities for the Wichita Art Museum at the Wichita River Festival

• Worked as an art judge for events such as the Sedgwick County Fair and the Central Plains Middle School League Art Festival

• Workshop presenter for the McPherson Community Foundation & The Norene Ketcherside Endowment for Fine Arts 2017- present

• Designed and Coordinated the Augusta City Council Chamber Mosaic Project through the Augusta Arts Council Summer Education Program