Additional Highlighted Honors, Certifications, and Skills
Current North Carolina, Media License, Grades K-12
Current North Carolina, Instructional Technology
Current North Carolina, Social Studies License, Grades 6-8
Current North Carolina Social Studies License, Grades 9-12
Current North Carolina English/Language Arts License, Grades 6-8
Current Ohio Social Studies License, Young Adult/Grades 7-12
Current Missouri Social Studies License, Grades 6-12
Current Missouri Language Arts Lices, Grade 6-8
Former Ohio Social Studies License, Middle Childhood/Grades 4-9
Former Ohio Language Arts License, Middle Childhood/Grades 4-9
Former Virginia Social Studies License, Secondary/Grades 7-12
Former Virginia Social Studies License, Middle/Grades 6-8
Former Virginia Language Arts License, Middle/Grades 6-8
Fall 2025: Piedmont Triad School Media Specialist/STEM Educator Conference Presenter on AI Unit Building
Fall 2025: NCTIES Virtual Fall Conference, AI Unit Building Tools
2024-2025, AI Professional Development Train the Trainer for School Media Coordinators
2024-2025, East Forsyth Middle School Introductory AI for Educators Sessions
2024, NC BOLD Ambassador
2024, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Presenter on Implementing Gamification in Middle School Level Math
2023-2024, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Presenter on AI Use for Teachers at the Fall 2023 ELA/EC Workshop and the Winter 2024 World Languages Workshop
2017-2019, Ohio Middle Level Association Trainer on Transdisciplinary Problem Based Learning
2017-2021, Reynoldsburg City Schools Transdisciplinary Problem Based Learning Training and Humanities (connecting social studies and language arts courses) Training for the District
2007-2010, Roanoke City Schools Social Studies Curriculum Implementation District Trainer
East Forsyth Middle School Certified Support Staff of the Year 2023-2024
Selected to for the 2020 George Washington/Mount Vernon Summer Institute (cancelled due to Covid)
Raider Fellowship Award (District Level Outstanding Teacher Award), 2020
National Geographic Certified Educator, 2020
Ohio Department of Education Social Studies Model Curriculum Committee Member, 2018
Virginia Standards of Learning Civics/Economics Test Review Committee, 2010
Virginia Council of Economic Educators Regional Economics Educator of the Year, 2006
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Media Specialist Training, April 2025
North Carolina EdTech Coaching Cohort/Level II: 2023-2024
North Carolina Coaching Cohort/Level I: 2022-2023
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Student Centered Coaching, May 2023
Ohio Department of Education Required Gifted Student Training Programs - 2018-2020
PAST Foundation Project Based Learning Training, 2016
Backwards Design Training, 2011-2012
IB MYP Assessment Training, 2008
James Madison We the People Institute, 2006