Master of Science - Curriculum & Instruction - Reading Specialist

    Texas A&M - Texarkana –  August 2012

Bachelor of Arts –  Communication Studies/English

    Texas Tech University – August 2000

Texas Educator Certificate

    English Language Arts & Reading (Grades 8-12)

    English as a Second Language Supplemental (Grades EC-12)

    Reading Specialist (Grades EC-12)

English Language Proficiency Standards Academy - 9/16

Bullying Management for Teachers – 8/16

Suicide Awareness and Prevention – 8/16

Child Abuse Awareness – 8/16

Child Abuse Responsibilities – 8/16

Texas Speech & Debate Camp – 7/16

UIL Capital Conference – 6/16

TELPAS – Spring 2016

At Risk High School Education -10/15

STAAR Writing with Gretchen Bernabei – 7/15

STAAR Active Monitoring – 3/15

Renzuili Learning – 9/14

Reaching Today’s Youth – 8/14

Think Camp- 6/14

TCEA (Presenter & Attendee) – 2/14

Google Tech Competency- Level 3- 11/13

ELL & Technology- 10/13

DMAC & Your ELAR Data- 9/13

Technology Tools for Communication & Collaboration in the Classroom – 11/12

ELAR iPad Training – 7/12

STAAR Expository Writing Academy- 11/11

TCEA- 2/12

CSCOPE Conference for Teachers- 8/11

ELAR STAAR Update- 6/11 

Secondary Writing Training (Prose)- 6/11

TMSA – 2/11

CHISD Technology Institute- 8/10

Socratic Questioning- 7/10

ELAR Lesson Writing- 3/10

GT Update- 8/09

TALA ELA Academy- 8/09

Gradebook Teacher Training- 8/09

Intro to New ELAR TEKS- 7/09

TALA ELA Academy – 6/09

Brain-based Writing Apps – 1/09

Preparation Training for ESL Test- 8/08

GT Update – 8/08

Response to Intervention- 7/08

Write Traits Workshop- 6/08

Closing the Achievement Gap – 6/08

Grammar: Mechanically Inclined- 6/08

Shakespeare: Words in Actions- 1/08

8^th Grade TAKS Reading Focus- 10/07

ESL Strategies- 8/07

GT Update – 8/07