Experienced and accomplished individual with over thirty years in advertising, customer service, education, management, photography/video, social media and volunteering.
State of Alaska Initial Teacher Certificate (Expiration 12/31/2023, In Review)
State of Hawaii Teacher Standard License (Expiration 6/30/2028)
State of Missouri Educator’s Certificate CCPC (Expiration 7/20/2120)
ANSI Accredited ServSafe Food Handler Cert# 5390235 (Expiration 12/10/2024)
Experience in Education:
Hawaii Department Of Education: (Currently)
- 6- 8 Special Education Teacher, Kapaʻa Middle School
- Kapa’a, HI. July 2023 – Present.
I am a Special Education Teacher at Kapaa Middle School in Kapaa, HI for the 23-24 school year. I am an inclusion teacher for Language Arts 6th, 7th and 8th. I am an inclusion teacher for Math 7th and 8th. I also teach after-school special education classes.
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Iditarod Area School District: (1 Year 9 Months)
- K-12 Itinerant Special Education Provider, District Office
- McGrath, AK. July 2022 – June 2023 (1 year)
K-12 Itinerant Special Education Provider, traveling between 5 locations and administering WJ-IV Achievement A Test. I also administer Hearing/Vision to 7 sites.
- Math Teacher in Algebra, McGrath School
- McGrath, AK. Math Summer Camp 2022, open district-wide, June 2022.
- K-6 General Teacher, Takotna Community School
- Takotna, AK. October 2021 – June 2022 (9 Months)
K-6, Multi-Grade Classroom School Teacher at Takotna Community School. I taught core and extracurricular courses approved by IASD. For 2021-2022, my students received the most growth in the AK Star and Map testing, out of all the students, district-wide!
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State of Missouri: (2 Years 7 Months)
- 8-12 Academic Teacher Level III, Division of Youth Services: Camp Avery
- Troy, MO. April 2020 – September 2021 (1 Year 6 Months)
I worked for the Department of Social Services in the Division of Youth Services at a low-security facility. I had up to 12 male residents, ages 13 – 17, in 8th – 12th Grade.
I taught at-risk youths core education, special education, and elective classes in 8th – 12th grade with a little extra dose of treatment. I helped the youth be positive, focus on their education, and better themselves and their situation to hopefully get themselves on a better track in life.
I administered WJ-IV Achievement A and B Tests as well as the WJ-IV Cognitive Test.
- 8-12 Academic Teacher Level III, Division of Youth Services: Hillsboro
- Hillsboro, MO. March 2019 – March 2020 (1 Year 1 Month)
I worked for the Department of Social Services in the Division of Youth Services at a high-security facility. I had up to 12 male residents, ages 13 – 17, in 8th – 12th Grade.
I taught at-risk youths core education, special education, and elective classes in 8th – 12th grade with a little extra dose of treatment. I helped the youth be positive, focus on their education, and better themselves and their situation to hopefully get themselves on a better track in life.
I administered WJ-IV Achievement A and B Tests as well as the WJ-IV Cognitive Test.
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Wentzville School District (1 Year 6 Months)
- K-6 Instructional Assistant, Stone Creek Elementary
- Wentzville, MO. December 2017 – February 2019 (1 Year 3 Months)
Assisted with dysregulated trauma students, K-6, into a calm and regulated state, to then incorporate them back into the classroom setting. I became an expert manager with In School Suspension (ISS) Students.
- Substitute Teacher, District Wide
- Wentzville, MO. September 2017 – December 2017 (4 Months)
I taught K-12 students, in all subjects. I had excellent classroom management and processing of Teacher Lesson Plans.
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ITT Tech (6 Months)
- Adjunct Professor
- Earth City, MO. December 2007 – May 2008
I taught semester courses in the Design Program. “Rapid Visual” course and “Gaming Management” courses with 40+ students on the roster.
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Lindenwood University (1 Year)
- Adjunct Professor
- Saint Charles, MO. January 2004 – December 2004
I taught semester courses in the Education Program. “Lesson Planning” course and “Teaching Foundations” course. I had 25+ students per class. Both courses investigated current trends in instructional programs found in typical schools. Attention was given to the State of Missouri Lesson Plan Standards.
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Sanford-Brown College (4 Months)
- Adjunct Professor
- Fenton, MO. January 2004 – April 2004
I taught a quarter course in the Business Program. “Business Management” course.
I had 15+ students in class. I provided instruction in areas such as accounting, business operations, human resources, and labor relations.
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Roosevelt High School (1 Year 4 Months)
- Art Teacher
- Saint Louis, MO. March 2001 – June 2002
I taught 9th Grade Introduction to Art. I had 90+ students on the roster. I help students develop their artistic skills by cultivating creative expression and fostering an understanding of textures, shapes, and colors. The majority of teaching students through different projects in ceramics, drawing, origami, painting, and sculpture among mixed media associating the basis of these techniques through teachings in History, Math, and Science.
Example: Have a student look through a paper tube with one eye, the other eye is covered with a patch, and use their dominant hand to draw with. This allowed my students to outperform all others when drawing various cells, and looking through a microscope, in Science class.
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Education:
Lindenwood University
Master of Business Administration, MIS 2003
Master of Art in Teaching, Education 2002
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Kansas City Art Institute
Bachelor of Fine Art, Sculpture 1998