Education

I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood, Early Childhood Special, and Elementary Collaborative Education from Samford University in May of 2014. I graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership from The University of Alabama at Birmingham in August of 2018.

Certifications

Alabama State Department of Education

  • Early Childhood Education
  • Early Childhood Special Education
  • Elementary Education
  • Elementary Collaborative Education
  • Educational Leadership

Academic Language Therapy Association

  • Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT)

Google for Education

  • Certified Educator: Level I

Honors, Awards, and Grants

  • School Accreditation Team, Fultondale Elementary School, 2023
  • Superintendent’s Teacher Advisory Council, Jefferson County School District, 2022
  • Chair, Literacy Advisory Council, Samford University, 2021
  • Teacher of the Year, Fultondale Elementary School, 2021
  • President, Magic City Literacy Council, 2020
  • Lowe’s Toolbox for Education Grant, 2019
  • Outstanding Young Alumnus in the Field of Education, Samford University, 2018
  • Top 5 Finalist, Jefferson County Teacher of the Year, 2018
  • Superintendent’s Teacher Advisory Council, Jefferson County School District, 2018
  • Teacher of the Year, Fultondale Elementary School, 2017
  • One Class at a Time Grant, 2016
  • Continuous Improvement Leadership Team, Fultondale Elementary School, 2014-Current

Professional Affiliations

  • Kappa Delta Pi
  • International Dyslexia Association
  • Academic Language Therapy Association
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Magic City Literacy Council

Professional Learning

2022

Presented PD – Fultondale Elementary School

Topic: Dyslexia Awareness

2021

Presented PD – Alabama Literacy Association

Topic: The Missing Link for Comprehension

Led Book Study – Magic City Literacy Council

The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler

Presented PD – Samford University

Topic: Research-Based, Multisensory Language Instruction

Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Units 3-8

48 module PD hours, 36 live PD hours

2020

Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Units 1-2

16 module PD hours, 12 live PD hours

Rise to the Challenge, Fall Conference of the Alabama Branch of the International Dyslexia Association

6 PD hours

Be About It: Unpacking White Privilege, Bias, and Anti-Racist Instruction

14 PD hours

Fox Reading Conference – Structured Literacy: All Children Can Read

6 PD hours

2019

Orton-Gillingham Strategies for Math

16 PD hours

Presented PD – Samford University

Topic: Every Choice Matters

Keynote Speaker – Samford University

Spring Awards Ceremony for the Orlean Bullard Beeson School of Education

Presented PD – Samford University

Topic: Effective Reading Intervention for Students with Dyslexia

2018

Presented PD – Alabama Literacy Association

Topic: Using Procedural Algorithms to Teach Reading

Orton-Gillingham Strategies for Math

24 PD hours

2017

Presented PD – Fultondale Elementary School

Topic: Syllabication for Upper Elementary Students

Certified Academic Language Therapist

200 PD hours, 15 Video Demonstrations, 44 Competencies, National Exam

Google Level I Certified Educator

Online Exam

Presented PD – Fultondale Elementary School

Topic: Research-Based, Multisensory Reading Instruction

2016

Presented PD – Fultondale Elementary School

Topic: Dyslexia Awareness

2015

Presented PD – Jefferson County Schools Exceptional Education Department

Topic: Multisensory Reading Comprehension

AMSTI Training

60 PD hours

2014

Lindamood-Bell Reading Intervention Training

80 PD Hours