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
- 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
- Teacher of the Year, Fultondale Elementary School, 2017
- One Class at a Time Grant, 2016
- Continuous Improvement Leadership Team, Fultondale Elementary School
Professional Affiliations
- Kappa Delta Pi
- International Dyslexia Association
- Academic Language Therapy Association
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Magic City Literacy Council
Professional LEarning
2021
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 3-4
2020
Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Units 1-2
17 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