- Education
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- Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Education, University of Arizona, 1990.
- Master of Education, Elementary Education, Arizona State University, 1996
E.S.L. Endorsement 2002
Early Childhood Endorsement 2006
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- Formal
- Computer
- Training
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- Graduate of Intel Teach to the Future Program
- A.S.U. - Basic Programming
- Graduate courses in Word, PowerPoint, FrontPage, district classes in, Windows 2000/XP apps. , Inspiration...
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- Professional Experience
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- September 1991 - June 1994, Hopi Elementary School, Phoenix, Arizona
- Second Grade Teacher
- August 1994 - Present, Hohokam Elementary School, Scottsdale, Arizona Third/Second Grade Teacher
September 2001 - Present, Ottawa University, Part Time P.E.P. Instructor (Adjunct Faculty)
July 2002 - May 2004- ASSET ASP Trainer for the Arizona State Department of Education
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- Professional
- Accolades
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- Charros, Hohokam Teacher of the Year Award 2001
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- Special Skills
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- Art: Over fifty hours of graduate and undergraduate Art and Art Education. (This comes in very useful when designing computer graphics.)
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- Computers: excellent working knowledge of Mac OS and Windows based computers. Fluent with Word, Publisher, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Internet Explorer, Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Successmaker, Accelerated Reader and STAR Reading.
Developed and maintain:
- www.azteacher.net- an educational resource site for teachers and students
- www.azteacher.net/ottawa - a list of syllabi and resources for courses I teach at Ottawa University
- Hohokam Elementary School web site: www.susd.org/Hohokam/
- Writing: Have developed numerous processes for teaching writing to primary aged students. Have helped students write and "publish" over 1000 books.
- (Many of these stories are on our class web site)
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- Committees
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- Served as a member of Hopi School's "Tribal Council." Served as a member of Facilities and Diversity Committees, leader in the planning and implementation of Hohokam's first annual Diversity Conference. Served as Chairman of Hohokam's Technology Committee.
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- Adult Computer Education Classes Taught
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- Have taught over 100 graduate courses at Ottawa University in Microsoft Word, FrontPage, PowerPoint, Internet, Adobe Photoshop, web site creation, computer integration, imaging software, digital cameras..., district classes in word processing, web page creation, use of the Internet, PowerPoint, reading and writing across the curriculum, Stanford 9 test taking skills.
Trained teachers to use the Cox Education Network Application Service Provider interface through ASSET.
- Click here to see syllabi for all the classes I have taught at Ottawa University.
Click here to see syllabi for all the classes I am currently teaching at Ottawa University. |