I am first and foremost a math educator. I taught middle school mathematics, which included 6th, 7th, 8th grade and Algebra and Geometry, for 10 years. Loved it! In that time, I got my masters in Curriculum & Education, and began my journey of sharing hands-on, inquiry math practices with others. I strived to make my classroom an engaging, hands-on learning experience so my students learned to apply and love mathematics. I moved into the high school, where I taught Algebra & Geometry for five years, and also spearheaded the new Personal Finance course. I continued to strive to make my classrooms inquiry based and incorporate technology every chance I got. I used Sketchpad, Discovery Mathematics, won a grant from Dominion VA Power to get tons of manipulatives and games for my students learning, and continued to share what I was doing with others at local, state & national conferences.
I began my doctorate in Curriculum in EdTech right as I began a position as a Secondary Math Specialist, supervising over 200 math teachers. I helped develop curriculum, using Discovering Mathematics, and incorporating Sketchpad, and as a result became quite friendly with the folks at Key Curriculum. Which, 2 years later morphed into my dream job, working at Key first as their Professional Development Manager and then as their Director of Edtech Outreach.
My five years at Key were the best - I was helping develop technology resources, running the PD program, spear heading online supports such as webinars and virtual PD, and as always, doing PD around the country on technology integration, Common Core and inquiry-math practices. I loved it!! And, during this whole process...still working on my doctorate. When Key was eventually sold to McGraw-Hill in 2012, I went along to MHE and worked their for about 9 months. But, I decided I really wanted to focus on finishing my doctorate so I could move to the next phase of my career, so left MHE in 2013 and spent a year researching, writing and defending my dissertation and achieved my Doctorate in 2014.
Since that time, I have been living the life of an independent education consultant. It's not easy, yet it is never dull and always changing. I have broadened my experiences - I learned Geogebra to create all the dynamic explorations in the Kendall Hunt Discovering Geometry V5 ebook. I have taught online math courses around the Common Core and online English courses and administrative leadership courses. I have created web applets using webSketchpad for MHE's new online curriculum. I have gotten back into doing Discovering Math professional development. I do work with schools on integrating math standards and technology. I have helped develop some webinar protocols and online course protocols for various education companies. In all - it's been rewarding and challenging. I've worked with the UT Charles A. Dana Center on two big implementation projects - one for the Department of Defense Education Activities, and one for the state of Louisiana. This afforded me the ability to travel the world, going to Germany, Italy, Japan, England, France....it's been amazing!
Currently, I am the Casio Spokesperson, which started in August 2015. I was able to go to Japan as a result which was a wonderful experience. This is a part-time position, with the aim to help Casio get more of a presence in the U.S. market. As a former Key employee, where we were always fighting the "big guys" (MHE, Pearson), even though we were definitely better (not a biased opinion at all), I see Casio in much the same light. Casio is always fighting the 'big guy' of TI, even though their products are better and cheaper and easier. So - I see this as a challenge. I've been doing this for almost 6 years and we have a new, free web-based software that is amazing (ClassPad.net) and with COVID and school closures what I do for Casio has really increased. I help run our weekly free webinars, create/edit how-to and lesson videos for both hardware and software, and of course continue to present at international, national, state and local conferences.
I began my doctorate in Curriculum in EdTech right as I began a position as a Secondary Math Specialist, supervising over 200 math teachers. I helped develop curriculum, using Discovering Mathematics, and incorporating Sketchpad, and as a result became quite friendly with the folks at Key Curriculum. Which, 2 years later morphed into my dream job, working at Key first as their Professional Development Manager and then as their Director of Edtech Outreach.
My five years at Key were the best - I was helping develop technology resources, running the PD program, spear heading online supports such as webinars and virtual PD, and as always, doing PD around the country on technology integration, Common Core and inquiry-math practices. I loved it!! And, during this whole process...still working on my doctorate. When Key was eventually sold to McGraw-Hill in 2012, I went along to MHE and worked their for about 9 months. But, I decided I really wanted to focus on finishing my doctorate so I could move to the next phase of my career, so left MHE in 2013 and spent a year researching, writing and defending my dissertation and achieved my Doctorate in 2014.
Since that time, I have been living the life of an independent education consultant. It's not easy, yet it is never dull and always changing. I have broadened my experiences - I learned Geogebra to create all the dynamic explorations in the Kendall Hunt Discovering Geometry V5 ebook. I have taught online math courses around the Common Core and online English courses and administrative leadership courses. I have created web applets using webSketchpad for MHE's new online curriculum. I have gotten back into doing Discovering Math professional development. I do work with schools on integrating math standards and technology. I have helped develop some webinar protocols and online course protocols for various education companies. In all - it's been rewarding and challenging. I've worked with the UT Charles A. Dana Center on two big implementation projects - one for the Department of Defense Education Activities, and one for the state of Louisiana. This afforded me the ability to travel the world, going to Germany, Italy, Japan, England, France....it's been amazing!
Currently, I am the Casio Spokesperson, which started in August 2015. I was able to go to Japan as a result which was a wonderful experience. This is a part-time position, with the aim to help Casio get more of a presence in the U.S. market. As a former Key employee, where we were always fighting the "big guys" (MHE, Pearson), even though we were definitely better (not a biased opinion at all), I see Casio in much the same light. Casio is always fighting the 'big guy' of TI, even though their products are better and cheaper and easier. So - I see this as a challenge. I've been doing this for almost 6 years and we have a new, free web-based software that is amazing (ClassPad.net) and with COVID and school closures what I do for Casio has really increased. I help run our weekly free webinars, create/edit how-to and lesson videos for both hardware and software, and of course continue to present at international, national, state and local conferences.
Additionally, I am an adjunct professor for Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, where I teach in their online math masters program. I pretty much teach at least one course every quarter and absolutely love working with the teachers and supporting their work in the classroom.
I am always looking for ways to support math teachers and education - so, if you have a need, be sure to reach out!
I am always looking for ways to support math teachers and education - so, if you have a need, be sure to reach out!
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