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Higher Education Instructor, former secondary teacher, English/Composition including dual credit, hybrid, online, and face-to-face. Award winning educator focused on active learning, real life connection strategies.
- Online Instructor of the Year 2017 & 2018
- Nomination for Instructor of the Year 2017, 2015, 2014
- Instructor of the Year —COM 2018 and 2014
- Instructor of the Year Finalist—COM 2015, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2006
- Texas State Middle School Assoc. Teacher of the Year 2004
- Dickinson ISD Secondary Teacher of the Year 2003-2004
- Co-Director National Writing Project--Greater Houston Area Writing Project
- Kellogg/NADE fellow
National presenter certified in:
- adult learning
- secondary ELA
- emotional intelligence
- flipped classroom
- Blackboard courses
- peer mediation
- International Board of Presenters
- Higher Ed Faculty, Staff Developer (Coach / Mentor), Teacher at College of the Mainland/Clear Creek ISD/Dickinson ISD in Texas
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2016Need two weeks worth of writing prompts to get students writing and ready for factual/non-fiction writing? Try the ten slide PowerPoint which...
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2020What happens when Tom the Turkey decides not to participate in Thanksgiving? This active learning book includes listening and sight words that are...
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2016Interactive individual or group activity that uses symbols and inferencing to answer the Top Ten Kids' Movies. Colorful images with answer sheet...
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2016Write your own story about the bunny! Lined for beginning writers to start their story...do a continuous story with each student adding their own...
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2016A variety of winter images for children to color. Can be pasted onto construction paper, cut out, and hung for classroom displays. 24 black and white...
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2016A seven-slide, interactive PowerPoint to assist students through the process of choosing college majors. Includes individual/small/whole group...
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2016Interactive individual or group activity that uses symbols and inferencing to answer the Top Ten Kids' Movies. Colorful images with answer sheet...
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2016A simple introduction to parallelism (using words in a series) and how to use it in writing. Includes: Explanation Color-coded slides Why writers use...
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2016It's Harvest Day, and Rocky needs to find a better way to get to the garden to pick his vegetables. Help Rocky on his adventure with physical fitness...
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2016New standardized tests, such as ACT and SAT, ask students to define the problem, sort through solutions, find the best solution, and explain why they...