• Odyssey Coordinator and Teacher : (2013-PR) Coordinate K-12 gifted program. Over saw gifted budget; gifted referrals, screening, and testing; communication with families regarding gifted. Teach middle and high school gifted classes.

• English and Odyssey Teacher : (2010-13) Taught 8th grade English, gifted, and Character Connections classes. Helped with the musical at the high school and with 8th grade choir. Sponsored a Musician's Club.

• Odyssey Teacher : (2006-2010) Taught 6-8th grade gifted/talented students. Structured course to include accelerated core subject studies and grade level exclusive extended study topics. Also taught Music Appreciation, Sports Marketing, Family, and Public Speaking in the alternative high school. Budget cuts reduced staff of gifted program, moved to English.

• Management Teacher : (2005-2006) Worked with at-risk and suspended students grades 6-12 in a pull-out program. Planned and graded an accelerated curriculum that included all core areas and character education. Program was cut from budget.

• English Teacher : (1999-2005) Taught high school English: 10th grade, Applied Communications, Mythology, and Science Fiction. Worked with a history teacher and special education teacher to form a 10th grade team. Served as a Student Council sponsor.

• Elective Teacher : (1999-2001) Taught 6th grade performing arts and 7th grade careers. Served as a Student Council sponsor.

• English Teacher : (1997-1999) Taught high school English: 10th grade, Applied Communications I, and Applied Communications II. Served as a sophomore class sponsor.

• Provide private guitar and music lessons to a wide range of students. Written and published two books on guitar. Released a noted collection of jazz recordings that received praise on the New York blog All About Jazz.

• Founded a company that made software tools for teachers.

• Skilled in various technologies such as programming (Java, PHP, Perl, JavaScript, Visual Basic .NET), web development and design (AJAX, HTML, XML, Flash, RSS), and server maintenance (Apache, Tomcat). Handled all aspects of development including testing and deployment.

• Achievements: educational standards alignment algorithm on file with the Library of Congress, Vector Based Variance provides a way to visualize statistics to aid in performance analysis

• Graduated from Southwest Baptist University, SBU.

• Completed a central office level internship leading curriculum revision committee that worked to align and document the scope and sequence of middle school language arts instruction.

• Graduated from Southwest Baptist University, SBU.

• Completed middle school principal internship leading science curriculum revision that worked to better vertically align instruction in grades 5 through 9.

• Graduated from Southwest Missouri State, SMU.

• Senior MAP Leader : Served as our district's Senior MAP Leader, Class 9, and coordinated training for teachers in three buildings, grades 6-12. Responsible for attending meetings; preparing, scheduling (dates and substitutes), and conducting training; and monitoring follow-up training. Periodically give workshops on MAP, GLE's, and teaching methods.

• 4MAT Trainer : Previously trained in the 4MAT teaching method. Gave several workshops about implementing the brain research based teaching method.