Professional Profile
Eager to bring secondary education students into the twenty-first century using a unique combination of education experience coupled with nearly twenty years business background in customer service and management.
Currently Pursuing National Board Certification Early Adolescence/English language arts
MS with distinction in Educational Technology through ECSU May 2008
Hold Bachelors Degree in English and certified in
Connecticut
to teach language arts in grades seven through twelve
Fifth year of teaching experience in an urban middle school setting and successful completion of BEST portfolio
Qualified BEST Mentor, Cooperating Teacher, Technology Leader, Data Team Leader
Highly qualified teacher (015) English language arts grades 7-12 Connecticut
Dedicated to enthusiastic and dynamic teaching as a means of creating and nurturing a lifelong love of knowledge in children
Education, Honors, & Certifications
MS with Distinction 2008 CSU
B.A. English Magna Cum Laude 2003
Eastern
Connecticut
State
University
,
Willimantic CT.
2003
Connecticut
Certification
Provisional Educator Certificate Exp: 2014
English/language arts grades seven through twelve
Eastern
Connecticut
State
University
,
Willimantic CT.
2003
Academic Scholarships and Grants
State of Connecticut Candidate for National Board Certification 2007-2008
The Earl M. Lacey Memorial Scholarship 2001 and 2002
The Connie Campo Memorial Scholarship 2002
The Hoffman Scholarship 2002
The Miriam E. Silcox Memorial Scholarship 2001
ECSU Academic Dean’s List 2000-2003
Academic Excellence Award ECSU 2003
ECSU Department of English Academic Excellence Award 2003
ECSU Research Grant Children's Literature Association Conference, El Paso TX., 2003
Ingenuity Grant Bloomfield Public Schools2005
2008 Grant Proposal "Oral Storytelling and Drama Through Podcasts"
2007 CECA Grant Proposal "IT Assisted Project Based Learning in a Constructivist Language Arts Classroom"
Presentations
CCSU Annual Women’s Conference, New Britain CT 2001
Debunking Amity and Tearing Down the Patriarchal Wall in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights
Children’s Literature Association Annual Conference, El Paso TX 2003
Language: A Tool of Enlightenment or Oppression in the Literature of Walter Dean Myers
·Data-Driven Decision Making Professional Development Workshop for LA teachers, grades 7-8
Using Shared Folders PD for Middle School Staff
Technology Workshop for Bloomfield Instructional Staff on resources available through: www.4teachers.org
