• 25 PLUS years of K-2 Classroom Teaching Experience • I am a Reading Specialist • I have been a Practitioner Showcase Presenter for Staff Development Educators (SDE) at the National I Teach 1st Grade Conference in San Antonio, Texas • I have been a presenter for the Southern California K/1 conference In Pasadena, CA
Hands-on, fun and engaging! I believe learning should be fun!
• Fallbrook Union Elementary School DISTRICT TEACHER of the YEAR (2002) • Fallbrook Street School TEACHER of the YEAR (2001) • Reading Award from Greater San Diego Reading Association (2002) • Fallbrook Homeschool Academy TEACHER of the YEAR (2015)
• BA in Elementary Education from San Diego State University, San Diego, CA • Student teaching and graduate classwork completed at California State University, San Bernardino • Reading Specialist coursework completed through University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
I love teaching and I love to design things that enrich and engage students!
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Writing-Expository, Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Basic Operations, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Order of Operations, Other (Math), Science, Astronomy, Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, Environment, Other (Science), Social Studies, Government, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Other (Art), Special Education, Career and Technical Education, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), Literature, Classroom Management, Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Place Value, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Engineering