Lifeskills at Hamilton Middle School
Responsible for providing students with appropriate learning activities and experiences designed to fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical and social growth; enable students to develop competencies and skills to function successfully in society.
Tennison Learning Center, Mt Pleasant, TX March 2008- December 2009
Interim Director
Responsible for the planning and instruction of Christian curriculum, planning, budgeting, organizing fund raisers, and special events. Assist in decisions on all aspects of school planting. Provided CPE instructional hours for professional development of teachers of preschool in the Mt. Pleasant area.
Mt. Pleasant Independent School District, Mt. Pleasant, TX September 2001- December 2002
ESL Teacher Grades 9-12
Responsible for the teaching of and development of programs for Vocabulary, Reading, Language Arts, and English I for English as a Second Language students. Supplemented classroom teaching with computer based programs designed for High School age language deficient students. Observed and tested students for special programs in the ESL department.
New Mexico Boys Ranch, Belen, NM June 2001-September 2001
Missionary Teacher Grades 6-12
Responsible for teaching boys in a residential treatment setting. Position requires teachers to be responsible for curriculum design based on New Mexico standards in all subjects including all instruction, life skills, and electives.
Rusk Independent School District, Rusk, TX August 1998-August 2001
Jr. High School Teacher
Responsible for the teaching of 6th grade departmentalized reading, Team meetings, planning, grading, and integrating instruction.
Elementary Special Education Teacher
Responsible for the teaching of and development of programs for Reading, Language Arts, and Life Skills for 3rd - 5th grade students. Implemented IEP's, attended Admissions Review and Dismissal meetings for students, observed and tested students for special education.
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX August 1997-August 1999
Department of Education Adjunct Faculty
Responsible for the planning and instruction of Reading 415, a senior level reading education class. Syllabus for this course included university students attending four hours per week of university coursework followed by one on one tutorial sessions where the student administers a reading test, constructed lesson plans, and instructed at-risk public school students for one hour four times a week under faculty supervision.
Graduate Assistant in the Department of Elementary Education
Responsible for the instruction of Reading 415, the maintenance of the computer lab, as well as group and individual tutoring.
Liaison for the America Reads Challenge Program
Responsible for developing a program based on federal funding to allow rural youth the opportunity to have tutorials in core subjects from community members. America Reads was a program that was to be implemented for the first time requiring the development of a policy and procedure handbook that consisted of fundamental guidelines. This program required training, tutors, organization of meetings, time scheduling between tutors and different educational institutions, as well as traveling to Department of Education round table discussions with educators' nationwide.
Survey of Hours
Doctorate level
Edu 785- Readings in Educational Trends
Edu 770- Public Relations
Edu 760- Discipline and the Christian School Administrator
Edu 755- School Plant Survey
Edu 750- School Law
Edu 740- Curriculum Development
Edu 730- Records and Finance in the School
Edu 720- Supervision of Instruction
Edu 630- Organization and Administration
Edu 610- Survey of School Administration
Edu 609- Special Education Instruction
Edu 611- Methods and Materials
Edu 605- Secondary Instruction
Edu 601- Reading Instruction
Edu 600- Classroom Instruction
Masters level
Ele 577- School Science
Ele 577- Media in teaching
Ele 492- Implementing Outdoor Education
Ele 578- Teaching Content Areas in ESL
Ele 571- Education of the Gifted
Che 505- Advanced Chemical Concepts
Rdg 507- Survey of Reading
Rdg 512- Reading Disabilities Diagnoses and Correction
Provisional |
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| Description | Effective Date | Expiration Date | Status |
| Elementary Self-Contained Grades (1-8) | 06/12/1999 | Life | Valid |
| Elementary Reading Grades (1-8) | 06/12/1999 | Life | Valid |
| Information Processing Technologies I Grades (1-8) | 06/12/1999 | Life | Valid |
Standard |
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| Description | Effective Date | Expiration Date | Status |
| Classroom Teacher | |||
| Secondary Reading Grades (6-12) | 03/24/2002 | 06/30/2007 | Inactive |
| English as a Second Language | 03/24/2002 | 06/30/2007 | Inactive |