Creative, innovative, flexible and organized educational professional with almost eighteen years of teaching expertise in the middle school. Skilled at making even the most complex of mathematical concepts understandable. Talent for employing teaching strategies that are not only effective, but fun; not only educational, but engaging. Both supportive and patient; providing consistent encouragement and extra help. A gift for reaching both the strugglers and the superstars. Warm, caring and eminently approachable, creating a learning environment where it is cool to be smart and safe to take risks. Areas of Expertise• Technology Integration• Critical Thinking Skills• Creative Lesson Planning• Collaborative Teaching • Rubric Creation and Integration• Assessment Tools• Scheduling • Problem Solving• Multiple Intelligences• Classroom Management• Student MotivationProfessional Development • Annual NCTM National Conference (4 years)• Alan November Conference• Grant Wiggins Seminar on Backwards Design• Great Books Workshop• CAIS Conference• Differentiated Instruction• Problem Solving and Math Portfolios• Two week Trip to Europe on the trail of the Riemann HypothesisTechnology Integration• Mathematica• Tinker Plots• Fathom• Geometer's Sketchpad• Excel-Word-PowerPoint• Graphing Calculators• Smart Products• On-line gradebook