Department of Elementary and Middle Grades EducationUndergraduate Courses Taught: ELEM 3000: Curriculum and Standards in the Elementary SchoolELEM 3200: Language Arts in Elementary SchoolELEM 3300: K-2 PracticumELEM 3600: 3-5 PracticumELEM 4300: Classroom Organization and Management (Internship I)ELEM 4324: University Supervisor (Internship II)ELEM 4400: Assessment in the Elementary SchoolEducator Residency Courses Taught:TCHR 4001: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in the Elementary SchoolTCHR 4003: Classroom Management and Child Development in the Elementary SchoolGraduate Courses Taught:ELEM 6005: Educational Research I in Elementary EducationELEM 6001: Educational Research II in Elementary EducationELEM 6200: Leading Curriculum Revision and Implementation ELEM 6350: Advanced Content Pedagogy in Elementary EducationELEM 6400: Advanced Assessment and Teaching in Elementary GradesELEM 6412: Emerging LiteracyMIDG 6400: Educational Research I in Middle Grades EducationMIDG 6402: Educational Research II in Middle Grades Education

MAEd Elementary EducationMAEd Middle Grades EducationTeacher Leadership CertificateTeaching Children in Poverty Certificate

Department of Elementary and Middle Grades EducationUndergraduate Courses Taught: ELEM 3000: Curriculum and Standards in the Elementary SchoolELEM 3200: Language Arts in Elementary SchoolELEM 3300: K-2 PracticumELEM 3600: 3-5 PracticumELEM 4300: Classroom Organization and Management (Internship I)ELEM 4324: University Supervisor (Internship II)ELEM 4400: Assessment in the Elementary SchoolEducator Residency Courses Taught:TCHR 4001: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in the Elementary SchoolTCHR 4003: Classroom Management and Child Development in the Elementary SchoolGraduate Courses Taught:ELEM 6000: Action Research Planning in Elementary EducationELEM 6001: Action Research Implementation in Elementary EducationELEM 6005: Educational Research I in Elementary EducationELEM 6001: Educational Research II in Elementary EducationELEM 6010: Teaching Integrated Language Arts in Elementary SchoolELEM 6400: Advanced Assessment and Teaching in Elementary GradesMIDG 6400: Educational Research I in Middle Grades EducationMIDG 6402: Educational Research II in Middle Grades EducationKappa Delta Pi Faculty Advisor

Department of Teaching and LearningCourses Taught:TLED 408: Reading and Writing in the Content AreasTLED 468: Language Acquisition and Reading for Students with Diverse Learning NeedsTLED 478: Integrating Instruction Across the Curriculum, PK-6 (practicum course)

*Managed all operations of the Batten Center for Teaching Excellence*Designed and presented faculty professional development workshops in campus centers and college-wide events*Provided consultations for full-time and adjunct faculty in a variety of areas, including pedagogy, integrating literacy into the curriculum, instructional technology, classroom instruction, instructional design, instructional delivery, and faculty evaluation*Worked with faculty in large groups, small groups, and one-on-one settings to identify needs, develop action plans, and provide support

Courses taught:EDU 200: Introduction to Education as a ProfessionENG 04: Preparing for College Reading IENG 05: Preparing for College Reading IIENF 1: Preparing for College English IENF 2: Preparing for College English II

Department of Arts, Humanities, and Social SciencesCourses taught:ENG 04: Reading Improvement IENG 05: Reading Improvement IIENG 107: Critical ReadingEDU 295: Teaching Reading to Children

*Facilitated Success For All, a school-wide reading program*Assessed students’ reading ability, utilizing a variety of informal and formal evaluations, including word recognition, running records, comprehension passages, informal reading inventories, quantitative reading inventories, standardized assessments and observations*Provided leadership, both in-house and at conferences, through scheduling, implementing and delivering workshops and training sessions to share reading strategies reflective of current research and trends*Designed and conducted parent workshops on effective reading strategies to increase parental involvement

*Named ‘Teacher of the Year’ first runner up, 2001, Richmond City Public Schools*Developed integrated, technology-advanced core curriculum lesson plans to address the educational needs of a multicultural and educationally diverse student population*Routinely implemented differentiation activities for students with diverse learning needs to increase student opportunity for success*Grade level chairperson, 1999-2001