Mission-Driven Impact: Contributed to a mission focused on preparing students for graduation and life beyond, emphasizing equity, inclusivity, connection, compassion, and community.Educational Empowerment: Enabled schools to reimagine educational practices, creating thriving environments that support and nurture every student and family through constructivist pedagogy.Dynamic Learning Environments: Advocated for and facilitated the shift towards learner-centered education, transforming schools into spaces of meaningful engagement and growth.Professional Learning: Designed and developed workshops centered on inquiry, collaboration, project-based learning, and social-emotional learning, enhancing educators' capabilities in promoting learner-centered environments.Resource and Content Creation: Created student-facing resources to support educators in fostering comprehensive learning experiences and contributed regularly to the organization's blog, sharing insights and best practices in education.

Empowered Educators: Provided teachers with materials and support to engage all students in exploring and understanding the world through questioning, investigation, and problem-solving.Equity Advocate: Contributed to OpenSciEd, an equity-focused Open Educational Resources (OER) organization, ensuring accessible and high-quality science education for diverse student populations.Leader in Professional Development: Led professional learning sessions, coached teachers, and mentored new facilitators, delivering top-notch curriculum-based training across the United States.

Workshop and Coaching Facilitation: Led workshops and coaching sessions to equip teachers, instructional coaches, and leaders with the skills to effectively utilize the Defined platform, ensuring accessibility for all students.Strategic Contribution: Contributed to a comprehensive library of strategies, enabling teachers to transition to project-based learning practices and foster deeper student engagement.Workshop Development: Designed and developed a specialized workshop to enhance the implementation of Defined Learning performance tasks, integrating high-quality project-based learning practices for a more robust educational experience.

Coaching and Integration: Coached teachers, instructional coaches, and leaders in client schools to integrate best practices in design, assessment, management, and differentiation, enhancing educational outcomes.Customized Professional Support: Developed and facilitated professional development sessions aligned with district/school vision, addressing diverse needs such as online and hybrid learning environments.Conference Presentations: Presented educational strategies and innovations at state and international conferences, sharing insights and contributing to the broader educational community.Capacity Building: Focused on building capacity within teachers and leaders, ensuring the sustainability of learning improvements and fostering long-term educational growth.

Led Gold Standard Project Based Learning (PBL) Workshops: Developed and facilitated workshops and coaching sessions on PBL structures and practices, guiding schools nationwide and internationally in implementing authentic learning experiences.Tailored Client Support: Collaborated with PBLWorks staff to customize PBL strategies to fit each client's unique context and culture, scheduling ongoing support visits aligned with growth areas identified by the PBLWorks Gold Standard model.National Faculty Engagement: Actively engaged in the National Faculty professional learning community, sharing best practices, leading learning sessions at NF summits, and mentoring new faculty members.

Organized and led collaboration between the math and science departments to establish goals and target instruction to close the achievement gaps within the school. Developed common language for teaching math and science concepts and delivering a world-class education. Created common assessments that embedded authentic learning and 21st Century Skills as part of progress monitoring. Designed and conducted professional development to implement the International Baccalaureate MYP criteria and objectives in our curriculum. Analyzed test data to identify and target instruction towards areas of strength and needs as a part of establishing our building goals regarding literacy and school culture. Managed the department budget, including purchases and equipment. Facilitated vertical articulation with high school and elementary teachers in order to clarify the scope and sequence of curriculum. Collaborated with other school leaders to create a building culture that fosters inquiry, empowerment, and ownership.

Developed modern learners as part of a world-class education by creating learning opportunities with embedded skills such as teamwork, local and global collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and innovation.  Incorporated STEM philosophies including constructivism, inquiry, problem-based learning, and best practices. Integrated technology and web 2.0 applications such as blogs, wikis and Edmodo as a vehicle for students to communicate and collaborate in classroom activities. Created standards-based learning opportunities that used multiple assessments to monitor progress and drive instruction.

Facilitated the vertical collaboration of K-12 science teachers at the district level in order to identify areas of strength and needs. Defined the scope and sequence of the standards and skills within the district and developed common practices and vocabulary. Created opportunities for the community to connect with the efforts of the school district and celebrate successes. These efforts led to stabilization and gains in test scores.

Developed modern learners as part of district curriculum guidelines by creating learning opportunities with embedded skills such as teamwork, local and global collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and innovation. Created standards-based learning opportunities with an equity lens that were culturally relevant and empowered learners to lead their learning.