CERTIFICATION• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Certification for:Library Media Specialist, K-12 (Lifetime)• Florida Department of Education Teacher Certification for:Educational Media Specialist, PK-12 &Humanities, K-12 (expires 6/2018)EDUCATIONMA, Library and Information Science1991 – University of South Florida, Tampa, FLBA, Art History1987 – University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Additional university courses: Environment of Public Administration, PAD 6044 – USF, Tampa, FL - 1995 Computer Applications for Public Administrators, PAD 6710 – USF, Tampa, FL - 1995 Research Methods in Public Administration, PAD 5700 – USF, Tampa, FL - 1995 Quantitative Aids for Public Managers, PAD 6703 – USF, Tampa FL - 1996 Preparing Instructional Media, LIS 6303 – USF, Tampa, FL - 1998 Curriculum and Instruction, EDG 4620 – USF, Tampa, FL - 1999 Florida Literature, LIT 6934 – USF, Tampa, FL – 2004 Cultural Theory, HUM 6801 - USF, Tampa, FL – 2006 Foundations of Reading Instruction EDU 549 - Fontbonne Univ., St. Louis, MO – 2011 Teaching Reading as Inquiry, Grades K-12 EDU 599- Fontbonne Univ., St. Louis, MO - 2011 Other: Project CRISS (Creating Independence Through Student-owned Strategies) – 12 hours - 2003 Kagan Cooperative Learning summer workshop – 16 hours – summer 2005 Institute on Content Area Literacy & the Common Core State Standards – Columbia