I have been in public education for the past 18 years. I was a middle school English teacher and Computer Science teacher for ten years, and an assistant principal/athletic and activities director for eight years. I have learned how important my surrounding people are to my success. I get much more satisfaction by seeing those around me achieve their goals and grow than I do celebrating myself. As a teacher and administrator, I have always found myself at the top of my game when a project or problem is given to me to solve.I would like to think I have gained innumerable skills from my career as a teacher; however, I think the most prolific skills I have to offer are: Strong interpersonal communication, Ability to manage relationships with employees, supervisors, community, and stakeholders, Providing motivation and direction, Resourceful leader who delegates effectively, Strong analytical, administrative, and multitasking, and a Proven track record of creating and overseeing strategic plans. Those who have worked with and for me, say that I am a very serious leader when I need to be, yet I can have fun and be the most supportive leader they have ever worked with. I created a system in the athletic department of my school that took the percentage of athletes who were academically ineligible from 17.87% to 1.69% within one school year. In a matter of years, I took a high school's athletic department that was failing at every level, losing athletes, losing every game in every program; to an athletic program that was professional, organized, winning, and above all respectable. As a technology teacher, my middle school computer science classes were chosen by Google to be featured in a middle school computer science achievement video, based on the curriculum I built for middle school computer science classes in our district.