With over 30 years experience at the local, state and national level my passion is to serve others well. My experience includes serving as a public school teacher, kindergarten and first grade, adjunct professor at several colleges and a university, professional in the assessment and curriculum divisions at the Pennsylvania Department of Education, specializing in large scale assessment, portfolio assessment, primarly level assessment and early literacy development, administrator of several child development programs, administrator of a government sponsored multi-site child care program and professional development specialist at a national association. My goals are to continue to serve others well as an emerging leader in education, to create a foundation that benefits children and families, today and in the future and to support a balanced life style, where people thrive rather than merely survive.Specialties: Union negotiation, facilitator of professional developmetn activities, financial management, strategic planning, project management, grant writing