Resume
Work Experience
2007 - Current
Estes Park Elementary School,
Principal
Currently serving as Principal of Estes Park Elementary School, a Pre-K - 5th grade school serving approximately 450 students, with 44 certified and 14 classified staff members. Our student population is diverse, consisting of 20% English Language Learners, 45% Free and Reduced lunch, and 10% Special Education.
2011 - 2013
Estes Park School District-
Director of Education
Served as Director of Education for Estes Park School District R-3, overseeing all Pre K-12th Grade Curriculum, Instruction, Technology and Communication for a district serving approximately 1,100 students. (Returned to Elementary School when the principal left in the middle of the school year)
2008 - 2009
Estes Park School District -
Director of Instructional Technology
Served as interim Director of Instructional Technology while principal of Elementary School, managing all instructional technology decisions in a school district of approximately 1,100 students.
2006 - 2007
Estes Park Elementary School -
Assistant to the Principal
Served as Assistant to the Principal at Estes Park Elementary School, which included full administrative duties while assisting the Principal in all daily operating procedures throughout the school.
2005 - 2006
Estes Park Elementary School -
1st Grade Teacher
Taught a 1st grade classroom at Estes Park Elementary school.
2001 - 2005
Red Feather Lakes Elementary School -
5th/6th Grade Teacher
Taught a multi-grade class of fifth and sixth graders at Red Feather Lakes Elementary School.
Education
2004 - 2006
University of Phoenix | Master’s Degree
Administrative Education
1998 - 2001
University of North Texas | Bachelor's of Science
Interdisciplinary Studies - Elementary Education
Skills & Expertise
Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Marzano Instructional Framework - Robert J. Marzano
Instructional Coaching Group - Jim Knight
Competency Based Grading - Marzano / Westminster, CO
Project Based Learning, PBL Works
Place-Based Learning, Teton Science School
Design Thinking
NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAPS)
Amplify / Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
Literacy
The Center for Collaborative Classroom
SIPPS Reading Intervention
Six +1 Traits Writing
Step-Up-To-Writing
Open Court Reading
Lexia Core 5
Renaissance Learning - Star Reading, Accelerated Reader
Wilson Reading System
Math
The Math Learning Center - Bridges & Number Corner
Everyday Mathematics
Reflex Math, Frax Math
Khan Academy
Science & Social Studies
Mystery Science
FOSS
Poudre River Ecology Partnership
Colorado Trout in the Classroom
Aquatic Robotics
VEX Robotics
Personal Growth & Philosophy
The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz
The Question Behind the Question - Jim Sweeney
First, Break All of the Rules - Marcus Buckingham
Other
Digital Learning Platforms - SeeSaw, Schoology
Apple Classroom
Certified Apple Teacher
Newsela
Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
Restorative Practices
PBIS
Frontline Education - Enrich, Applitrack, Aesop
Zaretta Hammond - Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
Ruby Payne - A Framework for Understanding Poverty
Patricia Devenport - Closing the Achievement Gap