Summary
For the last 17 years, I’ve worked within an elementary, middle school, and high school library environments to cultivate print and non-print resources for the students, teachers, and parents. I’ve taught K-12 students the importance of collaboration, thinking critically, and problem-solving through the use of our online tools. I’m a librarian, AP Research Seminar Teacher, and a Gifted & Talented support team member for my current school.
Experience
East High School — Librarian, AP Research Seminar Teacher, GT Support
Denver, CO 2019-present
For the last four years, I’ve worked as the AP Research Seminar Teacher, Librarian, and GT support team member for the building.
Skills:
- Collaborated with school teams to provide digital learning experiences for students.
- Created technology content to meet standards through blended learning and personalized learning opportunities for students.
- Taught students the Inquiry process – creating higher level questions, developing search terms, strategies for narrowing search results, evaluating sources, and lateral reading skills to evaluate open web sources.
- Led a Personalized Professional Learning cohorts to develop a research/inquiry curriculum for high school students.
- Teaching students to communicate, collaborate, problem-solve, and think critically using online tools.
- Regional Team Specialist — led a cohort of teachers through the SLO process, led discussions around increased rigor and data collection in the tech classroom
- GT support team member — led professional development for teachers around characteristics of gifted learners and ways to support them through differentiation, acceleration, and extension of instruction.
Steck Elementary — Librarian, Technology Teacher, School Tech Rep
Denver, CO 2013-2019
For six years, I worked as the Librarian, Technology teacher, and Technology Coordinator for Steck.
Skills:
- Collaborated with school teams to provide digital learning experiences for students.
- Created technology content to meet standards through blended learning and personalized learning opportunities for students
- Led professional development on Google Apps for Education and other digital tools
- Understanding of Common Core and CO State standards
- Teaching students to communicate, collaborate, problem-solve, and think critically using online tools
- Implemented personalized learning tool, iReady
- Regional Team Specialist — led a cohort of teachers through the SLO process, led discussions around increased rigor and data collection in the tech classroom
Morey Middle School — School Librarian and AVID teacher
Denver, CO — 2008-2013
Led the library program for five years while completing my Master’s degree.
Skills
- Ordering and cataloguing library materials
- Analyzing, weeding, inventory, and maintaining collection
- Creating collection lists for content, standards, and student needs
- Educational technology aligned to curriculum
- Built ebook catalogue
Morey Middle School — Language Arts Teacher
Denver, CO — 2006-2008
I taught seventh and eighth grade Language Arts for two years before transitioning to School Librarian.
Skills
- Aligning lessons to standards
- Differentiated instruction, data-driven instruction
- Providing feedback to students and parents
Accomplishments
- Advanced Placement Summer Institute 2021 (AP Teacher Certification)
- ELA-S certified educator – 2020
- Presenter at Denver Book Conference – Fall 2019
- Highly Effective School Librarian – CDE 2019
- Distinguished Educator – LEAP 2018 and 2019
- Presenter at the InnEdCO conference — summer 2018
- Presenter at DPS Tech Summit 2018
- Presenter at the InnEdCO conference — summer 2017
- Regional Team Specialist (Ed Tech) 2017-2021
- Technology/Librarian teacher leader 2013-2015
- Google Certified Educator
- DPS Book Review Committee 2014-2015
- Common Sense Certified Educator (Digital Citizenship)
Education
University of Colorado Denver
M.A., Information and Learning Technologies (School Librarian/Educational Technology) — 2008-2010
Oklahoma State University
B.A., English — 1999-2003
Certifications
- Colorado Teaching Certificate
- School Library K-12
- Language Arts 6-12
- Instructional Technology K-12
- Oklahoma Teaching Certificate
- Language Arts 6-12