All things technology to level our playing field so we can be competitive with the world.
My Philosophy:
Follow the leads of the children, they will teach you much. Know your students--know your books--an equation for success. Laugh with them, cry with them, dance with them, learn with them and from them.
Personal Information:
About Me:
After 16 years of service as classroom teacher, assistant principal, county lead teacher and adjunct professor, I have made it to the mountain top. I have arrived--my dream profession--mediaspecialist. Surrounded by books, surrounded by children.
I love my husband, our daughter, my mother and our cats.
College and Degrees:
BSED--Western Carolina University
MAED--WCU
MLIS--EastCarolina University
Ed.S--Wcu
Activities:
Following our 7-year-old daughter to school, soccer, chess, swim team, guitar and violin lessons,church, karate and dance.
Favorite Books:
The Holy Bible and Wuthering Heights of course. The Lorax, Old Black Witch, The Polar Express and hundreds more
Favorite Quotes:
Too many to quote but for today, paraphrased from Pollyanna~"For the life of me, I cannot understand why God and His angels need my Dad more than I do now." My Dad, at 89, WWII veteran, entered Heaven this past May 2009. My best friend.
Interests:
Our daughter, traveling the world with my husband and daughter, reading and learning and researching and singing and going to church with my family and friends and my profession!
Employment History:
1989-1992-KilpatrickElementary School, Jonesboro, GA
1992-present --Cherokee County Schools, NC
1997-2008--WesternCarolina University adjunct professor and distance learning coordinator