Curriculum & Staff Development 

• The areas of Curriculum & Staff Development are two of my favorites as an instructional leader.  I have always been fascinated with educational research and finding what's best for kids.  These are some of the workshops, classes, and special trainings that I have taken part in over the past decade. 

Administration & School Leadership:

• Critical Friends Group Training - 2003-2004
• Cognitive Coaching - 2002-2003
• Leaders Influencing Teaching and Learning - 2002-2003
• Project Leadership - AWSP - 2001-Present
• Teaching with Love & Logic - Multiple Trainings
• Various Technology Workshops - 2001-2004
• S.E.C.U.R.E - Annual Training - 2002-Present

• Pacific Lutheran University - Principal & Program Administration Cohort - (1999-2001)        
  • Administrative Internship - (2000-2001) at Elk Ridge Elementary & White River Curriculum Department
  • Personnel Management
  • School Law
  • Community Relations
  • School Finance
  • Curriculum Leadership & Development
  • Supervision of Instruction
  • Administration Theory

   

• "The Teacher Leadership Project" - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (1999-2000)
• "So You Want to be an Administrator?" - AWSP - (1999)
• "Administrator's Outreach Program" - AWSP/WASA - (1998-1999)
• "Leadership Development Process Training" - du Pont Corporation - (1995)

Reading & Language Arts

• Rebecca Sitton's, "Increasing Student Spelling Achievement," (2001)
• Stephanie Harvey's, "Strategies that Work" & "Non-fiction Matters," (2001
• School Renaissance Institute - "Accelerated & Star Reader Programs" (2000)
• Six Trait Writing with Vicki Spandel - (1996)
• Literacy in the Heartland - Kansas Reading Association - (1995)
• National Whole Language Conference with Jerome Harste - (1992)
• TAWL - Teachers Applying Whole Language - (1992)

Mathematics

• Marilyn Burns Math Solutions - (2000)
• Teacher Talk Video Class - Miss Taliver's Workshops - (2000)
• Visual Mathematics (Upper Level - Hands-on Math) - (1998)
• National Conference of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) - (1995)
• Box It! or Bag It! (Primary Math Program -by Donna Burke) - (1992)
• Math Their Way (Primary Math Program) - (1991)
• Monday Night Math - (Wichita Public Schools) - (1991-1996)

Science & Technology

• FOSS Science National Leadership Training - Berkley, CA - (2000)
• STC (Carolina) & FOSS Science Kit Training & Piloting - (1999-2000)
• AIMS Science Workshop (organized/facilitated) - (1999)
• Challenger Space Center Teacher Training - Seattle Flight Museum - (1998-2000)
• KNOW Curriculum - HIV/STD Prevention - (1998)
• Gates Teacher Leadership Project - "Using Application Hardware in the Classroom" I, II, III, IV - (1999-2000)
• Josten's Learning Corporation - ILS Training - (1993-1995)

Other Programs, Workshops & Special Topics

• Master of Arts in Teaching & Curriculum - Friends University - (1992-1994)
  • Effective Teaching & Management
  • Advanced Educational Research II
  • Action Research Project/Thesis
  • MAT Seminars
  • Curriculum Design II
  • Educational Research I
  • Elementary/Secondary Curriculum I
  • Multiculturalism in Education

Miscellaneous Topics

• Issues of Abuse - (2000)
• OSPI - Winter Conference in Spokane - (2000-2001)
• Watercolor Basics In Art - (2000)
• Paraphernalia Plus - Substance Abuse Training - (1999)
• Recognizing Child Abuse for Childcare Directors - (1996)
• Jim Fay's Teaching with Love & Logic - (1993 & 1998)
• Multiage Grouping Workshop - CTM - (1997)
• Diversity Action Program - Multicultural Ed. & Sexual Harassment - (participant/facilitator) - (1994-1995)
• Authentic Assessment & Portfolios - (1992 & 1994 & 2000)
• Society for Developmental Education (DAP) - (1994)
• Success with Problem Students - (1994)
• Inclusion & Interrelated Special Education - (1994 & 1998)
• National Multiage Grouping Conference with Jim Grant - (1993)
• "Tinker Toy Technology" - Using Multiple Intelligence's - (1992)
• TRIBES - A Cooperative Learning Program - (1992)
• Substance Abuse Prevention - (1992)
• The Accelerated Schools Project - Stanford University - (1991-1993)

Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education

• Friends University, Wichita, Kansas (1989-1999)
• Minors in Music & Drama