Teaching Experience

Pensacola Catholic High School                                                                    2009 – Current


  1. • 21st Century Learning Specialist – Design and deliver the professional development of teachers in the areas of curriculum design, pedagogy, assessment, learning management, and the use of digital tools.

  2. • Conduct observations and coordinate with administration on the results.

  3. • Work with individual teachers on improving professional practice.

  4. • Model appropriate teaching and learning management strategies, while partnering with teachers in their classrooms.

  5. • Act as a bridge between Teaching and Learning and the IT Department.

  6. • Oversee the administration of PD 360.

  7. • Acting department chair for the English Department and the Foreign Language Department.

  8. • Facilitate special projects, e.g. iPod Pals, 1:1 evaluation study, and Next Exit History.

  9. • Provide leadership and expertise on current trends, research, best practices, and digital tool use in education.



The Montgomery Academy                                                                                   2004 – 2009


•Upper School Technology Instructor – Taught courses on web and multimedia design (inc. video and podcasting); students taught to use digital tools to create their learning networks (e.g. RSS reader, social bookmarking)


•Director of 21st Century Learning – Supported teachers in curriculum, instruction, assessment, and technology integration (see http://tinyurl.com/boy5ts)


•Related Presentations and Publications (selected)


National Education Computing Conference – Transforming Visual Arts Education through Podcasting (co-presenter with students); San Antonio, July 2008


National Education Computing Conference – Promoting Tolerance through Technology: Charting the Course for Future Leaders; San Diego, July 2006


Promoting Tolerance, EdTech magazine, November/December 2007; http://snipurl.com/223qn  [www.edtechmag.com]



Montgomery Public Schools, Alabama                                                                 1991- 1997


•Booker T. Washington Magnet High School                             1996 - 1997


Co-developer of magnet school program  


Academic Lead Teacher – Assisted teachers in curriculum design, student assessment, and technology integration; designed and implemented professional development; wrote proposals and lobbied for legislative appropriations; established community partnerships with Auburn University Montgomery and Maxwell Air Force Base


•Carver Senior High School                                     1991 -1996


Language Arts Teacher


Developed after-school tutoring service and program to integrate technology across content areas


•Service at-Large to the District (selected)


Technology Planning Task Force, 1996-1997


Magnet School Curriculum Planning and Implementation Team – Helped secure $7.5 million grant from U.S. Dept. of Education, 1995


Auburn University Montgomery                      1993-1996


Adjunct English Professor – Taught freshmen composition