Teaching Experience I have taught at Davidson High School since 1998. Classes Taught Foundations of Algebra, Algebra A/B, Algebra 1, GT Algebra 1, Geometry A/B, Geometry 1, GT Geometry, Algebra 2, Algebra 2 with Trigonometry, GT Algebra 2 with Trigonometry, Precalculus, GT Precalculus, Special Topics in Math, Leadership: PSAT preparation, and Leadership: ACT preparation, EPIC GT Geometry, EPIC GT Algebra 2 with Trigonometry, Robotics (EPIC), Infinity Project (EPIC)
Clubs Sponsored Key Club, Math Team, Robotics Team Workshop and Professional Development Experience 1999- July: Hosted a 1-week mini-workshop for Texas Instruments Teachers Teaching with Technology at Davidson High School 2000- March: Attended Texas Instruments International Conference for Teachers Teaching with Technology workshop in Dallas, TX 2000- July: Hosted two 3-day workshop for middle and high school teachers on using technology in the math classroom for South Alabama Research and Inservice Center 2001- March: Presented at the Texas Instruments International Conference for Teachers Teaching with Technology workshop in Columbus, OH 2001- June: Presented a 2-day technology workshop for the Maysville Math Initiative 2001- July: Presented a workshop at the South Alabama Mathematics Symposium in Daphne for teachers in Baldwin County. 2001- November: Alabama Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference at Auburn University in Montgomery; presented a workshop and co-presented with Joe Eiland. 2002- July: Presented the Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning (TRIP) (www.tripforteachers.org) website to teachers at the Alabama Educational Technology Conference in Birmingham. 2002- August: Trained teachers at Davidson High School on the use of the TRIP website 2002- Presented a variety of staff development workshops for teachers in the Mobile County Public School System. Topics included Microsoft Excel for Math Teachers, Cleaning Windows [operating system], and using Microsoft FrontPage. 2003- April-July: Served on the Mathematics Leadership Team that wrote the course of study for Mobile County and chose textbooks 2003- Summer: Presented workshops for Technology development for Mobile county high school teachers in a 2-week workshop, and a 2-week workshop for middle school teachers 2003- March: Radio Shack National Tech Tools Award Recipient 2003- November: Presented a workshop to train teachers to use Microsoft FrontPage to update the TRIP website 2003- November: Awarded the Alfa Insurance Teacher of the Year 2003- December: Awarded the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award. 2004- April: Awarded the Mobile County Public Schools Secondary Teacher of the Year March 2004- Attended the Texas Instruments Teachers Teaching with Technology international conference in New Orleans, Louisiana 2004- Summer: Presented workshops for the Instructional Technology department for Mobile county high school teachers in a 4 week-long workshops for Middle-High, and Elementary teachers. 2004- July: Attended a workshop for the BEST Robotics Competition to be held in September. 2004-2005 Mobile County Council of PTA's Teacher of the Year 2005- April: Presented at the Enhancing Education through Technology (EETT) Best Practices Showcase 2005- Summer: Supervised the upgrade of the TRIP website (www.tripforteachers.org). 2005- June: Attended the National Education Computer Conference in Philadelphia, PA. 2005- June: Certified as a SMART Exemplary Educator (Smarttech Inc.) 2005- July: Attended the Infinity Project Professional Development Institute at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA. 2005: Summer: Completed a certification in gifted education from the University of North Texas 2006: May: Internet and Computing Certification (IC3) Certified. http://verify.certiport.com, Y76H-kTco 2006: Summer: Worked at the University of Chicago to revise the second edition of the UCSMP Geometry Text 2006- July: Presented the workshop "Abolute Value: Teaching Secondary Math Using the Smartboard Interactive Whiteboard" at the National Educating with Computers Conference in San Diego, CA. 2006: September: Profiled in Educompass, Smarttech's Corporate Newsletter. 2006: Accepted position as one of the founding members of the Alumni Society of the College of Education at the University of South Alabama 2006-2007: Serving on the planning committee of the Engaging Youth in Engineering project with the Mobile Area Education Foundation 2007: March: Attended International Baccalaureate Training at Rice University 2008: August: Passed Microsoft Office Specialist Exam for Excel and Excel Expert, www.certiport.com
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