Education

M.S. Library Science | Expected graduation Summer 2020 | University of North Texas

• School Library Certification (K-12); expected completion Summer 2019

• 4.0 GPA (current)
• Internship completed in McKinney ISD
• Recipient of Florence Richardson Wilhite Endowed Scholarship for Academic
Excellence
• Recipient of Toulouse Graduate School Academic Achievement Scholarship

M.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction | May 2006 | North Carolina State University

• Reading Specialist Certification (K-12)

• Concentration in Reading Education
• 4.0 GPA
• Internship completed in the NCSU reading clinic

B.S. Elementary Education | May 2002 | East Carolina University

• Minor in Early Childhood Studies

• 3.92 GPA (4.0 in major)
• Summa Cum Laude
• Graduate of the ECU Honors Program
• North Carolina Teaching Fellows Scholarship Program
• Outstanding Graduate Award, selected by university faculty members
• Completed an internship with Cary Academy and SAS in Schools in the creation of
Curriculum Pathways, web-based curriculum resources for the core disciplines
• Served as a tutor to students in the Pitt County Schools for two years
• Member of Kappa Delta Pi international honor society in education

Experience
School Media Resource Specialist Internship | McKinney ISD | January 2018-May 2019

• Glen Oaks Elementary School

• Dowell Middle School
• McKinney Boyd High School

Ikea Life Improvement Project Grant Recipient | Ikea & Oprah’s “O Magazine” | 2011-
2014

• Recipient of a $100,000 grant to increase the use of technology at Frankie Lemmon

School, a WCPSS preschool for students with special needs in Raleigh, NC
• Researched technologies and applications that have been successfully implemented with
young children with special needs
• Wrote grant and created a plan to increase the use of technology at the school
 • Budgeted the funds received from the grants
• Ordered products and assisted in assimilation into classrooms
• Created the website http://www.frankielemmonschool.org/technologies to share the
project with other teachers of young children with special needs
• Completed interviews regarding the program with local publications, including: radio
stations, "The News and Observer" and other newspapers and the summer 2012 NAEYC
publication “Milestones”
• Created “Special Technology for Special Kids” video about the project (published by
Ikea on the Ikea YouTube Channel and on the Nomacorc YouTube channel, a Frankie
Lemmon School sponsor)

Early Intervention Program Participant | Wake County, NC | 2008-2011

• Participated as a parent in Wake County’s Early Intervention Program for children with
special needs ages Birth-3
• Took part in daily physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, visual therapy,
developmental therapy, and feeding therapy sessions with my son in our home

Internship at NCSU Reading Clinic | North Carolina State University | 2005-2006

• The clinic serves students in the Wake County Public School System (Raleigh, NC) who
have been recommended for reading intervention by their classroom teachers
• Administered diagnostic testing
• Developed and implemented plan of instruction
• Demonstrated student growth
• Relayed instructional plan and data to the students' classroom teachers and parents

Kindergarten Teacher | Wake County Public School System | 2002-2006

• Taught kindergarten at Morrisville Elementary School, a WCPSS “School of Excellence”

(1998-present), National No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School (2005)
& 2016 National Blue Ribbon Award recipient
• Finalist for WCPSS First Class Teacher of The Year Award, nominated by school
principal
• Participated in WCPSS pilot programs for Standards Based Grading, eMARC
Assessments, and Inquiry Based Science Investigation Kits
• Created and maintained a classroom website
• Achieved tenure in 2006

Early Childhood Science Educator| NC Museum of Life & Science | 1998-2001

• Engaged children ages 4-5 in hands-on science activities and lessons

• Demonstrated scientific concepts using museum resources
• Led animal investigations within the classroom