Position:
Teacher at Orleans Parish School Board
Industry:
Primary/Secondary Education
Work:
Orleans Parish School Board
- New Orleans, Louisiana since Sep 2013
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Teacher
University of New Orleans
Aug 2011 - Aug 2012
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graduate assistant
Our School at Blair Grocery
2009 - 2010
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Literacy Specialist
Tuscaloosa County Schools
Aug 2008 - May 2009
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Third Grade Teacher- Lake View Elementary
Tuscaloosa County Schools
Aug 2007 - May 2008
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Fifth Grade Teacher-Brookwood Elementary
Tuscaloosa County Schools
Aug 2002 - May 2007
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Reading Specialist/Reading Coach-Flatwoods Elementary
Alabama Reading Initiative
Jun 2004 - Aug 2004
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Master Reading Coach- Summer Reading Academy
Tuscaloosa County Schools
Aug 1998 - May 2002
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Teacher-Flatwoods Elementary
Greene County School System
Feb 1996 - May 1998
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Kindergarten Teacher
Education:
University of New Orleans 2009 - 2012
University of Alabama 1992 - 1994
MA, Elementary/Early Childhood Education
University of Alabama 1985 - 1989
BS, Journalism (Editing concentration)
Interests:
PUBLICATIONS- Harp, B. and Brewer, J. “Guiding the Development of Decoding
Skills,” The Informed Reading Teacher, May 2004, Prentice-Hall.
Christensen, L., Beacham, M., Dennis, M.B., Anders, S., Kirkland, L.
Warren, E., Wilson, L. “Reflective Ripples in Social Studies Education,” paper presented at National Council for the Social Studies, November 1999.
Christensen, L., Beacham, M., Dennis, M.B., Anders, S. Kirkland, L.,
Warren, E., Wilson, L. “Teachers’ Reflections on Their
Practice of Social Studies”. The Social Studies,
September/October 2001.
RELATED EXPERIENCE-
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER, Capstone Writing Project, University of Alabama
SUPERVISOR, Reading Specialist Graduate Program, University of Alabama
TUTOR, University of Alabama Athletic Department, also private tutor for K-12 students
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT, University of Alabama
College of Education
Honor & Awards:
University of New Orleans Crescent City Doctoral Scholarship;
Alabama State Teacher of the Year nominee for school, 2005, 2006; Jacksonville State Teacher of the Year nominee for school, 2006; Community Foundation of West Alabama grant, 2005; Tuscaloosa County Foundation for Educational Excellence grants 2005, 2004, 2002, 2001, 2000;
Invited to ASTF Outstanding Educator Symposium, State Department of Education, October 2003
Alabama Power Foundation grant, 2000, 1997