Joined ICATS Team - Fall 2000

 

Education

 

• F.J. Reitz High Graduate
  

• Indiana State University Evansville, Bachelor Degree

• Indiana State University, Masters Degree

• University of Southern Indiana, Endorsement in Middle Level Education

• Xavier University of Cincinnati, Classes for Teaching High Risk Students

• University of Evansville, Classes for Teaching Reading

 

Teaching Experience

 

• Teachers’ Aide @ St. Philip School (Grades 1-4)

• Teacher @ St. Agnes, Grade 6

• Teacher @ North Evening School (non-English speaking students)

• Teacher @ Helfrich Park Middle School (Grades 6-8)

• Teacher @ Helfrich Park Middle School, High Risk Students (6-8)

• Teacher @ University of Indiana

My Current Projects

 

• Teacher and Student Web Pages

• Working with middle school teachers in utilizing interactive white boards in the classroom and training teachers to use Activinspire.

• Toy Box Math

 

Past Projects

 

Workshop Presentations

• Evansville Reading Area Fall Conference

• Indiana State Reading Conference

• International Reading Association Conference

• Indiana Computing Educators Conference

• S.W. Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics

• Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics

• National Council of Teachers of Matematics

 

Grant Writing

• Wrote Barbara Bush Reading Grant for Glenwood

• Wrote Best Buy Technology Grant for Glenwood

• Wrote Wal-Mart Grant for Glenwood

• Wrote Wal-Mart Grant for Family Math Night Manipulatives

• Wrote Public Education Foundation Grant for Back Pack Liturgy for Daniel Wertz

• Wrote Technology Grant for Cynthia Heights

 

ICATS Projects

• High Tech State Grant – Worked with high school and middle school teacher teams to integrate technology with curriculum in their classrooms.

• Ed Tech Math Grant – Beyond the Textbooks was a state grant that allowed the ICATS to work with elementary teachers to expand their teaching of math beyond the textbook, to engage students as an active learner, and to utilize curriculum in the teaching of math.

Presentations

 

NCTM - 2009 Nashville TN - Toybox Math

Websites

 

• Halloween Resources

• Toybox Math

• ICATS Favorite Books