Education Specialist
I joined Springs Charter School after spending 10 wonderful years at Central Academy in Ann Arbor, MI. While in Michigan I was a teacher, an assistant principal, and a curriculum coordinator for a district.
I am a firm believer in a quality education and therefore maintain high standards of education for myself. I attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec for my undergraduate degree in Honors Sociology and International Development Studies. It was an amazing experience to live in a vibrant city like Montreal and to work with the high quality scholars at McGill. I then attended Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario for my education degree in Honors K-8 Education. While I was at Queen’s University, I had the privilege of teaching in Cartagena, Colombia for some of my student teaching. I also have my Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instructional Studies from The University of Western Ontario.
On November 2, 2007 I was honored to be named 2007 Michigan Charter School Teacher of the Year. On April 16, 2013, I was honored to be acknowledged at Riverside’s Barnes and Noble for a ‘My Favorite Teacher’ essay that one of my amazing students wrote.
During the summer I enjoy traveling with my husband. We have been to many places together and lived in London, England for a year where I also taught. Our most recent trip was a month traveling through India! I hope to visit a place on each of the seven continents – and have only Australia and Antarctica to go!
I also enjoy connecting with educators across the world and have developed a large Professional Learning Network of educators that I communicate with on a regular basis. Being a connected educator is a huge hobby of mine!
I enjoy reading both books and the many, many blog posts in my RSS feed. As a child, I was often found with a flashlight reading well into the night and well past my bedtime.
I always enjoyed every subject in school. Learning is very important to me and as a life-long learner, I look for learning experiences every day.
Favorite Treat: Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
Favorite Fruit: Strawberries
Favorite Ice Cream: Cookie Dough
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Sport to Play: Swimming
Favorite Sport to Watch: Football
Favorite Football Team: Michigan Wolverines
Favorite Rainy Day Activity: Reading
Favorite Picture Book: Chrysanthemum
Favorite City Visited: Venice, Italy
2011
Springs Charter Schools are parent choice schools where the community is our classroom. Our mission is to foster the innate curiosity of our students, empower their parents, and promote optimum learning by collaboratively developing a personalized learning program for each student.
Eagle = Choice, Freedom, Initiative
River = Community
Book = Empowering Parents (Knowledge is Power)
Torch = Curiosity, Passion for Learning
Hands = Collaboration
Keys = Personalization, Unlocking the Student’s Potential
Oak Branches = Continuous Lifelong Learning
