EDUCATION
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia--Specialist in Reading Education, 2007
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia--Masters in Social Studies Education, 2004
Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia--Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, 1999
TEACHER, BEAR CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL; STATHAM, GA - 2016 -
-2019: Teacher of the Year, Barrow County School System, Winder, GA.
-2019: Teacher of the Year, Bear Creek Middle School, Statham, GA.
-2019: Scholarship Winner to the George Washington Teacher Institute — “Leadership and Legacy: Lessons from George Washington,” Mount Vernon, VA.
-2019: Scholarship Winner to the National Endowment for the Humanities — NEH Landmarks of America History and Culture Workshop, “The Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Great Sioux War (1876),” Billings, MT.
-2019: Scholarship Winner to the National Constitution Center — “Separation of Powers Teacher Institute,” Philadelphia, PA.
-2019: Scholarship Winner to the Freedom Foundations, “Abraham Lincoln and the Constitution,” Valley Forge, PA.
-2019: Appointed Co-Chair of the Bear Creek Middle School Social Studies Department.
-2019: Appointed to the Bear Creek Middle School Leadership Academy.
-2019: Appointed Vice-Chair of the National Council for the Social Studies House of Delegates Steering Committee.
-2018: Georgia Council for the Social Studies Program of Excellence — Bear Creek Middle School/Barrow County Schools.
-2018: Appointed to the Conference Committee of the National Council for the Social Studies by the NCSS President, India Meissel.
-2018: Scholarship Winner to the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute — “National Middle School Teacher Week,” Williamsburg, VA.
-2018: Scholarship Winner to the George Washington Teacher Institute — “Slavery in George Washington’s World,” Mount Vernon, VA.
-2018: Robert Glass Teacher Scholarship Winner to the Civil War Institute’s Annual Conference, Gettysburg, PA.
-2018: National Council for the Social Studies Leadership Seminar — Colonial Williamsburg, VA.
-2018: Scholarship Winner to the Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminar — “Gettysburg in HIstory and Memory,” Gettysburg, PA.
-2018: Scholarship Winner to The White House Historical Association — “Teacher Institute,” Washington, D.C.
-2017-2020: Elected to the National Council for the Social Studies Board of Delegates Steering Committee.
-President of the Georgia Council for the Social Studies - 2017-2018
-President-Elect of the Georgia Council for the Social Studies - 2016 - 2017
-Board of Trustees of the Georgia Council for the Social Studies - 2013-2016
-Awards Committee Chair - National Council for the Social Studies - 2014-2017
-Presented “Teaching September 11th Using Primary Sources: U.S. Teachers Share LIVE Eyewitness Anecdotes to Engage Students!” at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Athens, GA (2016)
-Presented "Remembering September 11: Student Projects Employing Inquiry and Technology"at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference, Washington, DC, (2016)
-Presented "The New American Battlefield: The Civil War in National Memory" at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference, Washington, DC, (2016)
TEACHER, DULUTH HIGH SCHOOL; DULUTH, GA - 2014 - 2016
-Civil War Trust National Teacher of the Year (2015)
-Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) Board of Trustees (2013-2016)
-NCSS Awards Committee Chair (2014-2016)
-Presented "Attention! A Call for Innovation in Teaching the Civil War" at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA (2015).
-Presented "The Pursuit of Equality Through Diversity: Interpreting the Civil War" at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA (2015).
-Presented "Keeping History Alive: Understanding the Impact of the Civil War Sesquicentennial in Southern Culture" at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) Annual Conference, Athens, GA (2015).
-Presented "1864: Evaluating William Sherman's Southern Storm Using Inquiry and Evidence"
at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference (2014)
-Presented "1864: Evaluating William Sherman's Southern Storm Using Inquiry and Evidence"
at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference (2014)
--Presented "1864: Evaluating William Sherman's Southern Storm Using Inquiry and Evidence"
at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) Annual Conference (2014)
TEACHER, MADISON COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL; COMER, GEORGIA — 2006 - 2014
-Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) Board of Trustees (2013-2016)
--Presented "1863: Using Common Core to Discuss the Pivotal Year of the Civil War"at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference (2013)
-Presented "1863: Using Common Core to Discuss the Pivotal Year of the Civil War"at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) Annual Conference (2013)
-Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) Gwen Hutcheson Outstanding Social Studies Educator (2012)
-Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) - Program of Excellence - Madison County Schools (2012)
-Teacher of the Year, Madison County School System, (2012 - 2013)
-Teacher of the Year, Madison County Middle School, (2012 - 2013)
-Presented "Meeting the Literacy Demands of the Twenty-first Century through Inquiry" at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference (2012)
-Presented "Meeting the Literacy Demands of the Twenty-first Century through Inquiry" at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) Annual Conference (2012)
-Presented "Fun with Collaboration! The Civil War Comes Alive" at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference (2011)
-Presented "Honoring September 11th: A Collaboration of Lessons Across Madison County Schools" at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) Annual Conference (2011)
-Presented "Fun with Collaboration! The Civil War Comes Alive" at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) Annual Conference (2010)
-Teaching American History Grant, (2009 - 2012)
-National Council for the Social Studies Awards Committee (2012 - 2015)
-Northeast Georgia RESA Assessment Institute, (2009 - 2011)
-Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GAPSC) Content Committee for Professional -- Pedagogy and Political Science, (2006 - 2008)
-GACE Development for Political Science, (2006 - 2008)
-Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) Item and Data Review Team Member for Eighth Grade Social Studies, (2008 - 2012)
-Eighth Grade Social Studies Department Head, (2007 - 2014)
TEACHER, CARSON MIDDLE SCHOOL; GREENSBORO, GEORGIA — 2002-2006
• Teacher of the Year, Carson Middle School, (2005 - 2006)
• Coca-Cola Educator of the Year, (2006)
• Gifted Coordinator for Greene County High School and Carson Middle School (2005-2006)
• PSC Content Committee (2004 - 2006)
• GACE Development for Political Science (2004 - 2006)