I have been teaching for nineteen years and have experience in all grade levels from Kindergarten to Grade 5. My teaching experience includes being a classroom teacher as well as providing literacy interventions as a Reading Recovery teacher. I hold both Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia, as well as an Educational Specialist degree in Reading from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. I am a certified Reading Specialist, have a Literacy Coaching certificate, and have also trained as a Reading Recovery Teacher Leader.
My passion is to help students reach their fullest academic potential. I believe that every child can learn and my mission is to discover the best within every student! One way I can do this in my current role is to support teachers with literacy instruction so they can help every striving reader!