Winner of ISTE's Kay L. Bitter Vision Award for Excellence in Technology-Based PK-2 Education, 2012
National Board Certified Teacher - middle childhood generalist, 2002, renewed 2012
Teacher Consultant with the Northern Virginia Writing Project
MA in Social Foundations of Education from the University of Virginia, 2005
Published Reader Responsiveness 2.0, coauthored with Monica Mohr, in Educational Leadership, March 2009
Write for teachinghistory.org (examples: on VoiceThread, integrating history, teaching Thanksgiving, and teaching about heroes)
Clinical Faculty with George Mason University (host intern pre-service teachers)
Conference Presentations:
- Power of Audience, VATE, October 2012
- Power of Reflection, ASCD national conference, March 2012
- Little Ones Learning Math Using Technology, VCTM, March 2012
- Technology for Tots, VSTE, December 2011
- Thinking About Thinking Skills, NCSS national conference , December 2011 and Educon, January 2012
- Collaborative Assessment, ASCD national conference, March 2011
- Collaborative Assessment, Educon, January 2011
- Technology in K-5, ISTE national conference, June 2009, 2010, 2011
