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A life-long learner. A mother. A wife. A daughter. A connector. An author. Sum of all parts: An educator.
After eight years of working in marketing and business development, I started my teaching and learning journey at Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. After ten years as an elementary classroom teacher at Greenwich’s first International Baccalaureate World School, the International School at Dundee, I’ve transitioned into a Library Media Specialist first at Cider Mill Elementary School, the Grades 3-5 school within the Wilton Public Schools, and currently at Julian Curtiss Elementary School, a World Language School, in Greenwich.
education
Library Media Specialist Certification, Area Cooperative Education Services
Experiences in Applied Computational Thinking (EXACT) Certification, University of Pennsylvania
Design Thinking and Innovation Certification, University of Virginia, Darden School Foundation
Education Leadership Certification, Sacred Heart University
Inclusive Classroom Teaching Certification, University of LaVerne
TESOL Certification, Fordham University
M.S. Ed. Early Childhood & Elementary Education, Fordham U.
B.S. Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University
United Nations International School, New York, NY
publications
“Piloting the Learning Commons: Coteaching and Collaboration between a Classroom Teacher and Teacher Librarian” teacher | librarian: The Journal for School Library Professionals, October 2015.
“Perspectives from the Field: Educators Share What They Have Learned” The International Dyslexia Association Perspectives, June 2015.
webinars
edWeb: How STEAM Activities Prepare Students for the Global Economy
written for/ quoted in
edscoop: How STEAM Education can Prepare Students for the Workforce
eSchools News: How STEAM Prepares Students for the Global Economy
eSchool News: What are Your EdTech Resolutions?
EdSurge: Driving Change to Personalized Learning? Here’s how Three Leaders Have Done it
International Baccalaureate Organization: http://blogs.ibo.org/blog/2016/08/01/can-teaching-outside-the-classroom-improve-learning/
Guest blogger: http://www.levelupvillage.com/trending-iste-2016/
Tech Republic: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/21st-century-pen-pals-students-around-the-world-3d-print-build-apps-with-level-up-village/
GreenwichTimes: http://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Greenwich-honors-distinguished-teachers-4496599.php
Greenwich Post: http://www.greenwich-post.com/13535/distinguished-teachers-celebrated/
Acknowledgement: Pyrotechnics on the Page: Playful Craft that Sparks Writing by Ralph Fletcher
Contributor + Acknowledgement: My Mighty Hudson by Mitchell Bring
earlier writing
Suddenly in the Burbs: http://suddenlyintheburbs.blogspot.com/
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