Developed a lesson plan format using the components of the Tennessee Framework for Instruction and Professional Development

Developed an evaluation form for student micropresentations based on the Tennessee Framework for Instruction and Professional Development

Prepared a personal website with links for resources for the courses taught

Presentation at 21^st Southeast IRA Regional Conference – “The Theory and Practice of Preparing Integrated Thematic Units, An Instructional Model and Performance-Based Assessments”

Read and evaluated Reading Excellence Act Grants (REA Grants) for selected school districts in the state of Tennessee

Conducted REA Grant training for teachers at Oakland Elementary School and Northwest Elementary School in Fayette County  (18 sessions from Aug 5 – Nov. 19, 2002)

Conducted REA Grant implementation checks and attended team meetings at Oakland Elementary School and Northwest Elementary School (Jan. 29, 2003; Feb. 27, 28, 2003 and March 5, 6, 2003)

Conducted inservice at Main Street Elementary School in Humboldt, TN (August 2000)

Conducted inservice at Hardin County High School  (August 10, 2001)

Conducted inservice at Stigall Middle School (July 30, 2003)

                                Peer review of an introduction to a textbook in reading

                               Attended NCATE Training Sessions in Arlington, VA  (October 2003)

                               Approved for reading cadre for the state of Tennessee in

                               Reading First Grant Schools (December 2003)

                              Attended Cadre Training Workshop (January 2004)

                              Attended Reading Academy  (July 2004)

                              Conducted five days of professional development for each of the

                              following Reading First Grant schools: 

                              (March, April, May, & June 2004)      

                                    Moscow/LaGrange Elementary School

                                    Northwest Elementary School

                                    Lane Tech. Magnet School

                             Conducted two days of professional development in the following

                             Reading First Grant school: 

                                    Arlington Elementary School  (May 2004)

                            Conducted three days of inservice for the

                            McNairy County School System  (July 2004)

                            Co-sponsored and taught in a summer Inclusion Workshop for

                            Middle School Teachers and worked in a summer reading camp

                             for selected middle school students  (June 2004)

                            Designed and prepared a content PRAXIS module in

                            Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

                            for the Tennessee Education Association  (July 2004)

                            Conducted a two hour facilitation of the content PRAXIS module                     

                            to an audience of pre-service and in-service teachers  (August 2004)

                            Presented Paper at the American Assoc. of Colleges for Teacher  Education (2005)

                             Presented presentation at the Southeast Region Association of Teacher

                             Education (2005)         

                             Presented presentation at the Council of Exceptional Children (2005)

                             Presented presentation at the American Assoc. of Colleges for Teach.  Education (2006)

                            Conducted workshop for teachers in Sopot, Poland (2007)

                            Teacher of English in Sopot, Poland (2005 & 2007)

                             Presented presentation at the Association of Independent Liberal         
                            Arts  Colleges  for  Teacher Education (2008)

                            Presented Paper at the ACEPP Conference – Pepperdine University (2008)

                            Conducted workshop for teachers in Uyo, Nigeria (2008)

                            Conducted workshop for teachers at South Elementary School – Madison  
                            County,  T N     (2009)

                            Conducted inservice for Haywood County on “Differentiated Instruction”(2009)

                            Conducted inservice for Jackson-Central Merry High on “Block Scheduling” and “Culturally
                            Responsive Teaching” (2009)

                            Presented at the Association of Christian Educator Preparation

                            Programs Conference at Harding University (2009)