QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors Environmental Studies/Geology;  St. Lawrence University (2000) 
• Masters Elementary Education; State University of New York at Potsdam (2002) 
• Masters Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences; Utah State University (2015) 
• 15 years' experience in elementary education 
• Staff developer and consultant for technology use in the educational setting 
• Coached track, cross country and robotics 
• Spalding certified teacher 
• Instructional Technology instructor at USU 
• Robotics Instructor for John's Hopkin University (Summers) 
• Utah State and New York State certified teacher in elementary education, Utah State certified in technology

I am excited to have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of our children here at Thomas Edison. Working with curriculum, methods and an environment that is proven to help students be successful and self‐confident is a blessing I enjoy each day. The degree of educational excellence attained here is superb, and I am pleased to be part of it!

Aside from teaching the thing I enjoy doing are running, mountain biking, skiing, building computers, and spending time with my son. Running is something that I do just about every day, and I used to run competitively in college, and have run a few marathons as well including the Boston Marathon. I will still run the occasional road race here in the valley too! My favorite hobby I guess you could call it is mountain biking. I can often be found on the trials in the valley and surrounding areas and have recently completed the Whole Enchilada Mountain bike route in Moab which was a blast. Anytime I travel, I always take a bike (or two) with me. It's hard to bike in the winter, so Skiing is a ton of fun, and I can often be found at Beaver on the weekends skiing with my son Gavin.