Board Member - 9-12 Representative

July 2011 - Present

• Member of Professional Development Committee

• Member of International Committee

Georgia Virtual Schools § Atlanta, GA

CERTIFICATIONS

Georgia Educator Certificate in Mathematics (6-12)

Clear Renewable, Valid 7/01/11 to 6/30/16

Georgia Educator Certificate in Business Education (6-12)

Clear Renewable, Valid 7/01/11 to 6/30/16

Teacher Support Specialist Endorsement

Computer Science Education Endorsement § Expected May 2012

EDUCATION

DAST § Diploma for Advanced Study in Teaching § May 2007

Emory University

MA in Education § Curriculum and Instruction for Secondary Mathematics § May 2001

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

BS § Aeronautical Engineering § Dec 1993

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

AWARDS

Professional Association of Georgia Educator's STAR Teacher for Centennial High School, 2011

National Center for Women & Information Technology Educator Award for Aspirations in Computing, 2011

Rensselaer Alumni Admissions Award, 2010

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Georgia Chapter of the Computer Science Teachers Association – Member since 2010

Computer Science Teachers Association – Member since 2005

Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education – Member since 2009

Professional Association of Georgia Educators – Member since 2007

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Dallas, TX) – March 2011

• Paper Co-Author with Lijun Ni, Mark Guzdial, Allison Elliott Tew, and Briana Morrison, "Building a Community to Support HS CS Teachers:  the Disciplinary Commons for Computing Educators"

Grace Hopper Celebration K-12 Computing Teachers Conference (Atlanta, GA) – October 2010

CS4HS Workshop (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA) – July 2010

Tapestry Workshop (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA) – July 2010

ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Milwaukee, WI) – March 2010

• Birds-of-a-Feather Session Facilitator - Best Practices for High School CS Teachers and the Introductory Computer Science Course

Special Interest Group in CS Education Conference (Chattanooga, TN) – March 2009

AP Annual Conference (Las Vegas, NV) – July 2007

Computer Science and Information Technology Symposium (Atlanta, GA) – June 2007

AP Computer Science Workshop (Woodward Academy, College Park, GA) – July 2004

AP Computer Science Workshop (Institute for Computing Education, Atlanta, GA) – June 2004

AP Computer Science Workshop (Woodward Academy, College Park, GA) – July 2003

NCTM Annual Meeting and Conference (Las Vegas, NV)  –  April 2002

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

Operating Systems – Windows 7/VIsta/NT/XP/98/95/3.1, UNIX, Sun Solaris, DOS

Software – Microsoft Office 07, Octave, Geometer’s Sketchpad, MathType, JCreator, Dr. Java, JES

Programming Languages – Java, Python, Fortran 77, BASIC, UNIX C-Shell scripts

ACTIVITIES

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Alumni Recruitment Volunteer and Regional Manager

ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Long-term Substitute Teacher § James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School § May-Jun 2001

Fairfax County Public Schools § Fairfax, VA

• Responsible for three Geometry classes on alternating block schedule for six weeks

• Created, organized, and executed lesson plans and assessments

• Participated in faculty and Geometry team meetings

• Prepared for and administered Virginia Standards of Learning end-of-course test  

• Calculated and submitted 4^th quarter, final exam, and end-of-course grades

Student Teacher § James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School §  Mar-May 2001

Fairfax County Public Schools § Fairfax, VA

• Responsible for three Algebra I classes on an alternating block schedule six weeks

• Assisted with two Advanced Algebra II classes on an alternating block schedule

• Created, organized, and executed lesson plans and assessments

• Spent 30 hours observing various teachers in the mathematics department, paying special attention to teaching strategies and the use of hands-on activities

Student Teacher § George Mason Middle and High School § Jan-Mar 2001

City of Falls Church Public Schools § Falls Church, VA

• Responsible for three 7^th grade Advanced Math classes on alternating block schedule

• Responsible for one 7^th grade Algebra I class on alternating block schedule

• Created, organized, and executed lesson plans and assessments

• Participated in 7^th grade team meetings, teacher workshops, and faculty meetings

• Conducted research to investigate why the D/F rate is so high in 9^th grade Algebra

Substitute Teacher § Feb-Nov 1994

Amphitheater School District § Tucson, AZ

• Accepted both on-call and scheduled teaching assignments for grades K-12 to provide students continuity of instruction during teacher’s absence

• Executed teacher-prepared plans and developed lessons and assessments as needed

• Communicated with parents about their child’s behavior

• Modified assignments for students at various ability levels

• Graded assignments when instructed to do so  

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Engineer / Analyst § US Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency § Jul 1999-Jun 2001

Simulation Support, Inc. § Arlington, VA (Clearance:  Top Secret)

• Provided comprehensive modeling, simulation, and analysis support to the Air Superiority Branch for the Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Study of the Quadrennial Defense Review 2001

• Developed a spreadsheet model to analyze the military worth of theater missile defense systems

• Supported the Precision Attack / Global Engagement Branch for the Air-to-Ground Combat Identification Study using the Extended Air Defense Simulation (EADSIM) to determine optimal sensor characteristics for combat identification aircraft

• Built C-Shell scripts to automate runs and to extract pertinent results from model generated reports

Systems Analyst § US Air Force Theater Battle Arena § Oct 1997-Jul 1999

Science Applications International Corporation §  Arlington, VA (Clearance:  Top Secret)

• Served as the white cell operator for all Air Force and multi-service distributed interactive exercises and war games in which the Theater Battle Arena participated

• Built and assembled the components of synthetic 2D environments in support of constructive and human-in-the-loop modeling and simulation activities

• Created scenarios to support war games, exercises, demonstrations, and event recreations

• Built digitized terrain using DTED data for the various in-house simulation nodes

• Built 3D visualizations to show the Air Force story and to complement 2D exercise display

• Operated various systems for demos and briefs, including virtual simulators

Project Coordinator § Science and Human Rights Program § May 1996-Oct 1997

The American Association for the Advancement of Science § Washington, DC

• Coordinated conferences and symposia

• Designed and maintained databases

• Maintained financial records and monitored program budget

• Assisted with editing and production of grant proposals, articles, books, and newsletters

• Provided administrative support to five staff members

Secretary § Science and Engineering Fellowships Program § May 1995-May 1996

The American Association for the Advancement of Science § Washington, DC

• Organized fellowship application process

• Handled logistics for applicant interviews

• Assisted with the planning of meetings, seminars, and receptions

• Assisted with the research, writing, and editing of program newsletter

• Planned catered luncheons and receptions

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