Ms. Hawkins earned her B.A. in Business Management from the University of Maryland, and an M.B.A. in Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco.  She also holds an A.A. degree in Communications Technology.  Biology course work was completed at Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City.  She received her teacher certification in Business Education from the State University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia.

Ms. Hawkins served for 8 years in the United States Air Force, where she held such positions as Air Force Historian, Public Affairs Officer, Purchasing Contractor, and Telecommunications Specialist. Tours of duty included:

• Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Higley, Arizona
• Tokyo, Japan

Ms. Hawkins worked in the corporate world as a Human Resources professional. She held such positions as EEO/AA Officer & Special Programs Coordinator (Sandia National Laboratories); Hispanic Outreach & Student Services Program Manager (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory); and Director of Programs (NCEA, Inc.).

Ms. Hawkins has taught Career & Technical Education for 18 years, and concurrently taught Biology for 3 of those 19 years, at Milton High School.  Her teaching philosophy is simple.  Higher student expectations lead to higher student achievement.  Ms. Hawkins has always placed an emphasis on problem solving, real world application, and effective use of technology to facilitate learning.

High school courses taught include Business Management, Business Law, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Computer Applications, Web Site Design, Word Processing I and II, and Business Procedures.

Ms. Hawkins founded the S.E.C.M.E. (Science, Engineering, Communications, and Mathematics Enrichment) Program at Milton High School in 1994, and served as S.E.C.M.E. club sponsor for two years.

Ms. Hawkins is a member in good standing of the following professional organizations:

• NBEA (National Business Education Association)
• SBEA (Southern Business Education Association)
• GBEA (Georgia Business Education Association)
• International Webmasters Association
• HTML Writers Guild
• The Better Business Bureau

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