• High School English teacher, 16 years  
• 8 of my 16 years team-teaching Special Education inclusion classes 
• 12-year resident of Mokena (District 159)
• One daughter who currently attends Mokena Junior High
• Married 14 years
• Master's of Arts in Teaching and Leadership (St. Xavier University, 2004)
• Additional 54 graduate credit hours in education
• My parents have lived in Frankfort (157c) for almost 17  years.  They are retired with no children in the district 
  

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Site Coordinator for High Schools That Work Grant Program
• School Improvement Committee Member
• NAEP Test Administrator
• Principal Screening Committee Member
• English Department Team Lead 
• Curriculum Vertical Alignment Team Member
• 8th Grade Articulation Participant
• Moraine Valley Community College Articulation Participant
• 8 Years Team-Teaching Special Education English Courses - IEP & 504 Plan Experience
• All-American Day Committee Member
• AP Summer Institute Participant
• 1 to 1 iPad Training 
• Senior English Elective Course Writer
• Summer Curriculum Revision Team Member