Each class period was a team and included an array of individual projects. The English department was a dynamic cohort. The school itself was an organization with thousands of active stakeholders.

• Connection: Every year, I learned over 150 names, individual personalities, and how to work with each.

• Strategy: As a teacher leader for over a decade, I chaired the schoolwide Climate & Culture Committee, helped clarify our organization’s core values, and was an integral staff voice in various strategic planning efforts.

• Problem-Solving: I’m an expert in solving conflict thanks to Restorative Practices training from Clark County Juvenile Court, and each year had plenty of opportunities to mediate. 

• Vision: I thought big picture - developing an entire year of lesson plans, for example - or coordinating minutia, like crafting project teams with complementary abilities and personalities.

• Results: My former Principal and direct supervisor, Andy Meyer, nominated me last year for a statewide school leadership award (I won!).

  • He wrote that I am “a passionate educator who cares deeply for students, is hard working, demonstrates integrity, leads change, and is constantly supporting and elevating the voice of ALL students.”