Under the Alphabet Tree

I served as a kindergarten teacher at an elementary school in Clarksville, TN for six years. In 2013, our school won the Tennessee Score Prize, which recognizes schools and districts that are doing the hard work of improving student achievement and preparing all students for success. Our school was also a Tennessee Reward school in both 2013 and 2014. From 2015-2019 I taught Pre-K for Metro Nashville Public Schools. While teaching Pre-K in Metro, I was awarded Teacher of the Year for the 2018-2019 school year, served as a Peer Reviewer for the Kindergarten TEAM Portfolio, and was part of the Leadership Team for the Pyramid Equity Project: Preventing Unequal Disciplinary Bias in Pre-K Students. Our school became one of two model schools in the country for this grant. In October 2018, I was given the privilege to speak with the directors of the Pre-K Department at the MNPS Board Meeting on best practices that improve literacy achievement in Pre-K. I taught Kindergarten for 3 more years in Murfreesboro, TN and starting in August 2022, I will be teaching 2nd grade and so excited!

Hands-on, musical, FUN

Teacher of the Year 2018-2019

B.S. in Early Childhood Education from Eastern Illinois University and M.S. from Walden University in Early Childhood Studies.

I absolutely love my job and love sharing my ideas! I hope you can see that through my work.