K -12 Curriculum & Instruction

Educational Experience:

• Five years at Ozark Schools as an upper elementary and reading teacher
• Ten years at Nixa Public Schools as a seventh-grade ELA teacher and instructional coach
• Two years at West Plains Schools as an instructional coach
• Two years as the Coordinator of Secondary Teaching and Learning

Education:

• Masters Degree in Reading
• Specialist Degree in Teacher Leadership
• Doctorate in Instructional Leadership

Professional Organizations:

• Southwest Curriculum Directors Association
• Missouri Association of School Administrators
• Optimist Club of West Plains
• Delta Kappa Gamma (Women in Education)
• Show-Me Curriculum Administrators Association
• National Education Association

Personal: 

• Zizzer Class of 1998
• Resides in West Plains with her husband, Kevin, and their son, Cash