Accomplishments

Leadership Accomplishments

  • Selected to NCDPI Workgroup to rewrite SLMC Standards
  • Selected as NCBOLD Ambassador 2023 and 2024
  • Named North Carolina Ambassador for the High School eSports League
  • Voted EESHS Faculty Member of the Month - February 2023
  • Selected for the ReThink Education Blended Learning Cohort
  • Selected for the NCDPI Committee to write Digital Learning Competencies for School Librarians
  • Elected as President-Elect of NCSLMA 2022
  • Selected to the CCS Digital Coaching Cohort 2022
  • Chosen as HCHS "Star Buck" Faculty Member November 2020
  • Appointed as Information Director of the North Carolina School Library Media Association 
  • Chosen for the North Carolina School Library Media Association's Leadership Academy for 2020 (Dec. 2019)
  • Voted DBMS Teacher of the Month March 2017 and October 2018 ​
  • ​Voted ECHS Certified Employee of the year 2014
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PD, Workshops, and Conferences

NCTIES - March 2025
    Presented session called DigCit Made Big Easy

School Library Journal Learning Summit - December 2024
    Presented Lightning Learning session called "Teaching Copyright with Flair"

North Carolina School Library Media Association's Annual Conference - October 2024

NCCAT "NC Media Specialist Connection" October 2024

NCBOLD July 2024 - Presented sessions on Book Creator and Digital Citizenship

American Library Association Conference - July 2024

​NCTIES - March 2024
     Presented session on how to start an eSports team at your school

Attended American Association of School Libraries Conference - October 2023

North Carolina School Library Media Association's Annual Conference - October 2023

NCBOLD - July 2023 - Presented sessions on the value of coaching an eSports team

American Library Association Conference - July 2023
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NCCAT "Enhancing Student Learning through a Collaborative Media/Technology Program" - February 20-24, 2023
 
North Carolina School Library Media Association's Annual Conference - October 2022
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NCBOLD - July 2022

NCTIES - March 2020

North Carolina School Library Media Association's Annual Conference - October 2019
 
"Developing Teacher Leaders In & Out of the Classroom" - NCCAT  January 14-19, 2019

NCDPI Digital Learning Competencies for Educators by Educators  -  August 2, 2018, session held at Lumberton High School

Code.org Computer Science Professional Learning Workshop - NCSU July 30 - August 1, 2018, session held at ERC

Geo-Inquiry Leadership Institute - NCCAT  June 28-30, 2018, session sponsored by NCGA and National Geographic Society

CCS Tech Camp: Ultimate Destination to Transform Teaching and Learning - June 26-27, 2018, session held at Gray's Creek High
     

Grants Won

03/2022 (HCHS) - ALA/NEH American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries grant for $10,000 to create, produce,
and market a podcast called Hoke Stories and Voices
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12/2021 (HCHS) - Bright Ideas grant worth $1851 to purchase the following items for HCHS' first MakerSpace:
1 Worktable on casters
1 Rapidcharger for student devices
1 3D Printer stand
​4 chairs on casters
12/2019 (HCHS) - Bright Ideas grant worth $1449 to purchase the following items for HCHS' first MakerSpace:
1 Raspberry Pi kit and screen
1 Green Screen
1 Oculus Go VR Headset
1 3D printer and filament
1 3D pen and filament
1 280ct Box of Kapla blocks
2 790pc Kits of Legos
1 littleBits Droid Inventor
1 nook Tablet to manage items
12/2018 (DBMS) - Bright Ideas grant worth $1,741 to purchase the following items:
2 Oculus Go VR Headsets
2 Cozmo Anki AI robots
2 littleBits Avengers Hero Inventor kits
2 Wacom Intuos drawing pads
1 Holy Stone high-powered drone with camera
08/2018 (DBMS) - CCS Inspire Innovation grant worth $906 to purchase the following items:
5 littleBits Avengers Hero Inventor kits
2 Snap Circuits building kits
1 Strawbees 3D builder kit

01/2018 (DBMS) - Bright Ideas grant worth $1,711 to purchase the following items:
4 littleBits Coding kits
4 littleBits Droid Inventor kits
05/2017 (DBMS) - Laura Bush Collection Development Grant worth $5,625. With this grant, I was able to purchase a total of  367 books through a four-year subscription of four books per month from Junior Library Guild as well as 175 other books in a bulk order.

Donors Choose Projects Funded

10/2017 - Finish the Series: We Have the First Two!
03/2018 - Mobile Access for ALL Students
05/2018 - My Book are so Sad and so are My Students
01/2019 - It's a Marvel-ous Good Time!
01/2019 - This Busy Library Needs Replacement Parts!
08/2019 - Awesome Books Students Want to Read
12/2019 - Adding To Our Collection, One Student Request at a Time
03/2020 - Encouraging Student Voice in the LIbrary
10/2020 - Book Mail! Help Us Get New Books Each Month
03/2021 - My Students Want To "Escape" Into Fantasy
06/21 - Manga My Hero!
07/21 - Aquaponics in the Library? Yes, Please!
09/21 - More Manga, Please!
10/21 - Love is in the Air...And in These Books
10/21 - Help My Students LOL While Reading
10/21 - Graphic Novels for Multiple Intelligences