I began teaching junior high school students with the promise to move to high school at the first available opening. However, after the first year I realized that junior high students were my favorite. Consequently, I spent 15 years teaching and coaching math teams at that level. I have served as an assistant principal, then principal for grades k-8 and taught as an adjunct math instructor for two junior colleges. Currently I serve as the secondary curriculum and special education coordinator for the school system where I began teaching.