Creating a Contemplative Class

I have been a classroom teacher for more than 20 years! This experience includes 4 years in middle school science and 16+ years at the high school level teaching earth science, biology, leadership/student mentorship and the instructor for a dual-enrollment class called Teachers for Tomorrow. I am also the science department chair and lead mentor teacher for new teachers within the building.

My teaching style is to "do what it takes to engage, excite and involve" students in their own learning. In my classroom you'll a mixture of hands-on work, inquiry, as well as direct instruction. I focus a lot on students doing the work...I give them what they need and then they use that information to problem-solve their way through activities, questions, and making relevant connections. Sometimes I succeed and sometimes I don't! If not, I'm back to the drawing board.

"Teacher of the Year" for Waynesboro Public Schools, 2003 "Top 25 Area Teachers" through Lynchburg Living Magazine, 2017 "Top 25 Area Teachers" through Lynchburg Living Magazine, 2023

I received my Bachelors in Science Education through the University of Iowa in 1998. I received my Masters in Science Education through Lynchburg College in 2014.

I am married to my love, Eric and we have a wonderful, spunky 15 yr. old. We live in Concord, VA.