I've been teaching for almost 13 years in many different capacities. I am Texas state certified in ELAR 8-12, Speech, Dance 8-12, ESL, PE, SPED, GT, and am a Dyslexia Specialist. I have started an ESL and dance program along with a dance/drill team for a district, created district curriculum, and I have contributed and collaborated on state curriculum and testing licensing committees. I have been a dancer and studio director for Lone Star Ballet Dance Company and Academies. Creating, teaching, and altering dance curriculum and routines for ages 3-18 and Adult learners in many styles such as ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, cheer/pom, dance fitness, musical theater, modern, and lyrical. Currently, I am at an alternative campus teaching electives, dance, all English courses, dollars and sense, PE, ESL, ESSER testing recovery, and Secondary Dyslexia Specialist.
Recently I taught a "not for credit" course in STAAR EOC test prep. All of the students knew it was for no credit and many of my students had me as their 3rd or 4th English class of the day. So I truly modified the way my classroom and curriculum would look for that "buy-in" I needed from my kids to help them be successful!
TEA panel representative for Dance Certification Testing (2016) Pearson Curriculum panel representative for STAAR EOC I & II (2016) PACT panel representative for Dance Certification (2019) TEA panel representative for ELAR, Journalism, & Speech for Proclamation 2020 (2019) STAAR English 1 new item type committee for TEA 2020, 2021, & 2022
I graduated from West Texas A&M University with a B.A in English. I did the dual major program to be an Educator. I also have 18 accredited hours for Dance studies.
I opened my tpt account to help teachers discover/enforce teaching strategies that will help make their lives and their students' lives easier to manage when it comes to creating, teaching, and implementing a curriculum that is best for them and their classroom.
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Specialty, Arts & Music, Other (Art), Special Education, Drama, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Instructional Technology, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Poetry, Dance, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Close Reading, Classroom Community