Aztec for life

DATE

  September 2022

  Plano, TX

Wellness for Educators Institute: Live Your Best Life!

In this week-long institute, Dr. Tim Kanold and Dr. Tina Boogren led sessions on how educator wellness. Participants learned strategies to take care of themselves through creating better routines and habits. We explored sleep, mediation, exercise, personal boundaries, and habits.

  September 2022

  Frisco, TX

Relationship Centered Learning Training

This 2 day course reviewed the six proactive tools to help teachers strengthen and support relationships proactively, creating a cross connection between the staff and students and took a deeper dive into the tools by examining barriers and solutions. We explored the use of Getting To Know You circles that provide the components necessary to allow for everyone to discover their voice, as well as one another, in a healthy and respectful manner. The Restorative Responsive Tools were introduced to help restructure our responses utilizing restorative conversations and restorative conferences that will help create opportunities for meaningful accountability and help students understand how their choices have impact on others in the school community.

  July 2017 – May 2022

  Frisco, TX

MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTIONAL PEER SUPPORT

I learned strategies to support my colleagues in the day-to-day implementation of Carnegie Learning resources and student centered classrooms.

  April 2019, October 2019, February 2020

  Frisco, TX

OVERCOMING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP WITH DR.
ANTHONY MUHAMMAD

Understand the facts about the American achievement gap and the factors and conditions that create it, recognize the power of educator mindset on professional practice and student performance, experience how to assess the current mindset of my school, and create and learn how to apply a comprehensive school plan to transform my school into a Liberation mindset.

  October 2019

  Frisco, TX

Mastery Connect CIT

Small group hands-on session of student mastery assessment program Mastery Connect Professional Development Training for System Administrators.

 October 2018, February 2018

  Frisco, TX

FUNDAMENTALS OF CO-TEACH & INCLUSION

Training providing foundational understanding of co-teach inclusion practices in FISD.

  August 2018

  Frisco, TX

JOHN SEIDLITZ TRAINING

Author of numerous books, including the 7 Steps to Developing a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom®, we learned the importance of using academic language in the classroom to help improve instruction and promote English fluency for English Language Learners.

  October 2019

  Richardson, TX

Don’t Mess With the Google Classroom Conference

Geeking out over Google Classroom tools with Kasey Bell and Alice Keeler. We learned ways to implement Google tools to create a more inclusive classroom.

  April 2014

  Dublin, CA

AVID Training

AVID training provides teachers with strategies to engage students, challenge them to think critically, practice inquiry and self-advocacy. AVID aims to close the achievement gap, providing the high expectations, access, and support students need to succeed in rigorous courses.

  October 2013

  Orlando, FL

NCTM’s Common Core Conference

I was sent with a few other math teachers in my district to learn about, prepare, and plan for the implementation of the new Common Core standards.

  2011 & 2014

  Auburn, CA & Dublin, CA

PLC Conferences with the Dufours

I learned about the structure and the insight for professional learning communities.

  2008 – present

  Dublin, CA & Frisco, TX

GATE AND GT CERTIFIED

I was first GATE trained in California and have been attending professional development on it every year. GT updates allow me to reach all learners and to challenge those who think outside the box, creating a more inclusive classroom.