SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP
Ohio Association of GIfted Children (OAGC) Governing Board – Chair elect, Higher Education Division
2E Conference - Keynote and organizer for the twice-exceptional conference for teachers, adminstrators, and parents in Northeast Ohio.
Autism Task Force Volunteer and Advocate 2016 - current. Volunteer for Kent State University organization providing support and guidance for college students with autism spectrum disorder.
Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted (SENG) Ohio 2018. Presenter and organizational team member for Social & Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) Ohio conference
KEEP Academy 2017 – 2019. Presenter and organizational team member for the KEEP Academy - a collaboration of teachers, designing professional learning for other teachers in conjunction with Kent State University faculty. This annual conference features three full days of professional learning for teachers from partnering districts.
Employment First and Summit DD Initiative for Transition Youth 2013 – current. Summit County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
Hudson High School Transition Team 2012-current. Monthly team meeting with Hudson High School Transition Team members, parent mentors, representatives from Summit County ESC, Summit DD, Kent State, and the Six District Compact.
Art Club 2005-2011, Bedford City Schools.
Building Leadership Team 2009-2014, Bedford City Schools. Developed strategies for implementation of Ohio Teacher Evaluation system and common core standards.
Professional Development Committee, 2006-2010, Bedford City Schools. Collaborated with committee members to organize district-wide instructional improvement meetings.
Intervention Assistance Team, 2006-2011, Bedford City Schools. Participated in the role of classroom teacher to assist in developing meaningful IEP goals for students with disabilities.
Discipline Committee, 2009-2011, Bedford City Schools. Collaborated with committee members to develop a school wide positive reinforcement plan as well as a hierarchy for disciplinary consequences.
Student Community Service Committee, 2006-2011, Bedford City Schools. Collaborated with committee members and students to identify yearly community service projects, determine a project goal and develop methods to meet that goal.
Service Project 2011: Japan was hit by an enormous earthquake on March 11, 2011, that triggered a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country's north. The giant waves deluged cities and rural areas alike, sweeping away cars, homes, buildings, a train, and boats, leaving a path of death and devastation in its wake.
For a community service project, my students decided to help Architecture for Humanity through Students Rebuild and the Bezos Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization, in the rebuilding effort for Japan. For every orgami crane we sent in, the foundation contributed $2.00 toward the reconstruction effort. Over a three week period, twenty four students folded 1024 cranes resulting in a contribution of $2048 dollars!
