Education: Bachelor’s degree, family & consumer science education; Master’s degree, education

Experience: Family & consumer science & health teacher, Secondary instructional coach, Instructional mentor & facilitator of a mentoring & induction program, Instructional coach consultant
Joined Heartland AEA in 2020

Expertise: Instructional coaching; Cognitive Coaching; using planning, reflecting and problem-resolving conversations with individuals and teams; facilitating learning; creating and delivering professional learning for teacher leaders and administrators in alignment with various district and building goals; development and implementation of curriculum, instruction and professional learning designed to increase student achievement; mentoring supports; supporting districts with teacher leader programs

Professional affiliations: Cognitive Coaching training associate 

How I’ve made an impact: I’ve supported a building’s leadership team in supporting the work of content teams while helping them enhance their PLC culture. They have noted that the refinement of their coaching skills with other collaborative coaching helps them positively impact staff on an individual level. Practices I taught them included the SCARF model; generating an instructional playbook; Cognitive Coaching and the GROWTH model; refining their coaching skills monthly; leaving space for feedback and practice for coaching; and planning for building initiatives while learning of district initiatives. This work leads to actionable change within PLCs, buildings, classrooms and systems.

Education: Bachelor’s degree, elementary education and early childhood education; Master’s degree, literacy education; Endorsements, reading and K-12 reading specialist

Experience: 5th grade teacher, 3rd and 4th grade looping teacher with special education co-teaching, Elementary instructional coach, Instructional coach consultant
Joined Heartland AEA in 2015

Expertise: Curriculum planning and delivery; differentiated instruction; assessment and data analysis; adult learning theory; planning and providing professional learning; mentoring and induction; facilitation; change management; building teacher capacity

How I’ve made an impact: As an instructional coach, I partnered with administrators and teacher leaders to help them achieve their goals of building a culture of coaching within their schools. By providing ongoing support, facilitating targeted coaching sessions, modeling and implementing sustainable strategies and fostering collaborative dialogue, I empowered them to create a coaching framework that strengthened instructional practices and promoted continuous professional growth among their colleagues.