Since graduating from The University of Georgia in 1993, I have served the students and parents in schools within the Metro-Atlanta area.  My educational experience and training is as varied as my work experience.  I am well versed in a variety of content areas and have primarily focused my experience in middle grades education.  Through on the job advancements, I gained extensive training in instructional coaching and worked for eight years as an instructional coach where I initially supported teachers in mathematics and later in best practices and instruction.  My work experience has afforded me the ability to train teachers and to serve on state and national conference boards.  As a classroom teacher, student performance reports indicate my students consistently make marked gains in achievement on standardized test scores.