Certifications, Honors, and Memberships

  • Teach Plus Illinois Senior Policy Fellow (2019-2020)
  • Illinois State Board of Education – Those Who Excel Award of Merit (2018)
  • Teach Plus Illinois Policy Fellow (2018-2019)
  • ASCD Emerging Leader (2017)
  • Google for Education Certified Trainer
  • Newsela Teacher Trainer
  • CK-12 Certified Teacher
  • BrainPop Certified Educator
  • PBS Local LearningMedia Digital Innovator (2016)
  • Professional Development Sequence in Emerging Technologies
  • Illinois Professional Educator License: Elementary Education, English as a Second Language (K-9), Langauge Arts (5-8), General Science (5-8), Social Science (5-8), Spanish (K-8), Teacher Leader (preK-12)
  • Illinois Teacher Evaluator Designation (Growth Through Learning -Danielson Modules)
  • Missouri Educator’s Certificate: Elementary Education (1-6), Language Arts (5-9), English for Speakers of Other Languages (K-12), Spanish (K-9), Social Science (5-9), General Science (5-9)
  • Member of International Literacy Association (ILA), Illinois Reading Council (IRC), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)