I’m in a new role as an Instructional Partner for Calhoun County Schools, supporting teachers and students. I spent 13 years in the classroom teaching ELA and CTE, including six years at Oxford High School, five at Jacksonville High School, and two at MBJH.
Most of my work centers on a simple pattern: students can often get the right answer, but they struggle to explain their thinking or apply it to new situations. As an IDEO Teachers Guild Fellow (2017–2018), I draw on Design Thinking, thinking routines, writing, and discussion to help make student thinking visible across all content areas, not just in ELA.
I’m also working on my doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Alabama, where I’m studying how writing can drive reasoning and problem-solving, not just show what students know.
I’m not afraid of failure. I expect it. It’s part of the process. Innovation comes from trying, missing it, learning, and trying again. That mindset shapes how I teach and how I approach my work.
People usually come to me when they’re trying to bring clarity to their instruction, make sense of standards, or move beyond “thinking outside the box” to questioning whether the box should exist at all, and how to get students thinking more deeply without overwhelming themselves or their students.
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