SUBJECT:  Language & Literature
GRADE(S):  7
WORLD:  Innovation
YEARS TEACHING:  25
YEARS AT TMS:  3

FAVORITE QUOTE:
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” — Winston Churchill

FUN FACTS:
I love to go canoeing and backpacking to really get out and see nature. I built torpedoes in the U.S. Navy, and sailed aboard a ship with 1,500 sailors. It took me ten years to earn my undergraduate degree. Life kept getting in the way, but I was stubborn enough to keep going back until I finished because I really wanted to become a teacher. I made up for all of that time with my graduate degree — I finished it in six months!

COLLEGE:  University of Houston
DEGREE:  BS in Reading

GRAD SCHOOL:  Western Governors University
DEGREE:  MS in Curriculum and Instruction