CERTIFICATION
- Standard Elementary Teaching Certificate
- Mathematics 1-8
- Advanced Placement Mathematics
- Gifted and Talented Certification
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- TEXTEAM training through the Dana Center, which focuses on connecting mathematical concepts to real-life applications as well as balancing intense thinking with physical movement. The specific courses I have taken are on the topics of numerical reasoning and number sense, geometry, and problem-solving.
- Texas Mathematics Initiative Academy through Region 10 Education Service Center focused on algebra readiness for Texas students.
- Hands-on-Equations and Algebra Tiles seminars gave me many ideas on how to teach my students to visualize solving equations through the use of models.
- Teaching Math to Under-Achieving Students presented by Steve Leinwand
- ESOL Strategies for 7th and 8th grade Math Seminar presented by Beatrice Moore-Harris