EDUCATION
Doctor of Education, December 2023
University of North Dakota: Grand Forks, ND
Major: Educational Leadership and Practice
Specialization: Special Education Leadership
Graduate Certificate, August 2018
Northern Illinois University: DeKalb, IL
Major: Assistive Technology
Graduate Certificate, May 2018
Minot State University: Minot, ND
Major: Deaf/Hard of Hearing Education
Graduate Certificate, December 2015
University of Arkansas at Little Rock: Little Rock, AR
Major: Rehabilitation of the Blind/Orientation and Mobility
Special Education: Visually Impaired Endorsement, December 2015
University of North Dakota: Grand Forks, ND
Master of Education in Special Education, May 2009
University of North Dakota: Grand Forks, ND
Major: Special Education Strategist
Bachelor of Science in Education, May 2007
University of North Dakota: Grand Forks, ND
Major: Elementary Education
Endorsement: English Learners/Bilingual Education
LICENSURES AND CERTIFICATIONS
North Dakota Educator’s Professional License: 0063213
Elementary Education: Grades 1-8
Endorsement in K-12 ESL/Bilingual Education
Special Education Strategist: Grades K-12
Endorsement in Special Education: Visually Impaired and Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Doctoral Candidate: Educational Leadership and Practice (EdD)
ACVREP Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS)
Certification Number: 7867
ACVREP Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist (CATIS)
Certification Number: 22399
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Morton-Sioux Special Education Unit
Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments/Orientation and Mobility Specialist/Teacher of
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | 2013-Present
§ Work as itinerant TVI/TOD, vision and hearing consultant, and O&M instructor serving VI and DHH students in Mandan Public School District and two counties in rural North Dakota
§ Apply knowledge in O&M, Unified English Braille, Assistive Technology, and Deaf-Blindness to provide accessible materials and instruction in the Expanded Core Curriculum; completed all 27 modules from National Center on Deaf-Blindness
Mandan Public School District
Special Education Strategist | 2009-2013
§ Worked as primary case manager for students in the following areas of disability: Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, Autism, Emotional Disturbances, and Other Health Impairments
§ Served as AdvancED accreditation and Response to Intervention (RTI) school and district committee member
Bismarck Public School District
Special Education Resident Teacher (Graduate Intern) | 2007-2009
ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
§ Bis-Man Transit Board of Directors, Board Member: 2017-Present
§ Association of Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Member: 2013-Present
§ North Dakota Association of Dance and Drill, Executive Board Member (President): 2012-Present
§ North Dakota Association of Dance and Drill, Board Member: 2009-Present
§ Dreams in Motion Wheelchair Dance Team Coach: 2012-Present
§ Mandan Middle School Motion Dance Team Head Coach: 2011-2013
§ Mandan High School Kachinas Varsity Dance Team Head Coach: 2010-2012
§ North Dakota Association of Dance and Drill Coach of the Year Award: 2012
