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Welcome to My Site
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| Favorite Quote: |
| The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it. |
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- John Ruskin
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| About Me |
| My Background |
Education and Training:
- M.S., Education, Kansas State University, 1991
- B.S., Business-economics, Northwest Missouri State University, 1986
- Additional coursework in gifted education, technology, and mathematics
- Collegeboard Summer Institutes, Pre-AP Mathematics (2008) and AP Calculus (2008, 2009, 2010)
- Texas Instruments TI-nspire workshop, 2008, and TI International Conference, 2007
- MAA PREP2010 course: Web-Enhanced Instruction with Geogebra
- Currently working toward a masters degree in mathematics
In addition to teaching geometry, algebra IA, and AP Calculus, I coach Scholars' Bowl and sponsor Math Club. This is my twelfth year with USD 453. In previous years, I have taught precalculus mathematics, algebra II, geometry, and gifted education. While my husband was an Army officer, I taught in Bel Air, Maryland; Junction City, Kansas; and Petersburg, Virginia.
Professional Memberships:
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
- Council for Technology in Math Education (CLIME)
- Women and Mathematics Education
- SIGMAA TAHSM (Teaching Advanced High School Mathematics)
- Kansas City Area Teachers of Mathematics
- National Education Association
- Kansas Association for the Gifted, Talented, and Creative
- Kansas Association of Scholars' Bowl Coaches
- ASCD
- Phi Delta Kappa International
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| My Interests and Activities |
I have been a Girl Scout volunteer for 17 years, and held positions from troop leader to service unit manager, council zip and rappel instructor, canoeing instructor, council delegate, and district delegate chairperson.
I love to read and am addicted to green smoothies. :-)
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