Resume

Education

  • Master of Science – library and Information Science • 2010 • Syracuse University • Syracuse, NY
  • Bachelor of Arts – English, Emphasis in Creative Writing • 2005 • Binghamton University • Binghamton, NY

MSLIS Experience

  • Library Media Specialist – Anna S. Kuhl Elementary School
    • K-6, Port Jervis City School District • 09-2020 to Present
  • Library Media Specialist – George Grant Mason Elementary School and George F. Baker High School
    • K-12, Tuxedo Union Free School District • 09-2017 – 08-2020
  • Library Media Specialist – Middletown High School
    • 9 – 12, Enlarged City School District of Middletown • 09-2011 to 08-2016
  • Library Media Specialist – Temple Hill Academy
    • 4-8 Enlarged City School District of Newburgh • 03-2011 to 08-2011

Speaking, Training, and Workshops

  • Speaker, Fall Into Books – October, 2023 (Anticipated)
  • Presenter NYLA/SSL Summer Leadership Institute – July 2023 (Anticipated)
  • Trainer, Hudson Valley ML3 Group –November 2022- June 2023
    • Dutchess BOCES
    • OU BOCES
    • Rockland BOCES
    • Sullivan BOCES
    • Ulster BOCES
  • Presenter Hudson Valley Project Look Sharp ML3 Training – November, 2022
    • Dutchess BOCES
    • OU BOCES
    • Rockland BOCES
    • Sullivan BOCES
    • Ulster BOCES
  • Presenter NYLA Annual Conference and Trade Show – November, 2022
  • Presenter NYLA/SSL Annual Conference – May, 2022
  • Presenter St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES – March, 2022 (Virtual)
  • Presenter NYLA Annual Conference – November, 2021
  • Presenter Orange-Ulster BOCES – October, 2020 (Virtual)
  • Presenter Orange-Ulster BOCES – March, 2020
  • Presenter Orange-Ulster BOCES – February, 2020
  • Presenter Tuxedo Union Free School District – November, 2020
  • Presenter NYSCATE DO EDTECH Conference – Oneonta, NY, October 2019
  • Presenter NYSCATE DO EDTECH Conference – Oneonta, NY, October 2019
  • Presenter NYLA/SSL Summer Institute – Syracuse, NY, August 2019
  • Presenter NYLA/SSL Annual Conference – Syracuse, NY, May 2019
  • Presenter Middletown Teacher Center – Middletown, NY, May 2015
  • Presenter Middletown Teacher Center – Middletown, NY, March 2015

Leadership Positions and Recognitions

  • New York State Library Leaders for Media Literacy (ML3), Project Look Sharp
  • Vice President of Communications for NYLA/SSL, November 2022-Present
  • Website Coordinator for NYLA/SSL, June 2021-November 2022
  • Contributing writer for The Digital Librarian’s Survival Toolkit, 2020
  • Lesson plans featured in Classroom Management for School Librarians by Hilda K. Weisburg, 2020
  • Lesson plans featured in School Library Journal’s Neverending Search, August 2019
  • Staff Google Trainer 2017-Present
  • Elementary School Musical Director 2017-2020
  • Teacher Center Policy Board and Executive Board Secretary 2015-2016 
  • Expressions Literary Magazine Advisor 2012-2016 
  • Gay-Straight Alliance Advisor 2015-2016 
  • iPad Teacher Trainer 2014-2016
  • Technology Planning Committee Member 2011 – 2016 
  • Secondary School Musical Choreographer 2008-2013

Sample Lessons

Project Look Sharp published Lessons: