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5th Grade Teacher
1980 Graduate of Durant High School
1989 Master’s Degree in Education from Southeastern Oklahoma State University
1984 Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Elementary and Secondary from Southeastern Oklahoma State University
I have attended many OERB workshops and retreats as well as other educational workshops and conferences to inhance my teaching skills.
I have been teaching Fifth Grade here at Eastward, Colbert, since 2016. This is my 8th year of teaching at Colbert. This year we made some schedule changes and I will be teaching Science and Social Studies.
My teaching career began in 1988 at Lukfata Elementary in Broken Bow, OK. After one year there, I spent 6 years teaching at Forest Grove Elementary School in Garvin, OK. I was the Counselor/Coordinator for Southeastern Oklahoma State University at the Idabel Campus for three years. I raised three children and was a stay-at-home mom for 18 years before returning to teaching in 2015 at Valliant Public Schools.
I have taught everything from beginners’ swim, gifted and talented, individual and group counseling, Second grade ELA, Reading, Science, and Social Studies, Reading 5-8 graders, and Fifth Grade ELA, Writing, Math, Science and Social Studies.