Staff Profile

Home Town:  Tipp City, Ohio

Education\Degrees:  Upon graduating from Vandalia-Butler, I began to attend Wright State University.  While there I earned my Bachelors degree in Elementary Education (1-8).  The day after I earned my degree, I was offered a position in Special Education at Esther Dennis Middle School in Northridge.  As I was working there, I took classes in the area of Special Education to eventually earn my Intervention Specialist License.  While I was at Northridge I worked in Special Education and General Education, teaching Social Studies.  After three years I was offered a position in Riverside at Mad River Middle School continuing work in Special Education.  I worked within a Resource Room with students in grades 6-8 who all participated in Alternate Assessments.  While at Mad River I kept taking coursework to earn my Masters Degree.  I was with Mad River for three years before I moved on, accepting a position in Troy at Concord Elementary.  When hired in Troy, I was still taking classes to earn my Masters Degree.  When I finally finished my Masters I took more classes to obtain a Reading Endorsement.  I have now earned a Principal License from the University of Dayton.  This is my 16th year teaching at Concord.         

Personal:  Currently, I try to balance my career with my family.  My husband and I have two sons (19 and 15) and a daughter (13).  We keep the road hot as we always seem to have an activity going on.