The IMSE Morphology Plus 30-hour course is a hands-on, interactive, and personalized class that provides a complete understanding of morphology, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension and how to apply it in the classroom. There was consistent feedback from parents this year that they want more resources for spelling, writing, and fluency. I would love to incorporate a daily routine in the classroom that encourages these skills empowers students to identify spelling patterns and word relationships to decode and encode at grade-level. It is also designed for students with dyslexia, which will allow me to support ALL students even better.

I am currently pursuing my Master of Music Education at Colorado State University (Kodály emphasis), which I began in 2024. The next step is to complete Kodály Level II in Fort Collins, continuing to build on the Level I training I already integrate into my teaching at CSS.

This professional development directly supports students across K-12. In the Lower School, it expands my repertoire of songs, games, and sequential teaching strategies that foster joyful, developmentally appropriate music learning. In the Middle and Upper School vocal ensembles, it further refines my approach to conducting and ensemble instruction, strengthening students' musicianship through skills like sight-singing, inner hearing, and musical independence. These are areas I already prioritize in my teaching and continue to develop through advanced study.

Students consistently respond with enthusiasm to the materials and approaches I bring back from these courses, and this next level of training will allow me to further elevate their musical experience. Support for this opportunity will have a direct and lasting impact on the strength, creativity, and cohesion of the CSS music program as I work toward completing my degree in the fall of 2027.

I am interested in participating in the Orton-Gillingham Plus Course- Asynchronous (virtual) PD to better my EC literacy skills to best serve all my students.

This professional development is on the Science of Reading, and how to apply and implement reading in a way that builds on previously taught concepts, is developmentally appropriate, and builds between reading and writing. My goal is to attend this PD, and then share the resources and ideas that are presented so that others can have a better understanding and easier planning for our small group reading instruction. My goal is to develop a "bank" of resources and tools that we can use with readers of all ability and age levels. Meaning, we can better collaborate! A big part of this training is access to resources, which I plan to download and share with others! I would love to be considered, even if for a partial payment!

Thank you!

This course is designed to learn techniques that will help canyoneers in performing self and partner rescues. The content will be extremely useful as a leader of canyoneering seminars and on Walkabout. As the teacher of outdoor skills classes back at school, some of the concepts and skills will also be incorporated into the sessions I teach. The following principles will be covered:

Canyon rescue hierarchy

Group dynamics considerations and the need of a rescue

Anchor pre-rigging to mitigate rescue necessities

Special rigging considerations for rescue

Anchor considerations in rescue scenarios

Passing a knot on a lower/raise system

Anchor conversions for rescue

Cut and lower

Resolving uneven rope ends

Combination rappel and passive lower systems

Tandem rappels and lowers

Partner pick-off and team-based pick-off

Mechanical advantage systems

It includes trainings on instructional differentiation, which will help me teach to traditional and honors standards, as well as differentiate in a single classroom!

During the next school year, I will be adding 4 new grade levels of elementary, K-3rd, to my teaching. Currently I teach 4th-12th. I would like to use some of my summer to plan for my new classes. Thank you for your consideration.

Engagement strategies to utilize with our wonderful lower school students!

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