After 15 years as an elementary teacher and five years as a visiting assistant/adjunct professor in the Department of Mathematics at Grand Valley State University, I am currently the K - 5 Math Curriculum Specialist for Muskegon Public Schools.
I earned my PhD in Educational Leadership from Eastern Michigan University in December 2017. The title of my doctoral dissertation is Contradictions and Control: Michigan Elementary Teachers' Lived Experiences of Legislated Teacher Evaluation. This study is a qualitative, multiple case phenomenology that describes the lived experiences of Michigan elementary teachers in traditional public schools as they experienced the phenomenon of having their performance evaluated under this state-legislated teacher evaluation policy. Its purpose was to understand the meanings they ascribed to the phenomenon, synthesize the meanings, and describe the essences of their experiences.
Courses Taken for Educational Specialist, Curriculum & Instruction Cognate
Course Proposal for EDL 770
Activity Log for EDL 770
