Career Accomplishments

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    Career as a Education Innovator

  • Rookie Teacher of the Year

    Rookie Teacher of the Year

    First year of teaching I received the Rookie Teacher-of-the-Year award and was selected to be on a team to create Lake County's first magnet school based on the belief that children learn best by doing.
  • First Magnet School In Lake County Florida

    First Magnet School In Lake County Florida

    Led a team in the development of a hands-on curriculum without the use of textbooks for this brand new magnet school. Set up and ran the first network in Lake County. Trained staff on the use of technology and led professional development session on how tos successfully integrate in the classroom. Also, ran the first website while teaching 4th grade Math, Science and Technology.
  • Disney Top Program - Byrnes & Company

    Disney Top Program - Byrnes & Company

    Disney reconized Byrnes and Company at the Teacherrific award. Students in my classes created and ran a printing business that mirrored the actual operations of a real business. The students borrowed a $100 from the principal to start their business in less that less than 5 months made over a $1000 profit and paid off their load.
  • Child-size Public Supermarket won Judge's Award

    Child-size Public Supermarket won Judge's Award

    Disney Teacherrific Special Judges Award for students’ creation of a child-size Publix Supermarket, 1998
  • World Class Schools

    World Class Schools

    World Class Schools Recognized for effective use of technology, 1999
  • Teacher of the Year

    Teacher of the Year

    Teacher of the Year Cypress Ridge Elementary Lake County, Florida, 2000
  • Alan Shepard Education Technology Award

    Alan Shepard Education Technology Award

    -First national recipient of this award for excellent and innovative use of technology,
    Alan Shepard Education Technology Award-First national recipient of this award for excellent and innovative use of technology, 2001
  • Compaq World WIde publication

    Compaq World WIde publication

    World-wide Compaq publication as a technology success story, 2001
  • National Winner of ABC's award by US DOE

    National Winner of ABC's award by US DOE

    ABC’s of Exemplary Career Awareness and Exploration, National and state awards winner from the United StatesDepartment of Education, 2001
  • Intel Master Teacher

    Intel Master Teacher

    Intel Master Teacher (One of Lake County’s first five), 2002
  • Created an Innovative Learning Specialist Team

    Created an Innovative Learning Specialist Team

  • Won EETT Competitive Grant- over $1 Million

    Won EETT Competitive Grant- over $1 Million

  • EDTECH magazine feature article

    EDTECH magazine feature article

    EDTECH magazine feature article for outstanding School-to-Work Technology program, 2004
  • Won 2nd EETT Competitive Grant- over $1 Million

    Won 2nd EETT Competitive Grant- over $1 Million

    EETT Competitive Grants won multi-million dollar grants every year at district, 2005-2007 which allowed for innovative uses of technology throughout the district.
  • Lake County's Excellence in Innovation

    Lake County's Excellence in Innovation

    Innovative Excellence Award-Lake County Schools, 2007 for the Innovations in educations that occured throughout my career in Lake County Public Schools.
  • Developed a East Coast Reseller Channel

    Developed a East Coast Reseller Channel

    Transformed the entire east coast region from not having one education reseller for Panasonic to having over 50 in one year.