Director of Teaching Internships and Field Experiences
Graduate courses taught:
Student Internship Seminar

Undergraduate courses taught:
Student Internship Seminar

The Citadel - The Military College of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Educational Consultant
Write and edit educational materials including training curriculum; develop and facilitate trainings and meetings and coaching. Contracts include: The IMPACT Group, National Center on Education and Transition, Minnesota Department of Education, Northeast Entrepreneur Fund and University of Minnesota Morris Global Student Teaching Program.

BBH Consulting LLC
Edisto Beach, South Carolina

Education Specialist II - Adult and Career Education
Vocational Career Development-Career Guidance, Transition-Disabled Programs Coordinator, Work-Based Learning Programs Specialist

Minnesota State Department of Education
Roseville, Minnesota

Program Associate
Youth Development/Leadership Programs, Community Coalition Building for Minnesota Early Childhood Initiative, Grant Writer and Grant Reviewer

Northland Foundation
Duluth, Minnesota

State Education Specialist - Division of Lifework Development
Temporary position - write a new work-based learning manual for teachers, coordinate a statewide work-based learning teleconference, and work with Career and Technical Education program areas education specialists on curriculum frameworks

Minnesota State Department of Education
Roseville, Minnesota

Director of Field Experiences and Community Outreach
Develop field experience guidelines, policies, forms, handbooks, and assessment procedures for UMD teacher education programs; manage logistics of teacher education programs including teacher candidate clearance process and placement of teacher candidates in field sites; manage a staff of approximately 20-25 supervisors, administrative assistants, and student workers; supervise student teachers; and collaborate with area P-12 schools, administrators, teachers and college departments
Committee Chair - UMD Community Advisory Council on Teacher Education
Adjunct Faculty - Department of Education - Practicum Courses and guest lecturer

University of Minnesota Duluth - College of Education and Human Services Professions
Duluth, Minnesota

State Education Specialist - Division of Lifework Development
State-wide leadership, support, technical assistance and coordination of youth apprenticeship programs, work-based learning programs, youth entrepreneurship, and family and consumer science teachers; administer $1,250,000 in state educational grants; assist in the development of new rules for teacher licensure in service occupations and amendments to family and consumer science license; coordinate Northeast Regional Carl D. Perkins Federal grants to school districts; collaborate with Minnesota State Colleges and Universities on implementation of national skill standards and V-TECs

Minnesota State Department of Education
Roseville, Minnesota

Secondary School Counselor and High School Instructor
High School Counselor for grades 7-12, Occupational Foods Instructor, Work-Experience Program Instructor/ Coordinator, Family and Consumer Science Instructor
Safe & Drug Free Schools Grants Coordinator, Minnesota Graduation Rule Technician, District Systems Accountability Team Chairperson, District-Wide Site-Based Leadership Team Member, Peer Helper/ Mediator Program Coordinator, Crisis Management Team Member, and Child Study Team Member

Barnum School District
Barnum, Minnesota

Early Childhood Family Education Parent Educator
Facilitate parent groups for Early Childhood Family Education, coordinate, program activities with preschool/early childhood teachers, and develop early childhood sites in the Duluth area

Duluth School District
Duluth, Minnesota

Early Childhood Family Education Parent Educator

Carlton School District
Carlton, Minnesota

CEO
Operation of a small retail business with four employees
Sew Inn, Inc.

Cloquet, Minnesota

Early Childhood Family Education Parent Educator

Duluth School District
Duluth, Minnesota

Preventative-Curative Home Enrichment Skills Instructor
GED Preparation and Basic Living Skills for Displaced Homemakers

Wisconsin Indianhead Technical Institute
Superior, Wisconsin

Pocatello School District
Pocatello, Idaho