As the K-5 ELA Coordinator for Marietta City Schools, a small charter district outside of Atlanta, I oversee instruction, professional learning, and resources for all things literacy in our elementary schools. For the past three years, that has included leading systematic and systemic changes to align with the science of reading through a partnership with the Rollins Center. My dissertation research on the function of coaching conversations in integrating new skills into pedagogy has been instrumental in helping teachers transition from balanced literacy to structured literacy based on the science of reading. My career has spanned PreK-5th grade with experience as a homeroom teacher, literary arts teacher, and gifted specialist followed by leadership positions focused on professional learning and program coordination in early literacy, gifted services, and tiered intervention.
