I have obtained over 550 hours of professional learning/ development since 2012. See my Professional Learning Portfolio below.
2016-2017 263 hours
University of Houston STEP Science Teaching Equity Program 136 hours
Science Teaching Equity Project (STEP) provides K-12 science teacher professional development in science content, instructional strategies, technology, and mentoring.
- 124 hours STEM Teacher Equity Program
- 6 hours Gifted and Talented
- 6 hours ESL
Click here to see my STEP Certificates!
Program Website: http://www.uh.edu/education/research/institutes-centers/step/
TMRA Resources and Environmental Teacher Institute 97 Hours
TMRA offers Texas teachers science-based information to help better educate their students about the availability, importance, development and use of our natural resources.
- 45 hours SBEC approved
- 40 hours TEEAC credit
- 12 hours Gifted & Talented
Click here to view my TMRA Resources and Environmental Teacher Institute Certificates
Program Website: http://www.tmra.com/teacher-workshops
NASA Clouds and Robotics Engineering and Design 3 hours
Click here to view my Space Center Houston Clouds and Robotics 17 Certificate
TTESS & SMART Goals Training 6 hours
Book Study- The 7 Mindsets to Live your Ultimate Life by Scott Schickler & Jeff Waller 6 hours
Framework for Understanding Poverty 6 hours
Sheltered Instruction Plus 3 hours
Sheltered Instruction strategies needed for working with students in ESL and Bilingual Programs.
Restorative Justice Practices 2 hours
STEMscopes 2 hours
Marzano- Teaching Academic Vocabulary 1 hour
The Fundamental 5 1 hour
2015-2016 161 hours
Student Engagement and Motivation Using Technology 6 hours
Presenter of Classroom Technology Integration Strategies workshop.
University of Houston Science Teaching Equity Program (STEP) 123 hours
Science Teaching Equity Project (STEP) provides K12 science teacher professional development in science content, instructional strategies, technology and mentoring.
Click here to view my STEP Certificate 2016
http://www.uh.edu/education/research/institutes-centers/step/
Kagan: Multiple Intelligences 6 hours
In this workshop, teachers learn about the eight different ways our students are smart, and even learn to recognize your own pattern of intelligence. Teachers learn practical and proven multiple intelligences structures to use to engage different types of learners.
Click here to view my Kagan Multiple Intelligences Certificate
Sheltered Instruction 6 hours
Sheltered Instruction strategies needed for working with students in ESL and Bilingual Programs.
Writing Across the Curriculum 6 hours
Increase student achievement by connecting writing throughout disciplines.
Gifted and Talented Update 6 hours
Office 365 Training 6 hours
STEMscopes 2 hours
2014-2015 33 hours
Kagan: Higher Level Thinking Skills 6 hours
Hands on workshop designed to provide instructional strategies to engage and develop the fifteen most fundamental thinking skills.
7 Steps to a Language Rich Classroom 6 hours
Fundamental 5 6 hours
Framework for Understanding Poverty 6 hours
Gifted and Talented Update 6 hours
STEMscopes Launch Training 2 hours
Office 365 1 hour
2013- 2014 32 hours
National Math and Science Institute 26 hours
Click here to see my NMSI Certificates!
Program Website: https://www.nms.org/Programs/LayingtheFoundationProgram.aspx
Gifted and Talented Update 6 hours
2012-2013 62 hours
CAST 30 hours
The Science Teachers Association of Texas hosts the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST). Cast provides teachers with the tools and resources needed to educate the scientific minds of tomorrow.
Gifted and Talented Certification 30 hours
Gifted and Talented: Nature and Needs 6 hours
Learn the characteristics and behaviors of the gifted learner. Become familiar with the social and emotional needs of gifted children. Examine the historical significance of GT programs, as well as the legal aspects.
Gifted and Talented: Assessment and Identification 6 hours
Examine the process of nominating, screening, selecting and placing of students in GT programs. Review the state adopted guidelines for identifying the gifted learner, how to assess giftedness across ALL student populations.
Gifted and Talented: Differentiation 6 hours
Gifted and Talented: Curriculum and Instruction 6 hours
Explore effective models of differentiated instruction in the classroom that address the content, pacing and/or product.
DyKnow 1 hour
Eduphoria Forethought 1 hour
