Education Consulting Experience

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2024: Selected by the US State Department and Georgetown University to Train Faculty as an English Language Specialist at Bahrain Teachers College and the Bahrain Institute of Public Administration. 

2021-present: Contract with TESOL International Association to train teacher leaders across the country through the School-Wide English Learning (SWEL) program. Training is conducted online through global cohorts and in-person. 

2023: Contract with TESOL International Association to train teacher leaders in the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction through the School-Wide English Learning (SWEL) program. 

2023-2024: Contract with TESOL International Association to train teacher leaders in the Hawaii Department of Education through the School-Wide English Learning (SWEL) program. 

2023-2024: Contract with TESOL International Association to train teacher leaders in the South Dakota Statewide Title III and Migrant Consortia through the School-Wide English Learning (SWEL) program. 

2016:  Presented English Learners in the Mainstream (ELM) Classroom: A Focus on Academic Language in all PK-12 classes for the Equity Alliance Minnesota and the East Metro Integration District in Woodbury, Minnesota.

2022: Contracted with TESOL International Association to train teacher leaders in the Heartland Area Education Agency in Iowa through the School-Wide English Learning (SWEL) program.

2019-2021: Contracted with the Oregon State Educational Service District (ESD) in Willamette Valley to train teacher leaders and their administrators in a distributed leadership model for school-wide English learning. 

2019-2021: Contracted with TESOL International Association to train teacher leaders in Oregon State Educational Service Districts (ESDs) in Willamette Valley and Intermountain through the School-Wide English Learning (SWEL) program.

2024: Contracted with Anoka-Hennepin School district in Minnesota to transition Science of Reading - informed approaches into secondary instruction for multilingual learners of English. 

2019-2024 Contracted with Wyoming Public Schools in Wyoming, Michigan to provide district-wide strategic planning as well as teacher/administrator professional development. 

2023: Contracted with TESOL International Association to train teacher leaders in Lincoln County School District in Oregon through the School-Wide English Learning (SWEL) program.

2021: Contracted with TESOL International Association to train teacher leaders in Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland through the School-Wide English Learning (SWEL) program.

2019-2021 Contracted with Saint Paul Public Schools in Saint Paul, Minnesota to develop a menu of professional development plans for teacher leaders to train their colleagues in effective practices for English learners. Collaborated with a district advisory board to design trainings and provide six train-the-trainer sessions over the two year initiative. 

2019 Contracted with the University of Saint Thomas - Dougherty Family College in Minneapolis, Minnesota to facilitate a two day faculty development entitled Working with Multilingual Learners in Higher Education.

2017 Presented  Weaving culturally relevant pedagogy into instruction: Closing the opportunity gap in higher education at  Faculty Development Day for Minneapolis Community and Technical College in Minnesota.