LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Principal

West Side High School, West Side School District, Greers Ferry, AR

2025-Present

• Led schoolwide instructional-improvement efforts that contributed to an approximately 40-point increase in the school report-card score, allowing West Side High School to maintain a B rating and move within 7.53 points of an A.

• Established regular professional learning teams in literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies to strengthen collaboration, analyze student data, and improve instructional consistency.

• Strengthened the school’s intervention system by prioritizing students with low ATLAS performance and failing grades for targeted support during X Period.

• Expanded teacher support through classroom observations, instructional coaching, professional learning, and specific feedback focused on rigorous Tier 1 instruction.

• Improved student supervision and school operations by clarifying duty assignments, attendance expectations, student-location procedures, testing processes, and staff responsibilities.

• Created student and staff recognition programs that celebrate achievement, strengthen morale, and reinforce a positive school culture.

• Increased communication with staff and families through newsletters, meetings, direct outreach, and clear schoolwide procedures.

Assistant Principal

Arkansas Middle School, Texarkana Arkansas School District, Texarkana, AR                                                                         

2023-2025

• Led student discipline, behavior intervention, and conflict-resolution processes while balancing accountability, student dignity, and continued access to learning.

• Supported a safe and orderly learning environment through student supervision, crisis response, attendance monitoring, and consistent enforcement of school expectations.

• Partnered with teachers and student-support teams to identify academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs and connect students with appropriate interventions.

• Strengthened relationships with students and families through conferences, problem-solving conversations, reentry planning, and timely follow-up.

• Assisted with daily school operations, special events, testing, scheduling, and other administrative responsibilities affecting students and staff.

English/Computer Science Teacher

Stuttgart High School (Stuttgart Public Schools), Stuttgart, AR                                                                         

2005-2023                                                                                           

• Designed standards-aligned curricula and learning experiences that strengthened writing, critical thinking, problem-solving, digital literacy, and computational skills.

• Collaborated across subject areas to create interdisciplinary lessons that helped students connect classroom learning with authentic problems and applications.

• Established a structured and supportive classroom environment that promoted cooperation, student responsibility, and productive resolution of conflicts.

Site Coordinator, Delta GEAR UP

Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas, Helena, AR                                                             

2015-2016

• Developed and implemented a comprehensive GEAR UP work plan that expanded college- and career-readiness support for students in Stuttgart Public Schools.

• Coordinated tutoring, STEM activities, and enrichment opportunities designed to engage students considered at risk of not completing a postsecondary pathway.

• Organized college and business visits that exposed students to postsecondary programs, career options, and workplace expectations.