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=My Career=

I graduated with a BS in Education with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Houston- ClearLake. From there I started teaching in Galveston ISD as a Kindergarten teacher from my assignment there during my internship. Then was able to obtain a position with Brazosport ISD which was closer to home as a 5th grade teacher of History. I thrived in that environment and my team and principal made me who I am today. I choose moved to 6th grade as a World History teacher and technology representative and webmaster for the campus. That learning expierence lead to the position of Technology Services Coordinator for the district. This was exciting but not what I envisioned as a career in education. The positon of the Instructional Technology Faciliatator opened with a restructioning endeavor within the department. It brought me to the position that I have today. I am the Instructional Technology Facilitator K-12 for Brazosport ISD. I have been in the education field for 10 years which I will never leave or turn away from. My boss and friend enticed me into the Lamar program which has been and goal of mine. I have wanted to obtain my Master degree before my son turned 10 years old. I am proud to say that I am doing that. I have two sons, Noah who is 7 and Jackson who is 23 months. I also have been married for 9 years to a wonderful and supportive man, Jason.

Wikis that have been created for this graduate program and my facilitator role: http://itnprogress.wikispaces.com/ (created for my starting class EDLD 5306) [] ( group project) http://bisdcoolwebtools.wikispaces.com/ (I started a Cool Web Tools workshop, using wikis) http://notjustgoogling.wikispaces.com/ (new created workshop, teaching this summer)

Position Goal:
The position that hold is the Instructional Technology Facilitator. As for the future of the position or goals that I have since going throught this program leads me to being better at what I do as of now. This program gave me the vision needed and tools to pursue to integration of technology with everyday teaching. It has already instilled a greater need within myself to build a team of teachers to help the idea grow. I plan on staying as the Instructional Technology Facilitator over 19 campuses but working with the staff and department to better meet the goals I have set for the teachers and students.

Leadership Goals
I already consider myself a leader but I have set my goals for leadership change. I need to be able to listen to detail and work more with teachers on a daily basis. There is a need for my position to do so and obtaining this goal will be a challenge but I know I can get there and should. I am the only person that make this change happen and it is the best for the district that I work for. We do not have Instructional Technology Specialists on our campuses so I will have to model or find teachers who can train thier campus personnel to integrate technology. We need to work toward this idea in small chunks so we can get there. Working with and understanding the Standards, I now focus my Leadership skills to work with the vision of my department. There has to be a need to bring integration of technology into the classroom environment with the focus on the vision of the department and district while designing and developing technology resources to model in the classroom. Now I see what my role has to be and manage my position in a different way with the lack of personnel that we have. This sounds difficult but can be accomplished if the team I have created unders my vision and works within the ideas, materials equipment that is accessible.