Experience Counts -- I'm the only candidate with classroom teaching experience!

​My opponent stated that she didn't know if I had led a school. The answer is yes. Here is my education resume.

• 30 years K-12 education experience
• 8 years State School Superintendent of Georgia
• 14 years Social Studies teacher, Irwin County High School
• 8 years administrator, Irwin County Elementary School
• 3 years assistant principal
• 1 year K-2 principal
• 3 years K-5 curriculum director
• 1 year Pre-K & Alternative School principal
• Social Studies Department Chairperson
• Statewide presenter of technology usage within the classroom
• State officer recognition for technology usage within the classroom
• Lead recruiter for Irwin County Elementary School and the Irwin County Educational Center
• Irwin County High School Teacher of the Year, 1992
• Multiple nominee for Teacher Who's Who
• Irwin County High School conflict mediation sponsor and presenter
• Published social studies content simulation activities
• Student teacher mentor
• Developed student and teacher schedules for traditional 6 segment and 4x4 block schedule school day
• Implemented Student Support Team (SST) high school program
• Supervised Early Intervention Program (EIP)
• Supervised textbook adoption for Irwin County Elementary School math, reading, science, and social studies programs
• Developed and implemented Irwin County Elementary School data room
• A part of the Irwin County Elementary School team, a Title 1 School that made Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) for 7 consecutive years
• Implemented and supervised the K-5 Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) for reading, English language arts, math, science, and social studies
• Developed and implemented the K-5 best practices balanced literacy map at Irwin County Elementary School
• Developed the K-5 curriculum template for Irwin County Elementary School
• Supervised the K-5 testing of the CRCT, 3rd and 5th grade writing, Iowa, and GKAP test
• Supervised the implementation of the GKIDS Kindergarten progress monitoring program
• Supervised strategic AMO planning for Irwin County Elementary School
• PAGE school representative
• Developed and implemented the K-5 vertical team curriculum map templates
• Authored and supervised the implementation of the Irwin County Elementary School improvement plan
• Assigned and directed staff duties and responsibilities
• Supervised Irwin County Elementary School grounds and maintenance
• Created plans for a Georgia garden to be used with social studies curriculum
• Monitored K-5 Response to Intervention Program (RTI)
• Led technology integration initiative at Irwin County Elementary School
• Developed and instructed Irwin County Elementary School vocabulary usage in the classroom course
• Developed school wide Essential Question classroom usage program for Irwin County Elementary School
• Developed Irwin County Elementary School Safety Plan
• Developed numerous social studies content simulation and review activities
• Supervised purchasing for Irwin County Elementary School
• Supervised the Special Education department of Irwin County Elementary School
• Supervised Pre-K and Alternative staff
• Hospital Homebound administrator
• Home School system administrator
• High School and Middle School football coach
• High School Cross Country coach
• High School Golf coach
• JV Baseball coach
• Middle School Girls Basketball coach
• Bus Driver