Teaching

Education

Bachelor of Science in Social Work
Bachelor of Science in Bible
Philadelphia College of Bible (now Cairn University), Langhorne, PA, 1992, 3.67 GPA

Master’s in English, Technical and Professional Communications
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2013, 4.0 GPA

Teaching and Speaking

Lesson Plan Samples

Classes Taught
10th grade Standard and Honors English
11th grade Standard and Honors English
AP English Language
AP Psychology
Creative Writing (high school)
Public Speaking (high school)
Literature-Based Research (second-level college course)
Writing and Inquiry (college freshmen)
Research and Writing (second-level college course)
Writing Fundamentals (pre-college level)
Applied Communications II (business writing for community college)
The Lost Tools of Writing (classical-model essays for high school)
WriteShop (essays for middle/high school) 
Writing Variety (grades 4-6)               
Fiction Writing (middle/high school)
Music (private school, all levels)
Science labs (middle school homeschoolers)

Conferences/Seminars
North Carolina Home Educators Conference (Winston-Salem, NC, 2012)
HINTS Homeschool Book Fair & Conference (Matthews, NC, 2010, 2011, and 2012)
Organize Your Homeschool
Study Skills for Teens

Private Tutoring
English—middle and high school
SAT testing
College entrance essays
Study skills
AP Psych
Piano lessons—all ages/levels

Online seminars
Heart of the Matter Online
Media Angels Publishing
The Ultimate Homeschool Expo

Homeschool—I successfully homeschooled my two children for 14 years. One is now an architect, and the other holds a degree in creative writing.

Skills

Computer Skills          
          Able to learn most new programs quickly
          SEO best practices
Google Classroom, Blackboard, and Moodle technology for learning/teaching 
               (certification courses completed)
          Blogs—designing, maintaining, writing (SharePoint, WordPress, Wix) 
Asana, Workfront, Trello        
          Google Workspace
Microsoft Office, Outlook
          Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, Skype
          Websites—build and maintain using templates and basic HTML 

Editing Specialties
All levels of editing, basic proofreading to developmental editing   
Academic works   
Christian living
Critiques
Devotionals
General non-fiction
How-to 
Self-help
Theology     

Style Guides Utilized
Modern Language Association (MLA)
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)
House style guides as specified
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition
Turabian (Bible college & seminary) 

Master’s Level Classes Taken

Certificates

Education
High School English Teacher certification
ACSI, 2016–2019

Writing
Content Marketing
—HubSpot, Issued Aug 2025

Grant Seeking Essentials Certificate Program
—Nonprofit Ready, Issued Feb 2024

Learning to Write Marketing Copy
Microsoft Teams and Planner
Writing Headlines
Writing a Compelling Blog Post
Content Marketing eBooks
—LinkedIn Learning, issued various dates

Learn Copywriting Backwards
—Bnon Tennant Information Highwayman, Issued Jun 2023

How to Tell a Great Story: The Essentials Class
—Guideposts, Issued Sep 2022

Learning to Write Marketing Copy
—LinkedIn, Issued Dec 2020

Mental Health/Coaching
Professional Life Coaching Course Certificate
—American Association of Christian Counselors, May 2026

Coffee Cup Counseling
—American Association of Christian Counselors, Mar 2025

Foundations of Youth Mental Health Coaching 101
Child and Adolescent Mental and Behavioral Disorders 201
—American Association of Christian Counselors, Jan 2026

Diploma in Mental Health Coaching
—American Association of Christian Counselors, Jan 2025