Amanda is a Computer Science & STEM Career Tech middle school teacher at McAdory Middle School. Formerly she was a district level instructional technology coach for Jefferson County Schools (AL), a district of 56 schools. She has been in education for 16 years as a teacher but also as a leader when it comes to technology integration. She is always looking for ways to guide and encourage teachers to adapt their teaching to reach students that are in classrooms during today’s changing times. She is a cheerleader for STEM and changing how we teach science to students to students who will have careers that haven´t been created yet. She is also a Certified Google Trainer that loves helping teachers become more organized and give their students more options via using Google Suite for Education. When Amanda is not working with teachers or nerding out on technology she is at the beach with her family or baking. She is also a huge NASA fan and loves anything about space.
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Education
Work Experience
Honors and Nominations
Speaking Engagements & Presentations
Professional Leadership
Noteworthy Interviews, Publications, & Media
Education
Certificate of Advanced Educational Leadership
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Educational Specialist
(Pending)
Instructional Technology
Lesley University
Cambridge, MA
Master in Education
Technology in Education
Lesley University
Cambridge, MA
Bachelor of Science
Elementary, Early Childhood, and Special Education, and Collaborative Teaching
Samford University
Birmingham, AL
Work Experience
September 2014 – Present
Jefferson County Board of Education
Instructional Technology Coach
2007 – 2014
McAdory Middle School
6th Grade Science, Math, & Technology Teacher / School Tech Rep / Cheer Coach
2006-2007
Pleasant Grove Elementary
3rd Grade Teacher
2003-2006
Cornerstone Christian School (Columbiana, AL)
1st & 5th Grade Teacher / Cheer Coach
Honors and Nominations
School Technologist of the Year
Bammy Awards, Academy of Education Arts & Sciences; Top 5 Finalist 2015
Middle School Teacher of the Year
Bammy Awards, Academy of Education Arts & Sciences; Top 5 Finalist 2014
Best Teacher Blog 2012 Nominee
Best Teacher Blog 2011 Nominee
Best New Teacher Blog 2010 Nominee
The EduBlog Awards -International Award·
Noteworthy Interviews, Publications, & Media
ASCD Course Author
“Enhancing Teaching with Technology”
USA Weekend
August 2013, “What Teachers Want You to Know”
THE Journal
May 2014, “How Mobile Devices are Saving IWB“
ALEX
PBL Module, Editor / Author
Classflow Blog
June 2014, “Motivating Learning in the Connected Classroom“
The Amazing Teacher
January 2014, Technology and Classroom Management, Podcast
Huffington Post
January 2013, “A Dress Code for Teachers? Or Anything Goes?”
EduAllStars
Difference Makers in Education, Podcast 31
BAM Radio Network
Teacher Dress Codes and Professionalism, Podcast
Technology is Reinventing PBL, Podcast
Reach Every Child
Regular Blogger, Horace Mann’s blog for teachers
Speaking Engagements & Presentations
ISTE,
2012, 2018
Discovery Education Event
FETC 2017, Ignite Presentation
AETA Fall Conference
2016
BrightBytes Institute
2016
Featured Speaker, Chicago
eRevelution Conference,
2016
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp
Clark County Connected Educators Conference,
2015, 2016
Spotlight Speaker
Indiana Connected Educators Conference,
2015, 2016
Spotlight Speaker
AETC
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
EdCamp US Dept of Ed,
2015
Attendee, presenter, and participant
Reasoning Mind GenieCon,
2015
Poster Presentation on STEM
Griffin RESA STEM conference,
2014
Keynote
Rock the Core Conference,
2014
New Teacher Institute, Mississippi
Georgia EdTech Conference,
2013
EduCon,
2013
METC Pre-Conference Workshop,
2012
EdCamp St. Louis,
2012, 2013
EdCamp Bham
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Mid-South Technology Conference,
2011
Memphis, TN
Professional Leadership
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Teacher Influencer
Google Certified Trainer
Google Geo Teacher Institute
2017 Cohort, Mountain View, CA
TEDxBirmingham Fellow
2016 Cohort
#SpacED Event – NASA
Invited Guest – Johnson Space Center, September 2015
#NASAsocial for Curiosity Landing
JPL, August 2012, 1 of 29 Invited Guest
ISTE Poster Selection Committee Team Captain
2015
Keynote: STEM Across the Curriculum
Griffin RESA, GA, October 2014
Consultant for Promethean USA
Worked on ClassFlow prior to release
Social Media Advisor
Consultant for Corwin Publishing
Review unpublished books
Co-Founder of EdCamp Bham
Coordinated the Un-Conference in Birmingham, AL
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