District responsibilities include oversight of all technology and district-level communications, including:
Technology policies, procurement, implementation, curricular integration, etc.
Oversight of the Technology Services department, which is managed by Lori Patterson, Director of Technology Services
Technology training with the support of Ashleigh Callahan, Elementary Technology Integration Specialist, Rachel Hough, Secondary Technology Integration Specialist, and Kelli Bryant, Teacher Specialist of Teaching & Learning
District webmaster & oversight of all district-level communications with support from Laci Harris, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent, Community Relations Coordinator, and Board Minutes Clerk and flyer approval and distribution by Christie Young, Executive Secretary of the Curriculum Department
Other responsibilities include:
STEM bond issue funding
Education/Career Development Committee, which supports science teacher professional development with funding from Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips
Experience
Exec. Dir. of Technology & Communications, 2017-present
Director, BPSD COVID-19 Laboratory & Chair of Pandemic Response Committee, 2020-2023
Physics Teacher, Bartlesville High School, 1989-2017
STEM Chair, Bartlesville Public Schools, 2015-2017
Science Chair, Bartlesville Public Schools, 1993-1996, 1999-2016
Bartlesville Education Association, Chief Negotiator for 12 years
Education
BS in Science Education with Special Distinction, University of Oklahoma
Outstanding Sophomore in Engineering Physics
Outstanding Senior, College of Education
MA in Educational Leadership, Southern Nazarene University
Certifications
Oklahoma Secondary Principal, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Botany, Zoology, Earth Science
Recognitions
Bartlesville District Teacher of the Year in 1998 and 2008
Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Finalist in 1999
National Merit Scholar in 1984