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By Literary Wanderings 
By Literary Wanderings 
By Literary Wanderings 
By Literary Wanderings 
By Literary Wanderings 
By Literary Wanderings 
By Literary Wanderings 
By Literary Wanderings 
By Literary Wanderings 
By Literary Wanderings 
By Literary Wanderings 
By Literary Wanderings I have been a 6-12 ELA and Social Studies teacher, Library Media Specialist, and Literacy Coach at a National Blue Ribbon School for the past 10 years, hold an M.A. in English, am a Writing Project Teacher Consultant, College Instructor, Grant Writer/Administrator, TpT Teacher Author, Blog Writer @ LiteraryWanderings.com, and a self-proclaimed Author Stalker and Travel Junkie.
I am passionate about getting to know my students and helping them grow each year as readers, writers, and life-long learners. I like to offer as many hands-on, student-centered projects and learning activities as possible, and I hope that I can empower, inspire, and encourage them to continue to seek, to learn, to be thinkers, problem solvers, and accomplished writers in real world applications.
Iditarod Teacher Travel Grant, Anchorage, AK - 2016 Louisiana Teacher Leader Summit, New Orleans, LA - 2014, 2015 National Writing Project Urban Sites Network Conference, Birmingham, AL, Vision & Voice Panel - 2013 Writing Project Teacher Consultant - Since 2011 Grant Recipient: “Innovative Ways to Publish Student Writing." 2010 Grant Recipient: “Cane River Creole Culture Writing Across the Curriculum.” 2010 Grant Recipient: “Honor and Duty on the Red River: The Civil War at Alexandria.” 2005 Grant Recipient: “Alexandria Bicentiennial Play: Village on the Red.” 2005
M.A. English, Concentration: Folklife and Southern Culture, Northwestern State University, 2007; B.A. General Studies, Minor in English, Northwestern State University, 2001; Alternative Teacher Certification: English 6-12, Northwestern State University, 2010; Library Media Specialist, Northwestern State University, 2010
I am a mother of a smart, handsome, football-playing, bull-riding young man and an exuberant Great Pyrenees, fiancee to an amazing man who understands my passion for teaching and spoils me with world travel, a lover of inspiring literature, a seeker of fresh, local foods, a yogini, an introvert, a historic preservationist, and a firm believer in quality time with friends and family.
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Specialty, Social Studies, Ancient History, U.S. History, World History, ELA Test Prep, Other (Social Studies), Life Skills, Literature, Business, Instructional Technology, Library Skills, Products For TpT Sellers, Informational Text, Coaching
