New Hope Elementary 137 Stowe Road, Gastonia, NC 28056 |
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| Education |
Pre-engineering
(2yr)—Troy State University, Troy, Alabama BA
(psychology major with math minor)—Augusta College, Augusta, Georgia ME
(Educational Administration)—UNC Charlotte Ed.D
(Educational Leadership)—UNC Charlotte |
| Current Job | Principal, New Hope Elementary, Gastonia (no assistant principal so I do it all!) |
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| Passions | Family, Church, sports, reading, research, stained glass, and general household repairs |
| Must Reads |
a. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig. Insightful exploration of human behavior and motivation. b.
The Prince, Niccolo
Machiavelli, Wonderful discussion of leadership, followership,
politics, and human motivation. c.
Society and
Education, Levine and Levine. Vividly explores the connection and
relationship between society and schools. d. The TAO of Teaching, Greta Nagel. Offers insights into teachers that are really effective and those that are not. It explains the strong positive feeling you get when you walk into a powerful teaching experience. |
| Quotes |
“Find ways for students to have power over what they learn, how they
learn it, and to examine and reflect upon what they have done.” P. 39,
The TAO of Teaching “…socioeconomic status and concentrated poverty, not race and
ethnicity per se, are the most direct determinants of low achievement in
big-city schools.” P. 235, Society and Education. “It’s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top.
Here’s where things grow.” P. 183 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance. “Here a question arises: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse….Men are less concerned about offending someone they have cause to love than someone they have cause to fear. Love endures by a bond which men, being scoundrels, may break whenever it serves their advantage to do so; but fear is supported by the dread of pain, which is ever present. Still a prince should make himself feared in such a way that, though he does not gain love, he escapes hatred; for being feared but not hated go readily together.” P. 60, The Prince.
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