Awards and Training

Academic Awards

ST MARY’S UNIVERSITY TWICKENHAM

-Full funding from sponsor

YALE UNIVERSITY

-Two Brothers Fellowship for Studies in Israel
-Judaic Studies Grant for International Study
-Class of 1957 Scholarship
-Rev. Robert Epps Scholarship

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY

-Herman Ross Arnold Award—highest award for academic excellence in religious studies
-Hubert Fisher Memorial Scholarship
-John and Jessica Lofts Scholarship
-Ministerial Scholarship

Teaching Awards and Related Recognitions

ALABAMA WORLD LANGUAGES ASSOCIATION

-2019 Candidate for Teacher of the Year

MOUNTAIN BROOK CITY SCHOOLS

-“Design Day” Grant for developing instructional tools
-Summer Grant for Collaborative Teams

ONE VOICE, A PUBLICATION OF THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM

-Recognized for teaching excellence

BIRMINGHAM NEWS, THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

-Recognized for innovative teaching methods

Training

CARSON-NEWMAN UNIVERSITY

-Developing students’ critical thinking skills
-Developing diversity awareness among students and faculty both inside and outside of the classroom
-East Tennessee Christian Educators Conference

MOUNTAIN BROOK CITY SCHOOLS

-Student Voice and Student Choice
-Enabling student ownership in course material and assignments
-Empowering students to take an active role in the learning process
- Online Instruction
-Resources and Assessments
-Enabling multiple instructors who teach the same course to share
common resources and assessments
-Creating reliable, valid, and balanced assessments
-Using formative and summative assessments in the classroom
-Working in Collaborative Teams and Professional Learning Communities
-Setting team standards and communication norms
-Assessing personality types and adjusting group dynamics
accordingly
-Design Thinking (IDEO)
-Digital Citizenship
-CANVAS management system

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

-Advanced Teaching Methods (Course for Credit)
-Classroom Management (Course for Credit)
-Measurements and Evaluation (Course for Credit)
-Survey of Special Education, including work in self-contained classrooms (Course for Credit)