Publications:
Promising Practices for Equity & Inclusion: A Portrait of Six Illinois Schools (co-author with Leodis Scott, Ed.D., October 2022,
Illinois Association for Gifted Children).
P. S. Just Learning: Journeys in Education, pslearns.com (My professional website/blog, created in 2014.)
“Supporting Advanced Learners: New Roles for Parent Advocates During Times of Remote
Learning,” National Association for Gifted Children Blog (May 11, 2020).
Illinois Association for Gifted Children Question of the Month Blog, iagcgifted.org (2019-2021):
“Cultivating Intellectual Dialogue at Home” Parenting for High Potential (National Association for
Gifted Children publication-December 2012).
“Too Much Holding and Pacing? Tips for Nurturing Academic Independence” Parenting for High
Potential (National Association for Gifted Children publication-December 2010).
Illinois Association for Gifted Children Blog Posts (2019-2021):
June 2021 IAGC Question of the Month: Should I Have My Child Tested for Giftedness?
February 2021 IAGC Question of the Month: Should My Child Skip a Grade?
January 2021 IAGC Question of the Month: How Can I Help My Advanced Learner Set and Achieve Goals?
November 2020 IAGC Question of the Month: How Can I Encourage My Child to be More Creative?
July 2019 IAGC Question of the Month: Should I Talk to My Child About Giftedness?
June 2021 IAGC Question of the Month: Should I Have My Child Tested for Giftedness?
February 2021 IAGC Question of the Month: Should My Child Skip a Grade?
January 2021 IAGC Question of the Month: How Can I Help My Advanced Learner Set and Achieve Goals?
November 2020 IAGC Question of the Month: How Can I Encourage My Child to be More Creative?
July 2019 IAGC Question of the Month: Should I Talk to My Child About Giftedness?
Presentations and Professional Development:
Exploring Animal Behavior with Ethograms (Presentation, National Science Teachers Association Conference, Philadelphia, Illinois, March 2025, Climate of H.O.P.E. Conference, Downers Grove, Illinois 2024).
Teaching Safari, Brookfield Zoo Chicago (Lead curriculum designer and instructor, 2022 – present.)
Teaching Advanced Learners in Today’s Classrooms, Learning Modules (Co-author and instructor,
presented online, Illinois Association for Gifted Children, 2021).
IAGC Administrator Academy 3011: Legislation, Acceleration, and Accountability: What
Administrators Need to Know (lead writer and presenter).
Nurturing Advanced Learners: Special Challenges in Today’s Classroom (Presentation, Quest
Academy, Palatine, Illinois-September 2019).
Raising the Ceiling: Differentiating for Advanced Learners (Presentation, Highland Christian School,
September 2021).
Differentiating for Depth (Workshop, DuPage Regional Office of Education-October 2019;
components presented online for Regional Office of Education #1, Quincy, Illinois, summer 2020).
“Now We’re Talking: Increasing Academic Rigor Through Speaking and Listening” (Illinois Association of Gifted Children Conference, February 8, 2016)
P.S. Just Learning 