College                                                                                                                          

• Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oklahoma in Elementary Education
• 18 hours toward a Reading Specialist Degree from Texas Woman’s University and University of Oklahoma

Certified Areas                                         

• Early Childhood
• K-8^th Grade
• Training for Gifted and Talented
• Highly Qualified in Language Arts and Math
• Reading Recovery teacher

High School                                   

• Graduated Valedictorian from U. S. Grant High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

About Teaching

I began my teaching career in Everman, Texas in a self-contained 3^rd grade classroom and loved that age children.  After a few years, I took a break from teaching having the opportunity to stay home with my children and then went back into the classroom.  Before coming to Paris, I taught 6^th grade Language Arts for six years and 6^th grade Math for two years.  God brought me full circle back to teaching 3^rd grade Language Arts at Aikin Elementary.   I taught two years at Aikin Elementary in first grade teaching math half day and Reading Recovery half day. In the 2015-2016 school year, I transferred to Justiss Elementary where I taught Reading Recovery and literacy groups.  Currently, I am teach literacy and intervention groups.   I love it here at Justiss!  I consider teaching as my calling and am excited about this year!

Personal Information

I have a wonderful family which includes my husband, Dr. Tommy Turner, pastor of First Baptist Paris. We have three children, Zach and his wife, Hilary, Caleb and his wife Kailee, and Katie and her husband Jason.  We have four grandchildren, Hayden, Jack, Landree, and Isaiah.    We have a special  family member, Sir Charles, our rescue cat.  I enjoy reading, being with my family, being involved with my church, taking mission trips all around the world, and routing on the SOONERS!