MY MISSION: To Uplift, Motivate, and Empower Teachers to Help Support Them as they Continue to Be Heroes to Those They Lead!

MY BACKGROUND: I taught for Waverly Community Schools in Lansing, MI for 31-years. I also had the great honor to serve as Michigan Teacher of the Year in 2003-2004. I graduated with honors from Western Michigan University and played for the men’s soccer team. It was through soccer I discovered my interest in becoming a teacher while participating at our youth soccer camps during the summers.

Early in my teaching career, I discovered my higher purpose as a teacher to Uplift, Motivate, and Empower my students to believe they can achieve. My goal was to teach them to adopt and master a growth mindset while teaching them specific success strategies to help them excel in the classroom while working together as a team to make it our Best Year Ever!

In the year 2000, I started sharing my “Best Year Ever!” program with other teachers, teachers-in-training, and other educators which eventually led me to write my two books and speaking as often as possible while still teaching fulltime. Since retiring from the classroom in 2017, I am able to devote even more time to help Uplift, Motivate, and Empower teachers to be the heroes they’ve been called to be…like so many did for me throughout my schooling and teaching career.