Education

University Degrees

• Educational Doctorate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Curriculum and Instruction, cognate in administration

• Masters of Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Curriculum and Instruction

• Bachelors of Science, Southern Utah University; Elementary Education, minors in psychology and business

• Associates of Science, Dixie State College; Graphic Arts

Teaching University and Adult Courses

District, Undergrad, and Graduate Teaching and Course Development Experience

K-12 Teaching

Classroom Teaching Experience

• Clark Intermediate School - 5th Grade Reading and Social Studies

• Springwoods Village Middle School - 6th Grade English

• Irwin and Susan Molasky Middle School – 8th grade English

• Brian and Teri Cram Middle School – 8th grade English

• Fredric W. Watson Elementary – 4th Grade Teacher

• Raul P. Elizondo Elementary – 3rd Grade Teacher

• Elizabeth Wilhelm Elementary – 1st-3rd Grade Reading Improvement Specialist

• Elizabeth Wilhelm Elementary – 3rd Grade Teacher

• Lewis E. Rowe Elementary – 4th Grade Teacher

Instructional Design & Quality Assurance

K12 and Adult Learners

• Jordan School District - Instructional Design Specialist

• Fredrickson Learning - Quality Assurance and LMS

• iConnect - Learning Coach

• iDesign - eLearning Architect

• Clark County School District, Professional Development Division - Designer and Instructor

• Silvestri Jr. High School – Digital Learning Coach

• Clark County School District, K-12 Content Development Division - Administrator

• Molasky Jr. High School – Learning Strategist

• Odyssey Charter School - Teacher Facilitator & Board Member

Coaching 

K12 and University Experience

• Silvestri Jr. High School – Digital Learning Coach

• Molasky Jr. High School – Learning Strategist

• Diamond Valley Elementary School - Staff Developer

• Cram Middle School - New Teacher Coach

• Odyssey Charter School - Teacher Facilitator & Board Member

• Sierra Nevada College - Graduate Chair

• Youngstown State University via iConnect - Learning Coach

Certificates

 Experience

• Online and Blended Learning

• Google Certified Trainer

• Google Certified Educator Level 2

• Google Certified Educator Level 

• K-8 Teaching & Administration State of Utah

• K-8 Teaching & Administration State of Nevada

• 4-8 Teaching & Administration State of Texas

Other

A Smattering of Related Highlights

• Author: Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Even Simpler, Michelle M. Truman (1st 2012, 2nd 2014, updated and significantly revised printing Spring 2021)

• Author: The Basics of Essential Oils and Their Simplified Chemistry, Michelle McClellan (2017)

• Webinar guest on Jordan School District's Superintendent's SuperCast

• Presented at UTech on Designing for online and blended learning courses

• Received the Distinguished Star: Going Above and Beyond award 

• Presented via webinar to Texas Tech Summer Institute

• Presented at CUE-NV on Google Integration with Canvas: The Perfect Paring  

• Presented at Southern Nevada EdTechTeam conference on Google and Canvas

• Webinar guest on for SoftChalk on course design and blended learning

• Presented at the SoftChalk Convention in Baltimore, Maryland

• Award Recipient for Molasky’s Blended Learning program at the Mega Conference in Lake Tahoe 

• Received the Antidefamation League's Award of Merit

• Peer Reviewer for the ReadWriteThink.org for literacy and content area literacy submissions

• International Reading Association’s Children Choices Team Leader (first in Nevada)

• Presented at the International Reading Association’s Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas

• Peer Reviewer for International Reading Association’s Thinking Classroom journal

• Certificate of Appreciation by CCSD Northeast Region for Providing Teacher Leadership

• Presented at National Writing Project’s annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland

• Southern Nevada Writing Project: Group Facilitator for Summer Institute (reporting on a research project)

• Served on the Board of Directors of Odyssey Charter School, the first distance learning charter school in the State of Nevada.

• Wrote and received $300,000 grant from the Federal Government