Professional Development

I am always learning and growing into my profession, whether it’s through formal training or learning from colleagues, a really awesome TikTok on child development, or one of the children at church. Possibilities for learning, especially now, are endless and it’s wonderful!

I’m a credentialed religious educator at the Advanced Level.

Conferences and Conventions:

Think Orange 1-Day Conference, October 2017

Regional Assembly, 2016

General Assembly: 2016-2018, 2020,-2022, 2024-2026

LREDA Fall Convention 2017-2019

Advisor CON for Senior High Youth Advisors, August 2015

Workshops and Training:

  • Beloved Conversations Workshop

  • Crossroads Anti-Bias, Anti-Racist Education Workshop through Peace Learning Center

  • 2-Day Intercultural Competency Workshop with UU MidAmerica Staff, Lisa Presley, February, 2016

  • When Words Get In the Way, A White Supremacy Culture Teach-In with Julica Hermann dela Fuente, June 2018

  • Strength Alignment for Religious Educators, a training by credentialed DRE, Anna Nao, in March, 2017.

  • Community of Practice Spiritual Companioning Group led by Nancy Combs-Morgan, Program Consultant with UU MidAmerica Region and Rev. Phil Lund, March, 2017.

  • Jubilee Curriculum Training, with Paula Cole Jones, November 2021

  • OWL Training for 7th-9th and 10th-12th grades

  • “What to Expect When You Think You’re Going to Dismantle White Supremacy in RE” Gail Forsyth-Vail and Lifespan Faith Engagement Staff (at LREDA Fall Con 2019)

  • “Accessible Theology: Creating Spaces of Affirmation and Inclusion” Linda-Hill Associates (at LREDA Fall Con 2019)

  • “Creating Space for Families of Color”, Aisha Hauser (at LREDA Fall Con 2018)

  • Mosaic Curriculum training

Sparks Modules: (completed 75 hours of training)

  • Adult Faith Development and Programming—March, 2017

  • Administration as Leadership—April, 2018

  • Multicultural Religious Education—April, 2018

  • Curriculum Planning (Theory, Planning and Practice)—July, 2018

  • Teacher Development—August, 2018

Professional Memberships

  • MetroWest DRE Cluster

  • LREDA

  • Association of UU Transitions Professionals (AUUTP)

At the Think Orange Conference