About Me
I am happily married for 16 years with 3 wonderful kids. My 1st daughter is in 9th grade and she attended Roanoke Rapids High School. My 2nd daughter is in 7th grade at Chaloner Middle School in Roanoke Rapids and my 3rd child is in 5th grade at Pittman Elementary School.
I am a very dedicated, highly self-motivated and goal oriented professional committed to pursuing a high level of performance, enthusiastic and compassionate for the effective delivery of library services and manifested love on working with people in all walks of life and maintained a satisfactory rating in instruction or teaching reference and informational skills and have professional work ethics and willingness to work hard to achieve objectives and lifelong interest in education and learning.
I have obtained my Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Library Science at Cor Jesu College, Davao del Sur in the Philippines where I had worked as a working student in our centralized high school and college library for 3 years. Then, when I finished college, I got a job as a College Librarian at St. Mary's College, Tagum City, Philippines where I was given a scholarship to finish my Master of Science in Library Science at University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines with the thesis entitled: "Library Promotion Strategies of the Two RVM Tertiary Institutions: A Marketing Plan.
After 5 years, I moved to work as a Court Librarian in a Regional Trial Court in Tagum City and I also came back to work at St. Mary's College as a part time college instructor and part time college librarian again in that same school. I had worked also as a part time Library Consultant at a nursing school in Tagum City before I came to work in the United States.
In January of 2007, I was accepted to work here in Halifax County Public Schools, North Carolina. I was assigned as a Media Specialist here at Pittman Elementary as my base school and Enfield Middle School as my additional assignment and then I was reassigned at McIver Elementary then Hollister Elementary after McIver was closed.
Furthermore, I have won 2 Bright Ideas Grants for Pittman Elementary in 2 years consecutively, namely: "Read Me A Dr. Seuss Book" in 2010 and "Gong Hey Fat Choy, Little Readers in 2012 and one from Halifax Education Foundation Grant last school year for Hollister Elementary, entitled: "Who is Dewey? Do We...Dewey?". I was selected "Teacher of the Year" at Pittman in 2011-2012. I have organized 2 Scholastic Book Fairs in Fall and Spring time for the last 3 years to present. I have worked hard to encourage students to develop their lifelong love for reading using Accelerated Reader Program and using the library resources as well. I have worked as a lay out manager for Pittman webpage since 2012-2013 school year and at Hollister this 2013-2014.
I had facilitated a "Read with Me" or Buddy Reading activity with the AR students in Kindergarten and the struggling readers in 1st grade and also one in third grade class. This has been done every tuesdays and thurdays at 3:00 -3:30 p.m. through the help of the Library Book Club Members from 3rd through 5th grades who will read the AR book to the student and then let student read and they will also help them read then take AR tests.