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Employment

My LCSD Employment History

Between 2010 - 2019, I was hired by the Lee County School District as a certified math teacher. However, my tenure as a Lee County teacher was not a smooth one… it included multiple terminations, and even having to leave the teaching profession for a few years.

In 2019, I was placed on "employment restriction" by the district simply for challenging the validity of a district policy. This decision led to me being terminated from a math teaching job at a charter school. I am currently being denied a teaching job in Lee County - even as a substitute teacher.

My Background

My background was in retail/customer service. After the 2008 recession, I decided to pursue a career in education.

In September 2009, at the age of 38, I enrolled in the Teacher Immersion Program (TIP) at Florida Gulf Coast University.

I did my student teaching (Spring semester of 2010) in a 7th grade math class, and completed my teaching certification in June of 2010.

District Contracts

2010-2011... Math Teacher... High School

2011-2012... PE Para... Elementary

2012-2013... Math Teacher... Middle School

2018-2019... Math Teacher... Middle School

2019-2020... Math Teacher... Middle School

Employment Releases:

12/2/2010... Probationary Release

5/28/2012... Non Reappoint (End of Year)

11/16/2012... Probationary Release

11/16/2018... Probationary Release

9/26/2019... Personal Reasons

I was also hired by the Lee County School District as a substitute (guest) teacher for the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years.

Detailed Employment History

Additional Work History

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Detailed Employment History with LCSD

Start Date: 10/8/2010

End Date: 12/1/2010

Location: Mariner High School

Position: Math Teacher

Contract Type: Annual

Total Days Employed: 62

Reason for Break in Employment: 90-Day Probation Release This was my first teaching job and first time teaching high school students. I was hired at the beginning of the 2nd quarter and had high expectations for my students. My performance was praised by my administrator, but I had an unfortunate response to a behavior issue with a student. Rather than support and train a new teacher, the Director of Professional Standards decided to terminate my employment simply because it happened within my 90-day probationary period.

Start Date: 8/12/2011

End Date: 5/28/2012

Location: Colonial Elementary

Position: PE Paraprofessional

Contract Type: Annual

Total Days Employed: 182

Reason for Break in Employment: End of school year I worked as a paraprofessional assisting the full-time PE coach/teacher. I interacted with every student from kindergarten to 5th grade and had positive job evaluations. I never missed a day and was told by the PE coach that I was the best assistant he had during his 12 years at the job.

Start Date: 8/29/2012

End Date: 11/16/2012

Location: Lehigh Acres Middle

Position: Math Teacher/Tutor

Contract Type: Probationary

Total Days Employed: 57

Reason for Break in Employment: 90-Day Probation Release I was hired to be a math tutor in a computer lab to help students improve their math comprehension. During my interview, I was told that there would be other teachers in the classroom and my job would be to tutor students via small group instruction. This job became a bait-n-switch. On my first day, I was told that I had to take attendance and give grades. During my two months, the administrator changed the expectations for the class twice – which included adding reading comprehension and then pausing math in favor of reading. The administrator then decided that he “didn’t like the direction” of the math lab and terminated my employment simply because I was still in my 90-day probationary period.

Start Date: 8/15/2016 approx.

End Date: 10/18/2018 approx.

Location: Various

Position: Substitute Teacher

Contract Type: N/A

Total Days Employed: 200+

Reason for Break in Employment: Hired as math teacher During the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school year I worked as a substitute (guest) teacher. I was considered a preferred guest teacher by many middle school math teachers because of my math knowledge and classroom management. Because of these factors, I was rehired twice by school administrators.

Start Date: 10/22/2018

End Date: 11/16/2018

Location: Varsity Lakes Middle

Position: Math Teacher

Contract Type: Probationary

Total Days Employed: 20

Reason for Break in Employment: 90-Day Probation Release As a preferred guest teacher, I was asked by Varsity Lakes to cover a math class for the first week of the 2018-2019 school year. I was then offered a full-time teaching position for an advanced 7th grade math class starting the 2nd quarter – which I interviewed for and accepted. When I arrived for my first day, I was informed that they “moved” me to a lower-level math class because they thought the students could benefit from my classroom management and structure. After only 20 days, they decided that I was “not a good fit” for these students. They based this decision on the fact that 5-6 female students didn’t want to work and often had to be removed from my class. The female administrator decided that I was not “building relationships” with the students and decided to terminate my employment; even though, the other 80+ students were actually starting to benefit and enjoy my class.

Start Date: 8/5/2019

End Date: 9/26/2019

Location: Lehigh Acres Middle

Position: Math Teacher

Contract Type: Probationary

Total Days Employed: 39

Reason for Break in Employment: Personal (Health) I was hired as a 6th grade math teacher at Lehigh Acres Middle for the 2019-2020 school year. I was praised by my administrators for my classroom performance; but unfortunately, I developed some health issues and had to resign from my full-time position. I requested to be added back to the sub/guest list so I could still be available to the students. I still wanted to teach, but I just could not do it full-time. However, the administrator did not inform the district of my request and my employment from the LCSD was terminated.

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Additional Work History

Notes:

In October 2019, the LCSD placed me on "employment restriction" because I challenged a district policy... and because of my "work history" (aka. multiple probationary releases). In 2022, before and after hurricane Ian, I reapplied to the LCSD to be a substitute teacher and requested that my employment restriction be lifted/changed. (See my Employment Reinstatement Request Letter) Even during a teacher shortage, my reemployment request was denied. After 15 years (2010-2025), I only have one official year of teaching experience – one with Charter School, USA (CSUSA) and zero with the Lee County School District (LCSD). On October 28, 2024, I was terminated from my full-time teaching job at a charter school because I was placed on a no-hire list by the LCSD – I was deemed, “not eligible for rehire” by the district. Therefore, as to the charter school policy of not employing anyone on a no-hire list, I was terminated immediately. On August 12, 2025, I was informed that I was denied employment as a substitute teacher by Kelly Education (Services)* because, I "did not pass district criteria”. * In 2023, LCSD outsourced all their substitute teachers to Kelly Education (Services).

Dates: 1/2013 - 6/2013

Position: Full-Time Substitute Teacher

Location: Pace Center for Girls,

Fort Myers, FL

Dates: 9/2014 - 5/2016

Position: Real Estate & Finance Student

Location: Florida Gulf Coast University,

Fort Myers, FL

Dates: 8/2023 - 10/2024

Position: Full-time Math Tutor/Teacher

Location: Six Mile Charter Academy

(CSUSA), Fort Myers, FL