•Graduate of the University of Michigan and Masters of Education from Xavier University.
•Educator with 35 years experience teaching grades 1-8.
•30 years as a Title I Reading/Intervention Specialist.
•Developed and wrote curriculum for 2 successful after school programs using Ohio Academic Standards.
•Developed curriculum and trained teachers to use comprehension strategies.
•Developed strategies to enhance test-taking skills.
•Copyrighted a reading comprehension strategy to enhance student’s ability to use critical thinking skills.
•S.I.R.I. Instructor - Taught in-services to other teachers throughout Southwest Ohio.
•Taught numerous parent in-services.
•Employed at Data Recognition Corporation as a Test Scorer (gained valuable information as to how state tests are scored).
•Tutor students and adults to enhance literacy skills
Ministerial and Personal Information
•Minister with Fellowship Papers (Ohio District Council of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
•Pastor’s Wife and Church Administrator at New Life Worship Center
•Married to Dist. Eld. Larry D. Thompson Sr. for 44 years
•Have 2 children and 3 step-children (Blended Family)
•Have 11 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, including 2 sets of twins
•Bible and Seminar Teacher for over 25 years
•Developed the R.E.A.C.H. Program (Receive Excellent Academic Curriculum Help) to help students pass state tests and SAT tests.
•Developed the F.A.M.I.L.Y. Program (Families Assisting and Mentoring In the Lives of Youth) which received a grant from the Cincinnati Health Foundation
•Developed the concept for the L.I.F.E. Center (Learning Impacts Family Enrichment) a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization
•Chairperson of the International Christian Women’s Auxiliary of the P.A.W. Scholarship Committee