Counselors
Education:
B.S. in Business Education,
Masters in Counseling and
Specialist in Counseling all from the State University of West Georgia
Educational Experience:
4 years at Griffin Middle School teaching Business Ed.
15 years at Lewis counseling.
Favorite Educational Quote or Philosophy:
"School counselors are uniquely qualified to assist students
with overcoming barriers to learning."
Interesting Fact About Me:
I am a fifth generation native Atlantan.
Education:
M.Ed in Educational Psychology and Counseling, School Counseling - State University of West Georgia
B.S. in Early Childhood Education - Kennesaw State University
Educational
Experience:
I began my teaching career in 1980 at Still Elementary and taught there until 2004. While I was at Still, I taught 3rdgrade, 1st grade, Kindergarten, SIA and I was an Instructional Lead Teacher there for two years. I was also a counselor at Still for 2 years. In 2003, I was a half time counselor at Still and a half time counselor at Due West Elementary. I became a full time counselor at Lewis Elementary in 2004.
Favorite Educational
Quote or Philosophy:
“Upon our children – how they are taught - rests the fate – or fortune of tomorrow’s world.” B.C. Forbes
Interesting Fact About Me:
I graduated from McEachern High School.
Kathy Collins (1/2) –
2nd & 4th
Education:
BA and Med. In Elementary Education from Clemson University
Endorsements in School Psychology and School Guidance certified through the GA Professional Standards Commission
Educational Experience:
Because I was an Air Force wife and a stay at home mom for many years, my educational experience is scattered over many years and several places. I started my teaching career in 1975 as a special education teacher at Seneca Junior High in South Carolina. A year and a half later, I became an Elementary Counselor/Psychometrist in the same Oconee County School System before marrying my husband and moving to Germany where he was stationed in the Air Force.
I then became the LD teacher at Bitburg American High School in the DoDDS system and taught there for almost two years. In January, 1981, we were transferred back to the states and I was hired right away in School District 17 in Sumter, SC to temporarily replace an assistant principal who had to leave for health reasons. I worked closely with the special education department during that brief period and in the fall, became the LD resource room teacher at Alice Drive Middle where I taught one year before resigning to stay at home with my first child.
Many moves later and after a very brief time back in the DoDDS system during our 2nd tour of Germany, I returned to work as a School Psychologist and worked in the Houston County School District from 1993-1996. We moved with the Air Force another two times, then returned back to Houston County in 2001 where I worked again in the School Psychology Department, primarily with crisis intervention. My husband’s retirement from the Air Force and subsequent position with Lockheed Martin brought us to the Cobb County area in the summer of 2003.
Favorite Educational Quote or Philosophy:
Tell
me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember.
Involve me, and I'll understand.
Native American Saying
Interesting Fact About Me:
I’m a certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor who teaches at Bally Total Fitness at Town Center and am certified to teach pilates, yoga, indoor cycling, step and strength classes.