About Me

My name is Kathleen York-Yonter, I am a teacher at  Desert Oasis High School in the Clark County School District located in Las Vegas, Nevada. This ePortfolio is being developed and maintained to show my continued efforts to teach and learn in a blended online environment.  

I absolutely love Technology and Education.  I have a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education.  My major was in Computers/ Business.  I also have a Master’s degree in Technology Leadership.  This is my 24th year working at Clark County School District.  
My personal history includes growing up in Logan, Ohio.  Logan is a small town about 60 miles from Columbus, Ohio.  Which by the way is the home of The Ohio State University - National Football Champions 2015. 
After graduating from Logan High School in Logan, Ohio, I attended Ohio University and UNLV here in Las Vegas.  I have one son who is currently attending school at Marshall University.  I'm a very proud football mom because he is playing Divison 1 Football with the Thundering Herd.
The online classes and  working in the online environment has become a very powerful experience.  I primarily teach Apex Learning classes at Desert Oasis High School and work closely with admin and counselors to help students achieve academic success and of course ultimately a diploma.  Additionally I teach a Business / Computers 9 course which all 9th graders take at Desert Oasis High SchooI.  Prior to teaching, I was an ECS for the school district for over 17 years.  I worked a great deal in the elementary curriculum before returning to my secondary roots.  I have had a lot of great experiences helping teachers use online tools to teach in their content area.  

Online & Blended Certification Courses and completion dates......

PDE 3144     Introduction to Blended / Online Teaching-Summer 2012
PDE 3145     Engaging the Blended / Online Learner-Summer2012
PDE 3148     Supporting Credit Recovery (Tier 2)-Spring 2013
PDE 3155     Designing for the Online / Blended Environment (Tier 2)-Spring 2013
PDE 3147     Exploring Edmodo (Tier 2)- Fall 2014
PDE 3302     Building an EPortfolio (Tier 2)- Fall 2014