Dpt Manager Professional Development
Florida Virtual School

As the mentor Department Manager Professional Development, Mary Mitchell’s supervises the internal instructional  mentoring, franchise/client mentoring, and non-instructional mentoring programs.

Mrs. Mitchell has the first hand FLVS experience needed to manage the mentoring program because she has developed courses, taught students, mentored internal instructors, mentored clients and mentored franchise instructors. 
 
Mrs. Mitchell is a veteran National Board Certified Teacher who creates trusting relationships with her colleagues.
 
Mrs. Mitchell’s 16-year career has been marked by numerous recognitions. She has been named as Teacher of the Year by Florida Virtual School, the United States Distance Learning Association, and by Discovery Middle School in Orange County, Florida. She was chosen as a National Milken Educator. Mrs. Mitchell has also served as a curriculum analysis consultant for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and as a curriculum developer for Project TELLUS, creating interactive videos on global environmental change.

Mrs. Mitchell has written numerous articles for professional journals on topics ranging from computer image processing to teacher training for the online classroom. She is a frequent presenter at state and national conferences, and is an accomplished grant writer. As an athlete, Mrs. Mitchell has not only run in the Boston Marathon but numerous 5K and 10K events to raise money for the Disney Cancer Institute, the American Heart Association, March of Dimes and many others.

Mrs. Mitchell earned her Masters of Education, and her Bachelor of Science Education from the University of Central Florida.