Lesa has been a teacher at Duncan High School in Duncan, Oklahoma for 7 years. She taught marketing, business management and entrepreneurship electives at the comprehensive high school level associated with Oklahoma Career Tech and was the DECA sponsor until the 2017-2018 school year. She is now the instructor/coordinator for the newly implemented Pathways to Future Careers (PFC) Internship Program, for which she was given autonomy for program design and curriculum. Lesa is a non-traditional teacher and worked in business and industry before coming into the classroom. Lesa has been in the education field since 2000. She first worked for Elk City Public Schools at the elementary level as an aide in the computer lab and then at Western Technology Center with OK Career Tech. She and her husband were also small business owners/operators for over 6 years while in Elk City, OK. Her husband’s job transferred them to Duncan in the summer of 2013.
Lesa has been a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, XI Chapter for four years and is the acting treasurer. Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.
Lesa serves as treasurer on the board for Specially Made Penguins, a group focusing on children with special needs, and has recently joined the board for United Way of Stephens County.
Lesa works with Christian Helping Hands Ministry in Comanche, OK, with Jobs for Life classes and the Bridges out of Poverty initiative and is a certified facilitator for Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World.
Lesa was a member of Leadership Duncan Class of XXII in 2018.
Lesa was the Teacher of the Year for Duncan Public Schools for the 2018-19 school year and a finalist for 2020 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year.
Education:
Business and Marketing Education Certifications by Oklahoma State Department of Education and Oklahoma Career Tech
B.S. – Organizational Leadership Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Additional hours from Oklahoma State University
Certified by University of Iowa to teach BizInnovator Entrepreneurship Curriculum for college credit
This Teacher’s Goal is to Help Students Reach Theirs!