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Computer Resource Specialist W.T. Cooke Elementary School Virginia Beach, VA
 * Fara T. Faust, M.Ed. **

Ms. Faust holds both a B.S. and M.Ed degree in Special Education. She has taught in both self-contained and resource speical education classrooms in Tennessee and Virginia. In additon to her college degrees, Ms. Faust is also a certified Level I Elementary Montessori Teacher. She taught for four years at the first public Montessori school in middle Tennessee. The use of technology has also been an important part of her instruction. After 19 years as a special education teacher, Ms. Faust moved out of the classroom and into the wonderful world of technology. She works with teachers and students in grades K-5 at a lovely little school by the sea. In April 2009, Ms. Faust completed the national certification for the ISTE NETS-T program. Recently, Ms. Faust has taken an active role in training teachers from across the Virginia Beach City Public Schools district on the use and instructional benefits of interactive whiteboards. Ms. Faust has been trained as an Promethean ActivInstructor.

In her off hours, Ms. Faust spends time working as a volunteer docent at the Old Coast Guard Station located at the Virignia Beach oceanfront. She considers herself an amateur local historian. She is also the school historian for W.T. Cooke Elementary School which is the oldest public school in the city of Virginia Beach. Ms. Faust enjoys reading, cooking, geneology, traveling and anything British.

Fara Faust and Amy Rille work together to create the Education Technology Team at W.T. Cooke School. They create and teach lessons to students in all grade levels that promotes the use of 21st century skills and the inclusion of technology. Ms. Faust and Mrs. Rille have presented at local and state level technology conferences.