Faculty & Staff TED

• M.Ed., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• BS, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• MEd, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• BCBA Respecialization, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
• MEd, Special Education with Emphasis in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, University of Nevada Las Vegas
• BS, Special Education General Studies, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Ritzie Gratrix has worked with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder for over 10 years. She began her career as home program tutor, then earned her Bachelor’s and Masters of Education degrees to continue to work with the students with autism in a public school setting. She has received supplemental training in the areas of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH) and Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). Ritzie is currently working on her Ed.D. in Special Education with a minor in Curriculum Development.

• MEd, Nova Southeastern University

LaDonna Henderson is an Assistant Principal with the Clark County School District (CCSD) with over 15 years experience teaching special education students. Her educational philosophy is that we must teach each and every student to succeed.

• MA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• B.S., Elementary Education, New Mexico State University
• M.A., Teaching, Grand Canyon University
• M.A., School Administration, University of the Southwest

Mrs. Darian Jaramillo has been in education for 22 years as a classroom teacher, high school assistant principal, and high school principal. She currently works for the Los Lunas School District as principal of Valencia High School. Mrs. Jaramillo specializes in Instructional Leadership.

• BA, Slippery Rock University
• MEd, Grand Canyon University, Arizona
• MEd, Walden University, Minnesota

• BA, Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• MS, Elementary Education, Nova Southeastern University
• MEd, Special Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• PhD, Special Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Delilah Krasch is an adjunct faculty member for the online M.Ed. program. Dr. Krasch is also a project facilitator for the Early Childhood Department of Clark County School District and is an autism and early childhood special education content specialist for the New Teacher Center and the e-Mentoring for Student Success program. She has also served as a part-time instructor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and taught third grade, second grade, and self-contained autism classes.

• M.Ed., Sierra Nevada College

• B.S., Psychology, Roosevelt University of Chicago, Illinois
• M.A., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Roosevelt University of Chicago, Illinois
• Ph.D. Candidate, Learning & Technology, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Marissa Owens’s research interests include: collaborative argumentation, social media, online learning, and science education. Her dissertation explores the impact social media has on collaborative argumentation in an online classroom setting. She has taught online courses both at the undergraduate and graduate level in Educational Psychology, Educational Assessment, and Educational Leadership.

• BS, in Business Administration, Robert Morris College
• MS, in Management, Argosy University

Linda Patefield, MSM is currently teaching the online ALDR 505 class. Linda began teaching online for Sierra Nevada College in the summer of 2011. She has over twenty years experience in Human Resources and currently works as a Human Resource Director at a college in Indiana. Linda received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Robert Morris University; and a Masters of Science in Management from Argosy University.

• MA. in Educational Leadership, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Robert began his career in education as a classroom teacher over 16 years ago with the Clark County School District. He has been a teacher leader within the District’s training and assessment departments and expanded his teaching working with adults as an adjunct faculty member at the university level for several years, loving every minute. For the past 10 years he has beenan assistant principal and principal in Clark County.

As a current elementary school principal, he savors the time he has with children and the opportunities to work with talented educators. He has also have been supporting SNC Administrative Interns as their SNC Administrative Internship Supervisor,which provides him with additional opportunities to fulfill his passion to coach and mentor other educators as future administrators.