Barbara J. James is an educator with over forty years of teaching in both the private and public sector. National Board Certified since 1999, her teaching accomplishments have earned her a National Time Warner Cable Teacher of the Year Award, Who’s Who Among Teachers, and a Dr. Lawrence C. Hawkins Educator of the Year Award, just to name a few. Aside from teaching, Barbara enjoy writing and performing music, nature walks and learning from other people; especially children.