Having taught at Granite Bay HS since 2009, Mrs. Cranmer began her tenure as the IB Coordinator in August 2017. She is also the adviser of the nationally award-winning yearbook, Ursus, and is certified by the Journalism Education Association as a Master Journalism Educator. Previously, she taught IB English HL-1 & 2, English 9-12, and journalism at GBHS. Mrs. Cranmer began teaching in 1994 after working in the film industry for three years. She is an avid NFL football fan (& won the school's faculty FFL once...so far) and loves Shakespeare. She is a member of the UC Davis Globe Education Academy cohort -- studying at the Globe Theatre summer teacher program in 2012 and 2016 -- and taught Shakespeare in Hong Kong as well as here in the U.S. with her Globe mentor.