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Ascend Public Charter SchoolsDean of Instruction - STEM
Jun. 2018 - Jun. 2019- Observes, coaches and mentors instructional staff on three content teams - Mathematics, Spanish, Physical Education - to ensure intentional, engaging, and rigorous instruction in a responsive classroom environment. - Creates and curates curriculum and exams for seven Mathematics courses. - Supports content and curriculum execution through weekly development and planning meetings for all teachers and courses. - Uses data to identify gaps in academic performance and implements solutions with teachers in a timely manner. - Works closely with the School Director, the Leadership Team, and the Ascend Learning Curriculum and Instruction team to ensure student success, meet initiatives and goals for the 2018-2019 school year, and create future visions and structures for the scaling to multiple high schools in 2020.
Baruch CollegeAdjunct Math Instructor - Continuing Education
Sep. 2016 - Jul. 2019Greater New York City Area- Wrote first Introduction to Statistics curriculum for CAPS, and will instruct first course starting June 2018. - Creates scope and writes lessons for 8-week GMAT Math and GRE Math Test Prep courses. - Instructs GMAT Math and GRE Math Test Prep courses to classes of 5 - 15 continuing education students. - Responsible for communication with students and with college administration regarding syllabus, student attendance and course grades.
Success Academy Charter SchoolsAssistant Principal of Mathematics
Sep. 2016 - Jun. 2018ManhattanMathematics Course Leader (SY 2017 - 18): - Designs and writes creative, inquiry-based curriculum for Alg I, Alg II, Pre-calculus, and AP Stats (in progress). Responsible for the creation of all scope/sequences, unit assessments, materials. - Observes, coaches and manages the Alg I and Alg II teaching teams: Leads weekly lesson study meetings. Provides feedback for teacher development, ensuring engaging and valid execution of the curriculum across two high schools in the network. - Develops vertically aligned curriculum with members of the Math Leadership Team, and collects data to drive instruction, ensuring student engagement and success. - Teaches Honors Precalculus and Senior Math classes - responsible for lesson planning, lesson instruction, data collection, material creation and grades. [Role change as a result of structure re-organization in a founding high school] Assistant Principal of Mathematics (SY 2016-17): - Built a trajectory of Math, which includes Pathways to Calculus for all students and the integration of Alg I into the 8th grade classrooms in the network. - Expanded the HS Math course selection from 3 to 7 classes (adding Hrs Geometry, Trigonometry, Precalculus, and AP Calc), allowing scholars access to higher levels of Math. - Created scope/sequences and all formal assessments for the 5 working Math courses - Alg I, Hrs Algebra, Geometry, Alg II, Precalculus. - Facilitated department meetings, grade level planning meetings, and held one-on-one weekly check ins with teachers on the Math team. - Taught an 11th grade Alg II course. Responsible for lesson planning, lesson instruction, data collection, assessment creation and recording student grades. - Responsible for the SA Math team's first professional development week at the NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition in 2017.
KnewtonDigital Math Curriculum Developer
Nov. 2015 - Aug. 2016- Created digitally adaptive math curricula and wrote instructional material and assessments for higher education Mathematics courses - Statistics and Calculus I. - Worked closely with UX designers, data analysts, and programmers to create adaptive, user-friendly mathematical journey for students using the product. - Communicated directly with university professors, adjuncts, and TAs about DTI (Direct to Instruction) mission, in order to collect knowledgeable, dedicated subject matter experts for content review. - Clearly communicated tasks/deadlines to freelancers and vendors for instruction and assessment creation.
Houghton Mifflin HarcourtMath Editor
Jul. 2014 - Nov. 2015Greater New York City Area- Created, edited, and designed print and digital math lessons, aligned with the CCSS, for instruction of a comprehensive, middle-school math intervention program - MATH180 Course II. - Wrote and edited instruction for Resources for Differentiated Instruction (MATH180) to help struggling students with foundational mathematical concepts. - Presented Math@Work to a math education audience at NCTM (National Convention for Teachers of Mathematics), and discussed Scholastic Math products and provided instructional techniques with convention goers. - Acted as project manager of the creation and update of Scholastic Math Inventory (SMI) - - a nationwide assessment, determining math quantile scores. Communicated with multiple teams - content editors, graphic designers, digital engineers, educational narrators, and proofreaders - to write, edit, and design 5000+ assessment items.
ScholasticMath Editor
Jul. 2014 - Jun. 2015Greater New York City AreaMath180 Course I: - Revises and authors Math180 Course I assessment items based on nationwide student data. - Constant correspondence and collaboration between many departments of the company: editorial, design, proofreading, production, and engineering. Math180 Course II: - Wrote and edited math lessons and teacher-facilitated instruction, based on the Common Core standards, for Math180 Course II's Teacher's Guide (TFI) and Student mSpace Workbook. - Produced and wrote lessons for Resources for Differentiated Instruction (RDI) to help struggling students with foundational concepts. - Collaborated with writers, editors, designers, proofreaders, and engineering teams on all products. lesson plans, student workspace layout, SmartBoard lesson screen designs and digital content.
Edgenuity Inc.Associate Editor/On-Screen Teacher
Mar. 2014 - Jul. 2014Greater New York City AreaActed as the sole Math editor in the New York office. Constantly collaborated and kept up-to-date correspondence with the math team in Scottsdale, AZ office. Responsible for scheduling, filming, producing, and editing all NYC math videos. This entailed: - coaching on-screen teachers in content and delivery during the filming of lessons. - making real-time edits to speech or written presentation errors to ensure quality of each lesson. - scheduling on-screen math teachers. - running all audio-visual equipment - reshooting edited lessons in time to meet engineering deadlines. Presented and recorded engaging math lessons on-screen for Algebra I and Math Readiness courses.
Construction Careers Center Charter High SchoolHigh School Mathematics Teacher
Aug. 2013 - Dec. 2013Greater St. Louis AreaInstructed four Geometry classes and two Algebra II classes of 25 students each. Created daily lessons, maintained up-to-date grades, collaborated with other faculty members and kept up contact with students' parents and guardians.
Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day SchoolJunior Varsity Girls' Volleyball Head Coach
Aug. 2013 - Nov. 2013Greater St. Louis Area
Phoenix Volleyball ClubGirls' 16s Volleyball Head Coach
Nov. 2012 - Jun. 2013Wayne, NJCoached a 16s Girls Volleyball Club team, teaching new skills and game strategies to novice players. Led the team to five top-three tournament finishes and to a 3-set win, obtaining the championship title at the GEVA Regional Tournament.
Orange High SchoolArchitecture Teacher
Aug. 2012 - Jun. 2013Orange, NJCreated and taught a new Architecture course to a dozen high school juniors and seniors interested in architecture, engineering or design. Emphasis was placed on Architectural history, sketching and drafting and teaching the basics of the design process, ending the semester with a student-driven model-building final project.
Kean UniversityAssistant Women's Volleyball Coach
Aug. 2011 - May. 2013Union, NJSupported the head coach in all practices and competitions. Solely organized all Spring Season practices, team strength and conditioning and off-season competitions. In the 2012 season, introduced and implemented a new defensive system, helping lead the team to the 3rd winningest season in KU women's volleyball history.
Orange High SchoolHigh School Mathematics Teacher
Jul. 2011 - Jun. 2013Orange, NJProvided instruction to a diverse group of students in Algebra I (General and SPED), Algebra II (General and SPED) and Precalculus course. Differentiated course materials for the 20-student classes, utilizing powerful teaching strategies, and creating engaging and purposeful lesson plans. Guided students toward improvements of HSPA math scores, resulting in a 13% increase of proficient math students in 2012, which named OHS the 5th most improved high school in New Jersey that year. Created and instructed an intensive five-week Precalculus Summer Enrichment program for determined junior students, leading all to mastery of all topics resulting in a class average of 89%.
Teach for AmericaCorps Member - Greater Newark
Jun. 2011 - Jun. 2013Newark, NJ
Kansas Algebra ProgramTeaching Assistant
Aug. 2009 - May. 2011University of KansasSelected to instruct a university MATH 101-College Algebra class for 20-25 students. Wrote daily lesson plans, graded homework assignments, gave meaningful student feedback and kept organized student records. Tutored MATH 101 and 002 students, one-on-one, in the KAP Help Room.
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