Experience

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Coordinator, Learning Support

  • Jul 2022 - Present

• Instruction and Data Support Teacher Coach

  • Jan 2022 - Jul 2022



EmSTEAM - Emerald Middle School

• CVUSD

• Instructional Coach, Support Teacher

  • Nov 2020 - Jan 2022



WD Hall Elementary School

• CVUSD

• Instructional Coach

  • Aug 2019 - Nov 2020



Los Coches Creek Middle School, Computer Science and Media Arts Magnet

• CVUSD

• Engineering, Robotics and Media Arts Instructor

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2019



Joan MacQueen Middle School

• Robotics, Coding and Makerspace Instructor, FIRST LEGO League Coach

  • Sep 2015 - Jun 2017

  Design and develop curriculum to expose students to various hardware and programs such as Lego EV3, Arduino UNO, scratch.mit.edu, code.org, Lego Mindstorms, and G SuiteSecond-year First Lego League Coach leading up to six teams through qualifying and regional tournaments, and XPRIZE Global Innovations national application processExperience coaching students in extracurricular activities such as SD Air and Space Museum's Fly Your Ride and the Southern California Junior Solar Sprint, including sending a team to solar sprint nationals in Florida, June, 20172015: Coached one team of nine students through local qualifying competition and regional championship2016: Led six teams, 19 students total, through local qualifying competition and regional championship2016 - 2017: Counseled winning team, First Place in Project Innovation, through national XPRIZE Global Innovation Award application process Show less

• NGSS Science Curriculum Development Committee

  • Jun 2015 - Jun 2017

  Analyze the three dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards, define instructional pacing and benchmarks, design and compose standards-based curriculum and assessment

• Math and Science Teacher

  • 2014 - 2016

  Design curriculum and provide instruction in Common Core mathematics and Next Generation Science Standards

• English Language Arts Teacher, 8th Grade

  • 2012 - 2014

  Design curriculum and provide instruction in Common Core language arts, including ERWC (Expository Reading and Writing Course (California State University)) practices



BOES

• AUSD

• Teacher

  • Oct 1999 - Jun 2012

  Grades 2, 3, 4, 5 • Curriculum Improvement Advisory Committee member: analyze language arts curriculum, define essential standards and benchmarks, design and compose standards-based assessments. • Serve as grade-level team leader. • Student Study Team member: serve on team to evaluate student strengths and needs, suggest instructional strategies, and organize resources to address student needs. • Distinguished School Application Committee member: draft, edit, and compose school application to become a California Distinguished School. • School Site Council committee member. • 2010 – 2011 Alpine Union School District Teacher of the Year and 2010 – 2011 San Diego County Teacher of the Year Nominee Show less



AES

• AUSD

• Teacher

  • Aug 1997 - Oct 1999

  Grades K, 2 Grades K, 2