Lead Preschool Teacher

• Jul 2022 - Present

After School Program Teacher

• Aug 2021 - Jul 2022

● Plan and lead highly engaging activities to support all domains of early childhood development. ● Collaborate with teaching team to foster students' interpersonal and meta-cognitive skills. ● Maintain a safe and healthy environment for students and staff, including strict adherence to federal, state and school guidelines. ● Serve in anti-bias working group. ● Plan and lead highly engaging activities to support all domains of early childhood development. ● Collaborate with teaching team to foster students' interpersonal and meta-cognitive skills. ● Maintain a safe and healthy environment for students and staff, including strict adherence to federal, state and school guidelines. ● Serve in anti-bias working group.

Library Teacher

• Apr 2021 - Jun 2021

As most schools returned to in-person learning, Somerville provided an option for families who prefered to remain online for the remainder of the school year. As the Remote Library Specialist, I served all Pre-K through 8th grade students in the district, meeting with classes once or twice a week for 30 minute synchronous sessions. ● Hosted virtual meetings (Zoom) ● Created content on Google Classroom LMS ● Adjusted to rapidly changing student, parent, and district needs ● Lead lessons in coding, creative writing, research skills, career exploration, and more

Lead Teacher

• Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

Prior to the school's indefinite closure due to pandemic-related factors, I led nature-based learning in our full-day, outdoor space. Using the forest as our classroom, I developed emergent curriculum tailored to the unique interests of the children in our group, while also introducing materials to expand their horizons. ● Using virtual platforms to document learning and establish daily communication with families, my team was able to build connections with caregivers despite COVID-19 limitations on in-person contact. These relationships supported students and their families through two unexpected, yet successful, transitions during a three-month period.

Junior Kindergarten Teacher

• Jul 2019 - Aug 2020

Leveraging my extensive professional experience, I supervised a Jr. Kindergarten team and held direct responsibility for daily planning, instruction, and student assessment. My job entailed building relationships with families and parents by encouraging the active learning process at home. I also differentiated curriculum to address each child’s multimodal learning needs, while maintaining a positive and respectful classroom culture. ● Voluntarily provided continuity for students and families during COVID-19 related closure by compiling resources for caregivers and organizing virtual class meetings; achieved 89% participation in virtual graduation following nine weeks of school closure.

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher | English Learner Program Teacher

• Aug 2017 - Jul 2019

During my time with the Chicago Public Schools system, I managed the development of a new prekindergarten classroom in a school serving +90% low income students. It was on me to communicate with families to maximize engagement and home learning. I was able to influence my colleagues to participate in innovative teaching and learning opportunities. I also conducted daily classroom observations, assessments, and curriculum implementations. ● Hand-selected to serve as English Learner Program Teacher for 400+ student population; administered language screenings and advised colleagues on how to support emergent bilingual learners. ● Enabled class to grow from achieving 53% of language and literacy goals to 99% in nine months.

Interim Middle School Language Arts Director

• Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

As the Interim Middle School Language Arts Director, I developed student-centered ELA curriculum for youth from families with low incomes. The role called on me to provide my students with ownership and autonomy opportunities such as cataloging 1K+ books in our classroom library. I monitored and reviewed data to individualize student support approaches and improve our programming. I also received a grant to orient 45+ middle school students to higher education opportunities. ● Tracked student data to individualize student support approaches and improve program practices; administered and analyzed student assessments, demonstrating 111% increase in advanced readers ● Lead 5th/6th grade cohort to complete 321 hours of community service, exceeding target by 23% ● Matched 5th/6th grade cohort with over 646 days of summer opportunities, facilitating enrollment in an average of 25 days of summer enrichment for each student (exceeding NUSEA target by 20%) ● Spearheaded development and implementation of engaging curriculum, including creation of “Words of the Week,” through which students composed 200+ creative writing pieces. ● Hosted international art piece “Make Your Own Passport” in cooperation with community volunteers

Program Manager, International Business Studies (IBS) | Instructor

• Mar 2014 - Jul 2016

Earlier in my career, I was responsible for a program with 100+ students along with recruitment, selection, and student advising. My job was to lead and coach student workers, while also coordinating the application and enrollment process and facilitating credit transfers for EU and Chinese students. I was in charge of managing the program during the Director’s emergency leave. I was also able to foster and maintain an atmosphere of openness, confidentiality, and trust between students of diverse backgrounds, partners, and faculty. ● Led efforts to clear 18+ month backlog by reconciling massive amount of data; established new methods for managing documentation and ensuring accuracy. ● Championed redesign of recruitment materials to increase visual appeal; implemented recruitment strategy to achieve 150+ quality applications for 25 places per year. ● Instructor: Taught undergraduate courses, “Business & Culture in Germany” and “Doing Business with Americans;” prepared curriculum, conducted presentations, facilitated critical analysis through discussions, and developed online learning content. - Developed “Doing Business with Americans” syllabus from scratch and gained buy-in from senior faculty. - Consistently earned positive evaluations (top quintile) from 70+ German and international students, in part by utilizing innovative technology that was novel to Business Department.

English Instructor

• Dec 2009 - Dec 2014