Experience

National Council on Teacher Quality

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Special Projects

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  Washington DC-Baltimore Area Plan, organize and facilitate the execution of the Teacher Prep Review - leading the Reading Foundations and Building Knowledge standard. Serve as lead on program communication with over 1200 higher education institutions. Lead for Hire Smarter, a quarterly communication to school districts. - Extensive experience recruiting, training, and managing tasks of large, remote content expert and analyst teams when executing multiple projects for the Teacher Prep Review. - Spearheaded… Show more Plan, organize and facilitate the execution of the Teacher Prep Review - leading the Reading Foundations and Building Knowledge standard. Serve as lead on program communication with over 1200 higher education institutions. Lead for Hire Smarter, a quarterly communication to school districts. - Extensive experience recruiting, training, and managing tasks of large, remote content expert and analyst teams when executing multiple projects for the Teacher Prep Review. - Spearheaded creation and development of Reading Textbook Database, a repository of over 1400 reading textbooks used by higher education, which became the second most-viewed resource by the Teacher Prep Review in 2021. - Revitalized communications with institutions of higher education by emphasizing partnership, engagement, and capacity-building strategies - increasing voluntary participation in the Teacher Prep Review by 106% between 2020 and 2022. - Executed complete redesign of Building Knowledge standard through background research, tool development, and key stakeholder testing, leading to a unique tool that provides key gap-closing information to increase content knowledge in elementary candidates.

• Manager, Teacher Preparation Strategies

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Analyst, Teacher Preparation Strategies

  • Mar 2019 - Oct 2019

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Program Coordinator, Student Teaching Strategies

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2019

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Policy and Advocacy Fellow

  • Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  Washington D.C. Metro Area



Cleveland Metropolitan School District

• United States
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teacher

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2018

  Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area Designed a third grade curriculum to meet the needs for a diverse group of students, including some entering below grade level, and ensuring that students mastered third grade state benchmarks while ensuring a positive and culturally relevant classroom environment. - Rated Highly Effective by leading students to achieve an average 1.5 years of growth in reading, with 92% of students meeting Ohio’s Third Grade Guarantee – an increase from 86% the previous year. ​​- Received Highly… Show more Designed a third grade curriculum to meet the needs for a diverse group of students, including some entering below grade level, and ensuring that students mastered third grade state benchmarks while ensuring a positive and culturally relevant classroom environment. - Rated Highly Effective by leading students to achieve an average 1.5 years of growth in reading, with 92% of students meeting Ohio’s Third Grade Guarantee – an increase from 86% the previous year. ​​- Received Highly Effective rating based on student achievement scores and Teacher Framework evaluation scores, highlighting effective teaching practice between 2014-2018. - Organized creation of a school-wide strategic plan, resulting in an increase in K-3 literacy from an F to a C on Ohio’s School Report Card from 2014-2018. Show less



Teach For America

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corps Member

  • Jun 2014 - May 2016

  Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area Selected to be part of the 2014 class of Teach for America Corps Members aiming to teach in low-income, high-need communities in an effort to end education inequality, close the achievement gap, and ensure that all children receive a high-level education.



Office of Senator Sherrod Brown

• Policy Intern

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Cleveland, Ohio - Analyzed legislation and regulations on education and health policy, and drafted policy memos for internal use. - Corresponded with over 100 constituents daily and coordinated effective and timely responses to individual constituent inquiries, and recorded constituent’s sentiments on policy issues through a customer relations system.



Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition

• Child Welfare Fellow

  • Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Cleveland, Ohio - Compiled testimonials from uninsured mental health clients from the coalition who would be eligible for Medicaid under expansion, utilized during advocacy efforts to expand Medicaid in 2013-- including testimony, media events, and individual meetings with stakeholders. - Monitored policy decisions and researched the implications of Medicaid expansion at the local, state, and federal level. - Produced written and visual research presentations on the impact of Medicaid legislation on… Show more - Compiled testimonials from uninsured mental health clients from the coalition who would be eligible for Medicaid under expansion, utilized during advocacy efforts to expand Medicaid in 2013-- including testimony, media events, and individual meetings with stakeholders. - Monitored policy decisions and researched the implications of Medicaid expansion at the local, state, and federal level. - Produced written and visual research presentations on the impact of Medicaid legislation on uninsured clients for the Coalition’s Board of Directors and members, resulting in increased advocacy for Medicaid expansion in Ohio. Show less



Case Western Reserve University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• NetWellness Facilitator

  • Sep 2011 - May 2013

  Cleveland, Ohio - Facilitate the timely creation of the CWRU School of Medicine's annual Ohio Board of Regents Report. - Utilizing HTML5 and CSS in Adobe Dreamweaver for web-editing of Netwellness and Area Health Education Center pages. - Coordinate social media and marketing efforts to expand audience and assist in the creation of web-based promotions through Twitter and Facebook marketing.



Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence

• Policy Intern

  • Jul 2012 - Jan 2013

  Cleveland, Ohio - Drafted policy memos based on legislation and regulations regarding women’s rights issues for the Director and coalition members. - Spearheaded research project on human trafficking in Ohio, resulting in drafting the script for a training video to educate government workers on recognizing human trafficking in Ohio.



Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2010 - May 2011

  Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area - Position focused on Dr. Cynthia Beall’s research regarding high-altitude hypoxia in Tibetan nomads. - Required the use of IBM SPSS and other statistical software in data analysis and data entry.