Experience

The School For Ethics And Global Leadership

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Expansion (London Campus), Director of Communications, and Ethics & Leadership Teacher

  • Jul 2022 - Present



Research Schools International

• Cambridge, MA, USA

• Researcher

  • Sep 2021 - Sep 2022

  - Partner with six schools across Europe to conduct collaborative, school-based research to support students' learning & flourishing with a focus on empathy, compassion, global understanding, growth mindset, gratitude, happiness, mindfulness, and motivation - Design professional development to help educators use research to inform their teaching with the goal of bridging the gap between research and practice - Co-authored an article on an international global competence research study to be published in the Journal of Research in International Education (forthcoming) - Researched and wrote a white paper on global competence that was commissioned and published by ACS International Schools Show less



American International School of Cape Town

• Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Head of English Department & High School English Teacher

  • Jul 2017 - Jun 2021

  - Led a department of four faculty to ensure alignment with school-wide change efforts, including adoption of Understanding by Design (UbD) curriculum framework, standards-based grading, and Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) re-accreditation - Researched educational best practice to design and teach inquiry-based, rigorous, culturally-responsive English courses for grades 9 - 12 aligned with Common Core and AP standards and based on UbD framework - As AP English Literature instructor, increased AP exam pass rates from 27% to 100% (from 2018 to 2020, 2021), including 44% students achieving top scores of 5 compared to the global mean of 9% (2021) - Facilitated internal workshops on Socratic seminar pedagogy to support teacher implementation - Collaborated with diverse stakeholders to create Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Action Plan Show less



Stoneleigh-Burnham School

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Upper School English Teacher, Coach, Dorm Parent, Advisor

  • Aug 2015 - Jun 2017

  - Designed curricula and taught rigorous Harkness-model English courses for 11th- and 12th-grade Higher Level IBDP English Literature and 10th- and 9th-grade English - As IBDP English instructor, supported 70% of students to earn 6s and 7s and 100% to achieve scores of 5, 6, or 7 - Head Dorm Parent: supervised and counseled 40 students aged 14-17 from diverse backgrounds - Assistant Coach: Varsity Soccer & Varsity Tennis - Advisor: supported social-emotional wellbeing of five students aged 15-17 Show less



Stamford American International School, Singapore

• Singapore
• Education Administration Programs
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Head of English Department & Secondary English Teacher

  • Aug 2013 - Jul 2015

  - Led a department of five faculty through initial English curriculum alignment process for 300+ middle- and high-school students as school sought IB certification - Designed curricula for and taught inaugural cohort of IBDP English Language & Literature (Higher & Standard Level), including successful implementation of first round of IB Internal Assessments - Researched educational best practices in differentiation, Socratic seminars, and MYP to design and teach 10th, 9th, 7th, and 6th grade IB MYP English courses to students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds Show less



Greenwich Country Day School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Co-Teacher

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2013