Amanda Harrison
Director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Palo Alto College- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Applying the QM Rubric
QM Quality MattersAug, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Excel: PivotTables for Beginners
LinkedInJun, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Communicating in Times of Change
LinkedInNov, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
High-Stakes Communication
LinkedInNov, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Infographics: Planning and Wireframing
LinkedInMay, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Excel: Macros and VBA for Beginners
LinkedInMar, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Excel: Power Pivot for Beginners
LinkedInMar, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Getting and Cleaning Data
CourseraDec, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
R Programming
CourseraOct, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
The Data Scientist's Toolbox
CourseraSep, 2019- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Palo Alto College
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United States
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Director of the Teaching and Learning Center
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May 2022 - Present
As the Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, I coordinate a team of learning development professionals as our center serves as a hub of resources for both faculty and staff on campus.
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Interim Director of the Teaching and Learning Center
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Aug 2021 - May 2022
I served as the Interim Director of the Teaching and Learning Center from August 2021 to May 2022. In this role, I coordinated a team of learning development professionals and served as a hub of resources for both faculty and staff on campus. Throughout the past few months, I have learned a great deal about strategic planning to achieve long-term goals as a unit. Through targeted communication and well planned professional development, my team has been able to implement strategies and meet the needs of the campus.In this position, I have been able to strengthen my oral communication skills by giving numerous presentations at campus and district levels to influence and inform stakeholders. Show less
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Coordinator of Measurement and Evaluation
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Nov 2019 - May 2022
As the Coordinator of Measurement and Evaluation, I direct the annual assessment of general education learning outcomes and program learning outcomes for academic departments. My goal is to foster a culture of assessment for student learning improvement by partnering with faculty and staff for workshops, norming sessions, and campus initiatives. I strongly believe that we learn more and accomplish our goals by collaborating and support one another in work and in life.As a member of our Teaching and Learning Center, I design workshops based on assessment and pedagogy principles, such as assignment design using the TILT framework, writing higher order thinking questions, and incorporating instructional technology effectively.During my time in this role, I increased the visibility of assessment results by creating an infographic that shares data and sparks future discussion about student learning. I streamlined the institutional assessment of our Teamwork learning outcome by creating a digital method for collecting responses with results that were easily cleaned and returned to faculty. Show less
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NEISD
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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Mathematics Teacher
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Aug 2011 - Jun 2019
I taught high school mathematics from 2011-2019 with North East Independent School District. I taught for 6 years at James Madison High School. While at JMHS, I taught Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and AP Calculus AB. After teaching at JMHS, I taught for 2 years at Douglas MacArthur High School. I taught Algebra 1, AP Calculus AB, and AP Calculus BC at Douglas MacArthur High School. I also coached the UIL Academics Mathematics and Calculator Applications teams at both high schools. As a faculty member, I created curriculum for the mathematics department at both campuses, and I was a member of the district Algebra 1 curriculum team over the Summer of 2018, in which we completely restructured the sequencing of the Algebra 1 curriculum and created new resources for teachers to use in the upcoming year. For 4 years, I served as Algebra 1 Team Leader. I developed lesson plans and the sequencing of instruction for the year and led a team of 6-8 mathematics education professionals while collaborating with district instructional specialists. Show less
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Education
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2008 - 2011
Texas A&M University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics
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