Experience

St. Louis Park Public Schools

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

• Middle School ELA Teacher/Talent Development Coach

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  -Chartered and oversaw the implementation of the new school-wide Talent Development program, designed to replace “Gifted and Talented,” in which all students have access to gifted education by embedding it into the standard curriculum. -Researched, presented, and supported the application of culturally relevant teaching practices and ideas to all departments and school staff, interrupting current teaching practices, disrupting racially predictable outcomes. -Coached mindset shifts in all nine Language and Literature faculty to 100% adoption of transformative teaching practices. Show less



Sea-Stump: The Picture Book Project

• United States

• Founder, Curriculum Designer, and Workshop Facilitator

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  -Facilitated and created all instructional content for an annual 8-day summer workshop for students to write, design, illustrate, and publish their own quality picture books. -Maintains the company website, and manages book-purchasing and shipping. -Facilitated and created all instructional content for an annual 8-day summer workshop for students to write, design, illustrate, and publish their own quality picture books. -Maintains the company website, and manages book-purchasing and shipping.



Annunciation Catholic School

• Middle School English Teacher and Learning Specialist

  • Aug 2018 - Jul 2019

  -As the inaugural Middle School Learning Specialist, established the first middle school learning support program, working closely with the K-5 specialist to provide individualized support and instructional content for all learners, especially students on learning plans, disseminating information to parents and the middle school team. -Led continued professional development training for all thirty-two elementary and middle-grade faculty members on the benefits of reading across the curriculum and content-specific reading strategies. Show less



St. Joseph School, Seattle

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

• Middle School English Teacher

  • Aug 2015 - Jul 2018

  -Designed and implemented a new spiraling middle school (6-8) English Language Arts curriculum. -Chaired the committee for improved teacher compensation and retention. Facilitated the 7th grade capstone retreat. Founded and advised the middle school student newspaper. -Designed and implemented a new spiraling middle school (6-8) English Language Arts curriculum. -Chaired the committee for improved teacher compensation and retention. Facilitated the 7th grade capstone retreat. Founded and advised the middle school student newspaper.



Saint Joseph's School

• Ogden, Utah, United States

• Middle School Language Arts Teacher

  • Aug 2011 - Jun 2014

  Spearheaded accreditation committee focused on language arts. Analyzed student data and designed a curriculum plan based on Common Core standards and research-based teaching practices. Spearheaded accreditation committee focused on language arts. Analyzed student data and designed a curriculum plan based on Common Core standards and research-based teaching practices.