Experience

Khartoum International Community School

• Sudan
• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Student Support Services Teacher

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Main responsibility: Primary EAL and Learning Needs Teacher Program: IB World School with PYP, Readers and Writers Workshop, Eureka Math, NFI, and WIDA frameworks used in the primary section Learning community: established and nurtured relationships to give all stakeholders the agency necessary to make self-directed decisions Additional accomplishments: created systems to integrate student support services from early childhood through primary years to middle years and beyond Main responsibility: Primary EAL and Learning Needs Teacher Program: IB World School with PYP, Readers and Writers Workshop, Eureka Math, NFI, and WIDA frameworks used in the primary section Learning community: established and nurtured relationships to give all stakeholders the agency necessary to make self-directed decisions Additional accomplishments: created systems to integrate student support services from early childhood through primary years to middle years and beyond



Beijing International Bilingual Academy

• Beijing Suburb, China

• Grade Three ESL Teacher

  • Aug 2014 - Jul 2019

  Other responsibilities: Grade Four Lead Teacher—one year and Grade Five Lead Teacher—three years Program: bi-lingual international school—American CCSS, NGSS, and AERO Social Studies Standards Learning community: built community through accountable talk and self-directed learning (with workshop presented at 2018 EARCOS TC) Additional accomplishments: served on a few WASC accreditation committees to improve organizational structures and to align programs, served as grade-level leader to organize grade-level colleagues to student achievement, and instituted RtI protocols to create individual learning plans for students with special needs Show less



LCA International School

• Kanagawa, Japan

• Grade Five Lead Teacher

  • Aug 2011 - Jul 2014

  Other responsibilities: Grades Four and Six Lead Teacher—one year each Program: private Japanese reform school—Japan MEXT standards Learning community: created a student-centered culture through student newspapers, enrichment programs, and parent-teacher workshops focused on development: social-emotional, cognitive, and physical Additional accomplishments: implemented plans for three successful Sports Days, created grade-level musical comedies which were performed in a theater for about a thousand, and conceived of and carried out plans for four outdoor education camps Show less



Tokyo YMCA International School

• Within 23 wards, Tokyo, Japan

• Grade Two Homeroom Teacher

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

  Program: international school—hodgepodge of American standards Learning community: held parent-teacher-student, student-led, and parent-teacher conferences as a means to emphasize student achievement Additional accomplishments: wrote preliminary and final reports for WASC reaccreditation, aligned the planned, taught, and assessed literacy curriculum for elementary school, created and oversaw a project-based learning language support program that ran on most weekends Program: international school—hodgepodge of American standards Learning community: held parent-teacher-student, student-led, and parent-teacher conferences as a means to emphasize student achievement Additional accomplishments: wrote preliminary and final reports for WASC reaccreditation, aligned the planned, taught, and assessed literacy curriculum for elementary school, created and oversaw a project-based learning language support program that ran on most weekends



New International School of Japan

• Japan
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Kindergarten – Grade Two Homeroom Teacher

  • Dec 2006 - Jul 2010

  Program: multiage and dual language international school—Scottish CfE and Japan MEXT standards Learning community: placed learning within the school community by organizing a performance task at the end of each learning experience Additional accomplishments: Celebrated learning through (annual) reader’s festivals, writer’s celebrations, science expositions, and class musicals Program: multiage and dual language international school—Scottish CfE and Japan MEXT standards Learning community: placed learning within the school community by organizing a performance task at the end of each learning experience Additional accomplishments: Celebrated learning through (annual) reader’s festivals, writer’s celebrations, science expositions, and class musicals



Fort River Elementary School

• Amherst, Massachusetts

• Student Teaching Internship and Practicum

  • Jan 2006 - Nov 2006

  Program: Massachusetts public elementary school using Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Learning Community: witnessed how a collaborative network of professionals supported all students' inclusion Additional Accomplishments: learned how to build capacity by participating in a professional learning community of homeroom teachers, counselors, reading specialists, resource teachers, language specialists, and teacher's aids/assistants Program: Massachusetts public elementary school using Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Learning Community: witnessed how a collaborative network of professionals supported all students' inclusion Additional Accomplishments: learned how to build capacity by participating in a professional learning community of homeroom teachers, counselors, reading specialists, resource teachers, language specialists, and teacher's aids/assistants