Instructor of Developmental Math

• Jul 2021 - Present

Instructor/Counselor College Readiness

• Jul 2016 - Jul 2021

Develop foundational skills in math for adult education students. To facilitate students in their learning process by utilizing all appropriate college resources, materials, facilities, and educational technologies available to complement the teaching and learning process and provide instruction in workforce education subjects that positively impact job-seeking/job skills. • Taught over 470 students in MATH 0090 courses over a two year period. • Fine tuned curriculum to align with developmental mathematics pre-requisites. • Developed training for adjunct faculty to encourage cohesive practices within the MATH 0090 courses. • Helped students navigate the registration progress and choose appropriate modality for their next developmental mathematics course. • Initiated meetings with college readiness mathematics instructors from other campuses to keep informed on best practices and reinforce the Chancellor’s goal of One College. Show less

High School Mathematics Teacher

• Sep 2011 - Jul 2016

Wrote curriculum and taught 8th grade mathematics and high school geometry. Created videos for students who were struggling or wanted to advance. Advised 20+ students on their exhibition thesis papers. Wrote over 50 college recommendation letters. • Taught over 400 students in an urban small school setting. • Planned with ICT teachers and used differentiation in lesson plans to make appropriate accommodations to meet the students' needs. • Created Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) for students with diagnosed learning disabilities in SESIS. • 11th grade team leader, responsible for determining agenda items, parent outreach, and ensuring accurate records of meetings. • Attended after school professional development and departmental meetings. ● Implemented Dan Meyer’s “three act math” program, a teaching methodology that uses storytelling and problem solving to introduce and teach difficult mathematical concepts, and other leading-edge teaching techniques to improve student test scores on statewide exams by 30 points. ● Designed and implemented a curriculum for 8th grade special education math and science that improved test scores by 5%. ● Sponsored and advised over 40 students on their end-of-year projects that highlighted a variety of real-world math and science problems. Show less

High School Math and Science Teacher

• 2009 - 2011

● Co-taught 7th grade math and science to over 100 general- and special-education students. ● Assisted in instituting a demerit and detention policy that reduced student behavioral issues. ● Helped execute “Color War,” a one-day student field day program, with members of the school’s steering committee to increase collaboration and activity amongst students. ● Planned, designed and executed grade-wide field trips that better-educated students of the school’s mission in conserving wildlife. Show less

Head Resident Assistant

• 2005 - 2009

● Supervised and trained Resident Assistants and arranged weekly meeting and evening duty schedules. ● Planned, organized and designed the “RA Winter Olympics,” a series of semi-competitive intra-campus events that trained and unified RAs. ● Organized extracurricular events to better expose residents and RAs to life inside of Memphis and outside of Rhodes, such as blood drives, Broadway shows, and card making for children at hospitals. ● Supervised and trained Resident Assistants and arranged weekly meeting and evening duty schedules. ● Planned, organized and designed the “RA Winter Olympics,” a series of semi-competitive intra-campus events that trained and unified RAs. ● Organized extracurricular events to better expose residents and RAs to life inside of Memphis and outside of Rhodes, such as blood drives, Broadway shows, and card making for children at hospitals.