Anna LaSala-Goettler
Dean of Student Life at The Browning School- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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The Browning School
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United States
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Education Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Dean of Student Life
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Jul 2022 - Present
Ensure that Browning has a healthy, robust slate of social-emotional programming, equitable and inclusive advising curricula, and extracurricular activities for the upper school student body; Create and program assemblies; Teach and design the Modern Masculinities courses; Oversee the division's disciplinary proceedings and restorative practices; Organize community events, club systems (including Student Council and Peer Leadership), and class trips; Communicate frequently with families about programming. Show less
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English Teacher
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2019 - Present
Design, teach, and assess English curriculum grades 8-12 including courses in expository writing, the literature of memory, British and post-colonial literature, queer literature, the literature of exile, and the graphic novel.
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Grade 9 Coordinator
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Jul 2021 - Jul 2022
Oversee the Grade 9 advisory system, partnering with the school counselors, Equitable Practice and Social Impact office, and Grade 9 advisors; Create year long themes and SEL-appropriate curriculum for advisory; plan agendas and run regular Grade Level meetings; Help design and chaperone Grade 9 student events and trips
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Summer Director -- Summer@BrowningConnect
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Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
Lead a passion-based program of over 120 students (K-12) that celebrates student curiosity in a time of distance learning; Coordinate with teaching faculty, families, and students regularly to maintain connection, collaboration, and community.
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University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
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United States
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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BSTR Inquiry Mentor
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Jul 2017 - Present
Support and provide feedback to second year fellows in the Independent School Teaching Residency program as second year fellows complete coursework per semester (through virtual rounds, artifact analysis, readings, peer feedback on writing, and critical reflections). Facilitate workshops, assess reflections, and evaluate student work. Support and provide feedback to second year fellows in the Independent School Teaching Residency program as second year fellows complete coursework per semester (through virtual rounds, artifact analysis, readings, peer feedback on writing, and critical reflections). Facilitate workshops, assess reflections, and evaluate student work.
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Prestans Online Academy
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E-learning
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1 - 100 Employee
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English and French Tutor
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Mar 2019 - Present
Design online curriculum, teach, and tutor students individually and in small groups. Design online curriculum, teach, and tutor students individually and in small groups.
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The Taft School
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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English and French Literature Teacher
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Jun 2015 - Jul 2019
Teach, design, and assess courses including comparative literature, American Literature, introductory and intermediate French, first-year student health and wellness; Dormitory head for 9th and 10th grade girls' dormitory with sixty residents; Coach of girls' JV Basketball and girls' Thirds Volleyball; Maillard Teaching Fellow (2015-2017) Teach, design, and assess courses including comparative literature, American Literature, introductory and intermediate French, first-year student health and wellness; Dormitory head for 9th and 10th grade girls' dormitory with sixty residents; Coach of girls' JV Basketball and girls' Thirds Volleyball; Maillard Teaching Fellow (2015-2017)
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Dartmouth College
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant
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Sep 2014 - Jun 2015
Master of Arts Candidate, Comparative Literature and Francophone Studies Teaching Assistant for undergraduate courses in Comparative Literature, Anthropology, and African and African American Studies "Ethnography of Violence" with Dr. Chelsey Kivland (Winter 2015) ✦ Lead class discussions on systemic state violence and relationship violence, specifically college campus rape-cultures. ✦ Maintain, develop and update the electronic site that accompanies this course. ✦ Hold weekly office hours, assist in student assessment and grading "Read the World" with Dr. Rebecca Biron (Fall 2014) ✦ Serve as section leader for group of 25 students (75 person class) and hold office hours ✦ Evaluate and assess growth through maintaining and commenting on weekly blog posts ✦ Co-lead lectures on postcolonial theory and "reading across cultures" ✦ Shadow and assist in grading process Show less
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Intern
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May 2012 - Aug 2012
Taught literacy skills to recent immigrants; organized and led citizenship classes to prepare students for the Citizenship written exam and interview process; planned series of events for summer schedule; fulfilled administrative responsibilities Taught literacy skills to recent immigrants; organized and led citizenship classes to prepare students for the Citizenship written exam and interview process; planned series of events for summer schedule; fulfilled administrative responsibilities
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Education
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University of Pennsylvania
Master of Science - MS in Education, Secondary Education and Teaching -
Dartmouth College
Master of Arts - MA, Comparative Literature -
Middlebury College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Comparative Literature -
Middlebury C.V. Starr School in Africa
Study Abroad/Immersion Experience, French Language and Literature; Cameroonian Culture; Médùmba language study