Experience

South Portland School Department
• Facilities Services
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Teacher, Social Emotional Learning

  • Aug 2021 - Present

Small Farma Hemp
• Co-Founder

  • Dec 2017 - Present


NYC Department of Education

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Facilitator, Learning Partners Program

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  • Design and facilitate two online professional learning communities that engage approximately 30 educators in remote conversations and sharing of resources between and during monthly meetings• Lead the curation, development and publication process of 50 resources and five case studies to be shared on the NYCDOE’s online learning management system, WeTeachNYC.org• Coach administrators and teachers in implementing school-wide data-driven inquiry cycles that contribute to improved quality of teacher leadership, collaborative teacher teams, and instructional practices in areas such as formative assessment, computer science and student engagement• Coordinate city-wide interschool visits between host and partner school teams that include classroom visits, feedback, and collaborative work time anchored in Danielson and school-specific improvement goals to facilitate sharing strong literacy, math, and classroom intravisitation practices across schools in order to support the incorporation of new learning at individual schools

• Project Manager

  • Sep 2013 - Oct 2015

  Led a team of 4 and collaborated with instructional partners to manage the design and implementation of theCore Curriculum Implementation Course, a professional learning series providing instructional support on core curricular resources to over 1,000 teachers and supervisors across New York City• Managed the 5-session Literacy Seminar series over two years by strategically designing a cohesive experiencefor a consistent group of 120 network achievement coaches to build literacy content knowledge• Developed forum-specific communication plans to target stakeholders at various levels and publish weekly communications and outreach to 1,900 school and network leaders, and approximately 12,000 teachers advertising professional development opportunities• Collaborated with a team of 3 to design and facilitate professional learning events and school-based support for the 2014-15 Common Core Lab program in conjunction with Student Achievement Partners and the Danielson Group• Facilitated discussion and strategically planned with teacher teams at Collaborative Action Research Project(CARP) large group events• Lead Project Manager overseeing a team of 15 and a group of 30 volunteers to plan and implement the July2014 Chancellor’s Principal Conference for 1200 New York City Principals• Led volunteer efforts and trained and delegated responsibility to 40 volunteers at the 2015 Chancellor’sAssistant Principal Conference for 500 Assistant PrincipalsCommunicated with and built relationships with teachers, principals, school leaders, evaluators and network and community level stakeholders to refine and revise professional learning forums in service of content objectives• Implemented a Facilitator Intensive training program to build expertise in facilitation moves with a focus on content objectives for a team of 6 instructional coaches based at the NYCDOE central office



PCI Media Impact

• Germany
• Movies, Videos, and Sound

• Program Officer

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  Supported schools in the design, production, broadcast and evaluation of comprehensive communications for change campaigns reaching 3,000 students and community members in 10 schools Strengthened Media Impact’s relationship with school and community organization partners in NYC Presented Media Impact methodology at training workshops, Entertainment-Education and communication conferences, and forums in New York and Liberia, West Africa Supported schools in the design, production, broadcast and evaluation of comprehensive communications for change campaigns reaching 3,000 students and community members in 10 schools Strengthened Media Impact’s relationship with school and community organization partners in NYC Presented Media Impact methodology at training workshops, Entertainment-Education and communication conferences, and forums in New York and Liberia, West Africa

• Teacher

  • 2006 - 2012

NOVA Japan
• 1 - 100 Employee
• ESL Teacher

  • 2003 - 2005