Dr. Amita Roy Shah
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Summer Gravett
Dr. Shah was my Professor at San Jose State University for CHAD 164: Contemporary Parenting. I truly enjoyed having Dr. Shah as a Professor for this class. Her lectures were always so interesting and I loved how she connected real life scenarios into our classwork for the day and also incorporated her own personal stories about her family. It made every topic really relatable through a students eyes. Her lectures were always very relevant and many of our activities were based on real life data she obtained. She was always very approachable and easy to talk to. We often times chatted before class about a podcast we both loved at the time! I wish she taught more classes at state because I would definitely take them. She was one of the few professors throughout my college career that I really connected with. In addition to this, Dr. Shah also took the time to write me a thoughtful letter of recommendation to get into a teaching credential program. She is such an inspiration as a teacher as well as a parent. Thank you for everything Dr. Shah!
Philina Lin
Dr. Shah was my professor for ChAD 149 at San Jose State University. Under Dr. Shah’s guidance, I was able to realize the different medians of fun and interactive lessons that would teach more than what worksheets can teach. I remember watching her present a lesson on germs and was amazed at how fun it looked. I immediately asked my fieldwork teacher if I could teach the exact same lesson. After a granted
Carolyn Konai
Amita always provides excellent work, applying her knowledge of the teaching process and in this case, elementary language arts content. I know that I can depend on receiving Amita's work on time or earlier. She is happy to work on a wide variety of tasks, from the more mundane templated tasks to those that require a synthesis of content according to a client's (sometimes vague) request, and delivers consistent, high-quality results. Her great attitude and dependable work put her on my go-to list of writers.
Summer Gravett
Dr. Shah was my Professor at San Jose State University for CHAD 164: Contemporary Parenting. I truly enjoyed having Dr. Shah as a Professor for this class. Her lectures were always so interesting and I loved how she connected real life scenarios into our classwork for the day and also incorporated her own personal stories about her family. It made every topic really relatable through a students eyes. Her lectures were always very relevant and many of our activities were based on real life data she obtained. She was always very approachable and easy to talk to. We often times chatted before class about a podcast we both loved at the time! I wish she taught more classes at state because I would definitely take them. She was one of the few professors throughout my college career that I really connected with. In addition to this, Dr. Shah also took the time to write me a thoughtful letter of recommendation to get into a teaching credential program. She is such an inspiration as a teacher as well as a parent. Thank you for everything Dr. Shah!
Philina Lin
Dr. Shah was my professor for ChAD 149 at San Jose State University. Under Dr. Shah’s guidance, I was able to realize the different medians of fun and interactive lessons that would teach more than what worksheets can teach. I remember watching her present a lesson on germs and was amazed at how fun it looked. I immediately asked my fieldwork teacher if I could teach the exact same lesson. After a granted
Carolyn Konai
Amita always provides excellent work, applying her knowledge of the teaching process and in this case, elementary language arts content. I know that I can depend on receiving Amita's work on time or earlier. She is happy to work on a wide variety of tasks, from the more mundane templated tasks to those that require a synthesis of content according to a client's (sometimes vague) request, and delivers consistent, high-quality results. Her great attitude and dependable work put her on my go-to list of writers.
Summer Gravett
Dr. Shah was my Professor at San Jose State University for CHAD 164: Contemporary Parenting. I truly enjoyed having Dr. Shah as a Professor for this class. Her lectures were always so interesting and I loved how she connected real life scenarios into our classwork for the day and also incorporated her own personal stories about her family. It made every topic really relatable through a students eyes. Her lectures were always very relevant and many of our activities were based on real life data she obtained. She was always very approachable and easy to talk to. We often times chatted before class about a podcast we both loved at the time! I wish she taught more classes at state because I would definitely take them. She was one of the few professors throughout my college career that I really connected with. In addition to this, Dr. Shah also took the time to write me a thoughtful letter of recommendation to get into a teaching credential program. She is such an inspiration as a teacher as well as a parent. Thank you for everything Dr. Shah!
Philina Lin
Dr. Shah was my professor for ChAD 149 at San Jose State University. Under Dr. Shah’s guidance, I was able to realize the different medians of fun and interactive lessons that would teach more than what worksheets can teach. I remember watching her present a lesson on germs and was amazed at how fun it looked. I immediately asked my fieldwork teacher if I could teach the exact same lesson. After a granted
Carolyn Konai
Amita always provides excellent work, applying her knowledge of the teaching process and in this case, elementary language arts content. I know that I can depend on receiving Amita's work on time or earlier. She is happy to work on a wide variety of tasks, from the more mundane templated tasks to those that require a synthesis of content according to a client's (sometimes vague) request, and delivers consistent, high-quality results. Her great attitude and dependable work put her on my go-to list of writers.
Summer Gravett
Dr. Shah was my Professor at San Jose State University for CHAD 164: Contemporary Parenting. I truly enjoyed having Dr. Shah as a Professor for this class. Her lectures were always so interesting and I loved how she connected real life scenarios into our classwork for the day and also incorporated her own personal stories about her family. It made every topic really relatable through a students eyes. Her lectures were always very relevant and many of our activities were based on real life data she obtained. She was always very approachable and easy to talk to. We often times chatted before class about a podcast we both loved at the time! I wish she taught more classes at state because I would definitely take them. She was one of the few professors throughout my college career that I really connected with. In addition to this, Dr. Shah also took the time to write me a thoughtful letter of recommendation to get into a teaching credential program. She is such an inspiration as a teacher as well as a parent. Thank you for everything Dr. Shah!
Philina Lin
Dr. Shah was my professor for ChAD 149 at San Jose State University. Under Dr. Shah’s guidance, I was able to realize the different medians of fun and interactive lessons that would teach more than what worksheets can teach. I remember watching her present a lesson on germs and was amazed at how fun it looked. I immediately asked my fieldwork teacher if I could teach the exact same lesson. After a granted
Carolyn Konai
Amita always provides excellent work, applying her knowledge of the teaching process and in this case, elementary language arts content. I know that I can depend on receiving Amita's work on time or earlier. She is happy to work on a wide variety of tasks, from the more mundane templated tasks to those that require a synthesis of content according to a client's (sometimes vague) request, and delivers consistent, high-quality results. Her great attitude and dependable work put her on my go-to list of writers.
Credentials
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Multiple Subject Teaching Credential
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Experience
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Social Edge, LLC
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder of Social Edge, LLC
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Mar 2020 - Present
Social Edge empowers kids and adults with life-long social and emotional tools to live happy, healthy, and meaningful lives. We create unique EQ products and provide engaging EQ services to families, schools, and community organizations. Our products include our Brain-Based EQ for kids and Brain-Based Life Hacks for tweens/teens workbooks. Our EQ services include interactive, live workshops, self-paced online classes, and one-on-one EQ coaching. The research shows that kids with higher EQ: have a positive, growth mindset, are self-motivated, inspire others, develop higher self-esteem and confidence, experience less stress, anxiety, or depression, do better in school, exhibit greater creativity, and have meaningful relationships with family and friends. Parents are the primary source of information when it comes to educating their children about their emotions, social relationships, and diverse cultures. We want to empower parents with the knowledge and resources they may need to help children reach their full potential. www.mysocialedge.com https://linktr.ee/Dramitaroyshah Show less
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San Jose State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Lecturer
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Aug 2011 - Present
Teaching courses in the Child and Adolescent Development Department (ChAD) at San Jose State University. K-8 Practicum: Seminar related to principles, techniques, observation, and participation in the guidance of elementary and middle school children. Child Health & Physical Activity: An integrative approach to understanding the multiple factors than impact children’s health and physical fitness and that influence the development of lifelong health- and fitness-related habits. Emphasis is on the inter-relationships between health and fitness and cognitive, social, and emotional well-being. Contemporary Parenting: Examine parent-child relationships in the context of human development. Examine various theories of parenting and discuss the influences of family structure, ethnicity, cultural expectations and values, and disabilities on the process of parenting. Children and Adolescents in Multicultural Societies: Taking a global perspective, the intersection of cultural and developmental processes in the areas of self, identity, personality, gender, social, cognitive, emotion, language, and physical (health) development are examined. Atypical development involving psychological disorders and the treatment of psychological disorders in different cultures are examined. Cultural variations in organizational practices, policies, leadership, productivity, decision-making processes, and sexual harassment are also examined. Social and Emotional Development in Children and Adolescence: This course covers current issues in childhood and adolescent social and emotional development. Topics include (1) perspectives on the emergence of the self, (2) processes of development underlying self-esteem and self-control, (3) processes of development underlying social behavior (e.g., aggression, prosocial behavior), and (4) processes of development underlying emotional competence (e.g., empathy, regulation). Show less
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Independent Contractor
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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Education Consultant
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Apr 2010 - Jan 2020
• Followed detailed scope and sequence to write blend, digraph, vocabulary, and comprehension lessons under aggressive timeline for the Beginning K Reading project for Sylvan Learning • Created multiple choice social studies and science test items using extensive guidelines for stem, answer choice, and distractors for the State of California and Colorado (K-5) • Correlated HWT educational products with standards from Ontario, Canada (PK-5) • Correlated test items to Common Core Standards for the State of Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, and Illinois (K-12) • Edited reading and social studies test items for the State of Colorado (K-5) • Created meta-tags for Houghton Mifflin Language Arts programs (K-8) • Created IWB activities (2-5) to be used with Social Studies print textbooks for Mcgraw-Hill • Recorded lectures on effective essay writing strategies for Spectrum Knowledge Show less
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Instructional Materials Reviewer (IMR)
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Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
Review Instructional Material for the 2017/2018 History-Social Science adoption. Review Instructional Material for the 2017/2018 History-Social Science adoption.
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Curriculum Designer
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Jun 2009 - Mar 2010
• Develop instructional format and content for Teachers guides, newsletters, and online downloads • Collaborate with internal customer groups (Ideation, Marketing, Training) and internal services group (Creative Services and Material Sourcing) to produce introduction, lesson activities, and recommended book list for a Pre-K Curriculum. • Create blueprints, lesson plans, and marketing material for new products: Response to Intervention, Online Scoring Tool, Pre-K Literacy • Correlate State Standards with existing HWT products • Write assessment items and administrations guidelines for the Screener of Handwriting Proficiency • Develop protocols and moderate focus groups at NAEYC for Pre-K literacy and math • Spearhead new processes (Mendeley, Delicious) for the Content Development Team to maintain education field expertise Show less
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Teachers College, Columbia University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Apr 2007 - Apr 2009
Assist Associate Professor of Curriculum and Teaching with book proposal and research related to hospitality and curriculum studies Conduct research and prepare for advanced doctoral course examining the topic of justice and socially just pedagogies Develop and maintain annotated bibliographies for published research and dossier Aid in the preparation for the role of a discussant position for the American Education Research Association conference Coordinated and planned the American Association for Advancement of Curriculum Studies (AAACS) conference at Teachers College, Columbia University Show less
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Supervisor of Pre-Service Teachers, Inclusive Elementary Education
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Jan 2007 - Jun 2007
Supervised the learning, growth, and development of pre-service teachers Observed pre-service teachers on a regular basis over time in a variety of situations and subjects Facilitated all elements of an observation: pre-observation conference, observation of actual lesson or teaching episode/interaction, post-observation discussion Facilitated and lead midterm and final meetings between pre-service teachers and cooperating teachers Communicated with pre-service teachers on a weekly basis through weekly journals and daily logs Helped pre-service teacher relate teaching theory to classroom practice (e.g. discussed reasons for selecting materials and methods) Encouraged independent, creative thinking in planning, use of materials motivation, and teaching and assessment approaches Show less
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Teaching Assistant
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Jan 2007 - May 2007
Assisted Associate Professor of Curriculum and Teaching with planning for Multicultural Social Studies Curriculum course Developed curriculum, taught, and evaluated graduate level students Initiated a communal bulletin board for graduate students to provide alternative methods of dialogue surrounding issues related to Teachers College, the State of New York, and relevant global events Created and explained the final collaborative project to graduate students in order for students to examine New York state standards, find a gap in the social studies curriculum, develop a unit with 5-7 lesson plans, and incorporate meaningful inquiry centers during final presentations Currently in the process of documenting, analyzing, and showcasing students “picturing peace” assignments, an arts-based exploration Show less
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Los Angeles Unified School District
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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Third Grade Teacher
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Jul 2004 - Jul 2006
Instructed diverse and culturally rich students at a inner-city Title 1, reading-first school Worked in a multi-track system due to overcrowding Effectively implemented all aspects of LAUSD adopted reading and language arts program (Open Court) Instructed in an after-school writing program specially designed for English Language Learners (ELD 1 or 2) Implemented an award-winning interdisciplinary thematic unit (Crazy Horse) utilizing various effective ELD strategies to promote English language development levels Participated in team teaching with two other teachers to teach social studies, science, health, and art Chaired grade level meetings as grade-level chair Parliamentarian of the School Site Council Committee Instructed summer school for a fourth/fifth grade combination class (June-August 2005) Show less
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Jamboree Housing Corporation
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United States
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Curriculum Consultant
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Jan 2004 - Jul 2006
Developed and helped implement curriculum for “Housing with Heart,” a non-profit NGO which helps provide affordable housing to low-income families Developed age appropriate learning activities for children ages five to eighteen Researched and tested various educational books, videos, and software Coordinated and worked with members of the community (e.g. Junior Achievement and Learning For Life) to create an effective learning program for students Developed and helped coordinators implement a ten-week curriculum for summer program Provided regular in-service training for coordinators on teaching strategies and techniques for English Language Learners, psycho-social development, and problem-solving behavior issues for students age five through eighteen Spearheaded a community based asset building initiative based on Search Institute’s framework of developmental assets Developed tools to measure the quality of services and impact of these programs on grade improvement, staying in school, number of youth going on to college, school satisfaction, and changes in self-esteem Show less
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Education
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2006 - 2013
Teachers College of Columbia University
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2002 - 2003
Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Master's degree, Education -
2001 - 2002
Pepperdine University
M.A., Education -
1997 - 2001
UC Irvine
B.A., International Studies/Business Management -
1993 - 1997
Northgate High School
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2011 -
San Jose State University
Adjunct Professor -
2003 -
Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Masters, Education -
2001 -
Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Masters, Education -
Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Master's degree, Education
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