Experience

Steven Tarrson Impact Investment Fund

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sourcing

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  For those of you in the investing/impact space, uChicago's Steven Tarrson Impact Investment Fund will begin reviewing potential deals in our pipeline for 2022-2023. If you are a founder or know of any founders looking for funding in the United States with impact in the fields sustainability, education, economic opportunity, or health equity, please reach out. Read about the Tarrson fund and thesis here: https://lnkd.in/g5UwbWaB #impactinvesting #sustainability #economicopportunity #healthequity



Hope Network's Michigan Education Corps

• Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

• Executive Director

  • Jun 2014 - Present

  TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MICHIGAN STUDENTS ARE FAILING TO REACH BASIC LEVELS OF LITERACY AND MATH. MEC IS HERE TO CHANGE THAT. Michigan Education Corps replicates the Minnesota Reading and Math Corps Programs. MEC serves with students age three through grade eight, ensuring each one has a chance to succeed. We do this because the facts don’t lie—if a student is proficient in reading and math, the future looks a whole lot brighter for them. Since 2012, we’ve provided reading or math tutoring to over 15,000 Michigan children.



FastBridge - Illuminate Education

• United States
• E-learning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Instructor

  • 2015 - Present

• Professional Development Designer

  • Jun 2017 - Mar 2020

  The FastBridge Learning - Illuminate Education Professional Development Designer works directly with the Learning & Development Team that includes all Illuminate Education Facilitators position collaborates with the Product Development Team and Research & Development at Illuminate Education and the University of Minnesota. This position is responsible for developing and disseminating all assessment and intervention content available for FastBridge Learning customers. Curriculum design must accommodate multiple modes of instructional delivery including in-person, webinar, and online learning. All curriculum and training must align with research and evidence-based practices in instructional delivery for educators and administrators. Further, the Professional Development Designer develops and implements train-the-trainer curriculum for FastBridge Learning Affiliates and district/school trainers. This position will provide on-going coaching as needed for schools and districts by request.



Learnatric

• United States
• E-Learning Providers

• Chief Education Officer

  • Feb 2021 - Feb 2022

  Undifferentiated educational approaches featuring static content limit the ability of students to learn. Current solutions labeled as adaptive education offer limited levels of adaptive assessment and simple branching protocols. Today, most educational programs simply “teach to the middle” rather than adapt to the needs of the learner. Learnatric is an adaptive system that utilizes machine learning to deliver a dynamic and personalized path for each student so they can learn at their own pace rather than being forced to adjust to a static lesson plan. Studies have shown that our approach can bring a student an average student to the 98th percentile of educational performance.



Michigan State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2017

  Syllabi and curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation of student learning outcomes for the Counseling and Educational Psychology Program Assessment & Intervention course for School Psychology graduate students. Ensures content and training met all national accreditation standards. Psychology graduate students. Syllabi and curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation of student learning outcomes for the Counseling and Educational Psychology Program Assessment & Intervention course for School Psychology graduate students. Ensures content and training met all national accreditation standards. Psychology graduate students.



Grand Rapids Christian Schools

• Chief Education Officer

  • Jul 2011 - Jun 2014

  Plan, develop, coordinate, support, and evaluate PreK-12 curricular and instructional programs, budgets, and staff from a Christ-centered perspective-Ensure multi-tiered service delivery models that are aligned to common core state standards for all learners -Ensure data-based decision-making and accountability for student achievement-Support implementation instructional technology-Management of curriculum and instruction, and professional development funds

• Chief Education Officer

  • 2011 - 2014

  Management of Title fundsSupervision for all curriculum, instruction, assessment, and instructional technology.



SCRED

• Director of Special Education

  • 2009 - 2011



Minneapolis Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Director of Special Education

  • 2007 - 2009



St Croix River Education District, Chisago Lakes High School

• School Psychologist

  • 2002 - 2007