Jair Oballe Vasconcellos
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Portuguese Professional working proficiency
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Experience
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General Assembly
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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User Experience Designer
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Jul 2023 - Present
500+ hours of intensive, remote training of full-cycle UX/UI methods with an emphasis on UI design, user testing, and rapid iteration. Implemented web and mobile design solutions for clients, individually and collaboratively. 500+ hours of intensive, remote training of full-cycle UX/UI methods with an emphasis on UI design, user testing, and rapid iteration. Implemented web and mobile design solutions for clients, individually and collaboratively.
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KIPP Texas Public Schools
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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700 & Above Employee
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High School AP World History Teacher
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Aug 2019 - Jul 2023
Taught 400 students an AP World History curriculum, resulting in the highest number of students receiving college credit from my course in our school's history and the highest amount of growth in AP scores across KIPP TX schools. Prepared digital and physical worksheets, exams, and activities that aligned to state standards and followed a scope and sequence to create objectives and criteria for success that empowered students to succeed. Promoted to leadership position in fourth year overseeing grade level initiatives and managing a group of 14 educators and 2 administrators with satisfaction surveys in the 98th percentile for leadership. Show less
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KIPP Foundation
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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400 - 500 Employee
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World History Curriculum Writer and Conference Facilitator
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Apr 2020 - Jun 2023
Wrote an AP World History curriculum utilized by KIPP teachers across the nation. Engaged in historical and pedagogical research to create material that promoted academic rigor, student voice, and analytical writing. Designed and executed four days of sessions for teachers and school leaders to deepen content knowledge, practice instructional delivery, and improve exam scoring accuracy. Monitored and coached participants during live practice and identified trends to inform reteach, causing 100% of participants rated APWH sessions as “very effective.” Show less
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Teach For America
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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Teach for America Corps Member
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Jul 2019 - Jul 2021
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Common Cause
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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100 - 200 Employee
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Summer Democracy Fellow
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May 2018 - Jul 2018
Created questionnaire for state-senate candidates across New York’s 36 districts. Candidate responses of personal stances on various issue areas posted on Common Cause website to inform constituent voters. Registered 200 new voters through community canvassing across NYC boroughs. Ran registration workshops to train volunteers, increasing registration outreach by 30%. Created questionnaire for state-senate candidates across New York’s 36 districts. Candidate responses of personal stances on various issue areas posted on Common Cause website to inform constituent voters. Registered 200 new voters through community canvassing across NYC boroughs. Ran registration workshops to train volunteers, increasing registration outreach by 30%.
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Odara - Instituto da Mulher Negra
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Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Intern
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Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
Conducted ethnographic interviews and synthesized sociological research papers to write a 40-page report on the history, theory, and implications of gender-based violence in Bahia, Brazil for a nonprofit organization. Created excel spreadsheet on Brazilian news articles covering hundreds of incidents of feminicide in Bahia to facilitate future research projects. Conducted ethnographic interviews and synthesized sociological research papers to write a 40-page report on the history, theory, and implications of gender-based violence in Bahia, Brazil for a nonprofit organization. Created excel spreadsheet on Brazilian news articles covering hundreds of incidents of feminicide in Bahia to facilitate future research projects.
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Southside Worker Center
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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Summer Intern
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May 2017 - Aug 2017
Connected Spanish-speaking, undocumented day-laborers with local, living-wage work opportunities through nonprofit organization in Tucson, Arizona. Implemented a worker contact database and ran social media accounts to increase outreach. Fundraised $500 for Center’s detention bond fund by organizing carwashes downtown. Connected Spanish-speaking, undocumented day-laborers with local, living-wage work opportunities through nonprofit organization in Tucson, Arizona. Implemented a worker contact database and ran social media accounts to increase outreach. Fundraised $500 for Center’s detention bond fund by organizing carwashes downtown.
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Education
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Duke University
Bachelor's degree, Cultural Anthropology; Political Science -
Stanford University Graduate School of Education
Hollyhock Fellowship -
University of Oxford
Summer course: Economic Politics of UN Immigrant Migration -
Niskayuna High School
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General Assembly
User Experience Design