Josiah Brown

Youth Development Manager at The Food Project
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Youth Development Manager
      • May 2021 - Present

      * Recruited, hired and managed a diverse group of 6 adults and 48 teens for the Seed Crew Program, resulting in increasing teen retention from the summer to academic program from 21% to 48% * Designed and implemented curriculum for in-person and remote sessions about agriculture, public health, and financial education * Trained new staff through organizing and leading two-week training period * Collaborated with other teen resource groups including The Flagship Clubhouse, YouthGrow, Apollo’s Farm * Led teen outreach program including flyering and presenting at urban schools and community centers, resulting in 240 applicants for the summer program * Created the budget and managed program funds for the two beginner teen programs: Seed and Dirt Crew Show less

    • United States
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • High School Math Teacher
      • Jun 2019 - May 2021

      * Used backwards planning to design and implement a year-long Business Math Course focused on real world application * Performed advisory services for 14 students in academics, goal setting, and goal tracking * Used Excel to monitor IEP and gender gap in GPA and engagement, comparing demographics to identify gaps in learning * My students outperformed the Noble Network average for students of similar demographics on the midyear math PSAT * Used backwards planning to design and implement a year-long Business Math Course focused on real world application * Performed advisory services for 14 students in academics, goal setting, and goal tracking * Used Excel to monitor IEP and gender gap in GPA and engagement, comparing demographics to identify gaps in learning * My students outperformed the Noble Network average for students of similar demographics on the midyear math PSAT

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

      * Collected public data from EPA, SEER, state cancer registries and the census in order to analyze cancer clusters * Presented a method to causally link cancer clusters to contamination using publicly available data, with the aim of empowering researchers to use public data to work against contamination for healthy neighborhoods * Used R and ArcGIS mapping for data analysis and to provide visual evidence in the paper * Collected public data from EPA, SEER, state cancer registries and the census in order to analyze cancer clusters * Presented a method to causally link cancer clusters to contamination using publicly available data, with the aim of empowering researchers to use public data to work against contamination for healthy neighborhoods * Used R and ArcGIS mapping for data analysis and to provide visual evidence in the paper

  • QED Consulting
    • New York, New York
    • Data Analyst
      • Dec 2017 - Feb 2018

      * Analyzed international survey with 3,000 responses to predict how demographic information affects ethics * Used R to develop tree model and conduct multinomial logistic regression using hypothesis testing * Acknowledged for statistical analysis in page 5 of PMI’s white paper, “Global Ethical Decision Making Research Project” * Analyzed international survey with 3,000 responses to predict how demographic information affects ethics * Used R to develop tree model and conduct multinomial logistic regression using hypothesis testing * Acknowledged for statistical analysis in page 5 of PMI’s white paper, “Global Ethical Decision Making Research Project”

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Crew Leader
      • Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

      • Led team of 14 students ages 14 to 18 in planting, harvesting and selling over 250,000 pounds of produce on urban farm • Developed students’ leadership skills and knowledge through workshops on agriculture, public health, civic engagement, gender politics, and financial education • Tracked youth's progress and provided weekly feedback to encourage personal growth • 75% of group members were accepted into competitive school-year program with 30% acceptance rate • Led team of 14 students ages 14 to 18 in planting, harvesting and selling over 250,000 pounds of produce on urban farm • Developed students’ leadership skills and knowledge through workshops on agriculture, public health, civic engagement, gender politics, and financial education • Tracked youth's progress and provided weekly feedback to encourage personal growth • 75% of group members were accepted into competitive school-year program with 30% acceptance rate

    • Higher Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Tutor
      • Jan 2017 - May 2017

      * Led weekly small tutor groups at Hyde Park Academy High School * Provided homework assistance and advice on college application process * Supported three teachers as a teacher’s assistant in math and Spanish classes * Worked one-on-one with high risk students, raising the percentage of students able to pass to the next grade level * Contributed to 17% increase in college enrollment among Hyde Park Academy graduates * Led weekly small tutor groups at Hyde Park Academy High School * Provided homework assistance and advice on college application process * Supported three teachers as a teacher’s assistant in math and Spanish classes * Worked one-on-one with high risk students, raising the percentage of students able to pass to the next grade level * Contributed to 17% increase in college enrollment among Hyde Park Academy graduates

Education

  • Relay Graduate School of Education
    Masters of Arts in Teaching with PEL, High School Math
    2019 - 2021
  • University of Chicago
    BA in Statistics and Latin American Studies

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