Experience

Subject

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curriculum Writer

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  —Design or redesign curriculum for literature courses (over 120 topics so far) —Create standards-aligned assessments —Storyboard and script dynamic video lessons —Increase text and author representation and scaffolding to promote DEIA —Design or redesign curriculum for literature courses (over 120 topics so far) —Create standards-aligned assessments —Storyboard and script dynamic video lessons —Increase text and author representation and scaffolding to promote DEIA



CUNY School of Professional Studies

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Open Educational Resources (OER) and Instructional Technology Adjunct

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  —Support open-education efforts, including researching OER materials and translating courses and materials across platforms (such as Blackboard, WordPress, Pressbooks, and MyOpenMath) —Co-design and co-facilitate workshops and trainings on instructional design, OER, and open-pedagogy —Create instructional videos on topics such as searching for OER —Author faculty resources, such as open-pedagogy decision aids, as well as initiative materials such as workshop descriptions and promotional blog posts Show less



The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy

• Editor

  • 2019 - Present

  —Project manage our vanguard platform move from WordPress to Manifold, including 10 years of issues and nearly 100 short-form articles —Edit short-form column "Teaching Fails" —Copyedit and stage journal issues and short forms —Co-edited Issue 18, from submissions to publication —Project manage our vanguard platform move from WordPress to Manifold, including 10 years of issues and nearly 100 short-form articles —Edit short-form column "Teaching Fails" —Copyedit and stage journal issues and short forms —Co-edited Issue 18, from submissions to publication



The Chapin School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Digital Pedagogy

  • Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

  —Distilled pedagogical literature, celebrated good practices, introduced new digital practices, and created opportunities for professional development to move the faculty measurably via blog posts, department meetings, and one-on-one sessions—Helped colleagues and the institution avoid digital missteps that replicate societal injustices—Piloted and launched Canvas as a new Learning Management System, customizing training to focus on ethics, DEIA, and effective pedagogy

• MS Humanities Department Chair

  • Sep 2016 - Sep 2021

  —Created and managed the interdisciplinary humanities department, uniting Middle School English and social studies/history—Served as department administrator, managing direct reports, department orders, and budgets—Promoted continued professional development and practice of department pedagogies, such as our commitment to more just and equitable curricula and practice, adaptation of Columbia Teachers College Reading and Writing Project approaches, meaningful arts integration, and sound digital pedagogy—Maintained partnerships with organizations such as Facing History and Ourselves and the Bryant Park Reading Room as well as with cross-divisional leadership. —Led multi-grade initiatives such as all-division National Poetry Month celebrations or shared exhibits such as Ruthie Abel's "Let It Be America Again." —Co-founded, wrote curriculum, and served as an instructor for Travel a Path on Paper, our well-subscribed online summer writing program which offered seven courses of study and generated award-winning poets and writers. Show less

• History and Technology Teacher

  • Sep 2009 - Sep 2021

  —Created meaningful laptop program, 5 - 12, with a sensitivity to the humanities—Built the first school’s first maker space with 3D printers, vinyl cutters, and materials Launched and fostered robust and equitable use of our LMS (Finalsite’s Academic Manager)—Led student innovation including coding Scratch games for a school in Kenya, crafting stop-motion films to spread awareness of climate change, and creating 3D models (Sketchup and TinkerCad) of polypeptide chains—Taught civics-focused American History, supporting existing partnerships with organizations such as Facing History and Ourselves, Learning for Justice, and the Gilder-Lehrman Institute Show less



Cincinnati Country Day School

• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Studies (Academic Dean)

  • Sep 2000 - May 2009

  —Oversaw technology and pedagogy, PreK-12 —Created a pedagogical development program for all faculty, a curriculum review process for all departments, and a nationally heralded, pre-K-12 Tablet PC program and international on-site conference —Delivered keynote addresses at regional and national conferences, lead workshops, and launched programs at over 50 schools around the country —Taught 9th grade Humanities and 12th grade electives Discovering India and Modern Religious Conflicts —Advised the award-winning student literary magazine Inwords Show less