Experience

Great Minds

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

• Director, Innovation

  • Jan 2022 - Present

• Director, History (Interim)

  • Mar 2021 - Jan 2022

• Associate Director, Science

  • Apr 2018 - Mar 2021

  Led the curriculum development team launching PhD Science

• Assistant Director of Learning Design, Humanities

  • Dec 2015 - Mar 2018

  Led learning design for Wit & Wisdom curriculum

• Lead Instructional Coach, ELA/ History

  • Jul 2014 - Dec 2015



District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Coordinator, Literacy and Humanities

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Design and implement yearlong professional learning about close reading for teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators

• Kindergarten Teacher

  • Aug 2008 - Jul 2013

  Washington D.C. Metro Area • Led an inclusion class of high-poverty students to significant academic and social-emotional growth • Managed 1-4 classroom teaching assistants' daily responsibilities and professional growth • Led the School Vertical Alignment Team to design shared systems for PS-8 academic and social-emotional instruction • Teacher Leadership: Common Core Reading Corps curriculum writer; D. C. Collaborative for Change assessment writer; LIFT Career Ladder teacher ambassador; Northwest One… Show more • Led an inclusion class of high-poverty students to significant academic and social-emotional growth • Managed 1-4 classroom teaching assistants' daily responsibilities and professional growth • Led the School Vertical Alignment Team to design shared systems for PS-8 academic and social-emotional instruction • Teacher Leadership: Common Core Reading Corps curriculum writer; D. C. Collaborative for Change assessment writer; LIFT Career Ladder teacher ambassador; Northwest One Neighborhood Development Project Mayor’s Advisory Council; facilitator for 20+ professional development sessions



Hope Street Group

• United States
• Public Policy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Teacher Fellow

  • Jan 2013 - Feb 2014

  Share classroom experience with policymakers and the public to influence national policy and district action in education reform, focusing on teacher evaluation and incentives



District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Teacher

  • Nov 2007 - Jun 2008

  • Led small and whole-class groups in reading, math, and writing, focusing on ESL and special needs students at Hyde-Addison Elementary, a high-performing public school



Camden City Public Schools (NJ)

• Long-Term Substitute Teacher

  • Aug 2006 - Feb 2007

  • Planned and taught a student-centered, cross-curricular, semester-long curriculum for 9th graders at MetEast High School, a Big Picture Learning school • Coordinated community internship experiences of 12 students two days per week