Experience

The Center for Early Education

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Credentialed Master Teacher and Education Specialist

  • 2007 - Present

  Building a safe and inspiring 5th Grade classroom with the close collaboration of colleagues, students, and families. Responsible for language arts curriculum design, mapping, instruction, and assessment. Guiding students in building core literacy skills and finding their personal voices across genres of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Supporting the math and social studies instruction of my partner teacher. Engaging in ongoing research, training, and collaboration to support our evolving academic, social-emotional, social justice, and technology continua. Developing and sharing relevant and responsive instructional resources with faculty, families, and outside support specialists. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: -Leadership Fellow, Faculty Mentor, Collaborative Leadership Cohort, Technology Task Force Member, "Tech It Out" Facilitator of Faculty Ed-Tech Trainings, Editor of Student Literary Journal COMMITTEES: Admissions, Assembly, Professional Development, Multicultural, Mission and Culture, Faculty Evaluation, ARIG- Anti-Racist Interest Group, Professional Learning Community (PLC) Advocate-Promoter SPECIAL INTEREST, TRAINING, EDUCATION, and PRACTICE: -Leadership and Ethics, Policy Design and Delivery, Evidence for Decisions (Learn. Lead. Serve. - Kennedy School) -Visible Thinking and Learning (Project Zero Summer Institute - HGSE) -The Writing Revolution -Guided Reading and Balanced Literacy (Lesley University - Literacy Institute) -Student Reflection and Self-Assessment (M.Ed.-Educational Inquiry) -21st Century Learning -Digital Portfolios, Class Blogging, Site Design -Growth Mindset-Courage-Vulnerability-Grit-Character-Empathy-Compassion -Reading-Writing Workshops (Columbia University) -John Collins Writing Program -Traits of Good Writing -National Council of Teachers of English -Global Educators Collective Show less



The Center for Early Education and Private Practice

• Credentialed Teacher - Learning Specialist - Curriculum Designer

  • 1998 - Present

  Supporting students from elementary school through college, in all subject areas, to build core skills, work habits, confidence, and school success with extensive, ongoing training and practice in evidence- based methods and programs. Working in close partnership with families, teachers, and other support personnel to develop individualized systems of goal-setting, progress-monitoring, and communication. Volunteer tutor at NAAAP (National Association of Asian American Professionals) and Bright Star Schools Neighborhood Outreach, supporting ESL students and families. Engaging with students for enrichment and remediation -- public unified districts in Beverly Hills, Manhattan Beach, and Los Angeles -- and independent schools including Brentwood, Campbell Hall, Crossroads, Harvard-Westlake, Marlborough, Pacific Hills, Pressman Academy, Rolling Hills Country Day, Rolling Hills Preparatory, The Center for Early Education, Westside Neighborhood School, and Windward. As a CEE Guest Teacher throughout the school year (1998-2005), taught short and long-term assignments from Early Childhood through Sixth Grade spanning all areas of the core curriculum and specialized classes in science, technology, art, music, library, and physical education. As a CEE Summer Institute and Extended Programs Teacher (1998-2005), designed curriculum and taught Lower and Upper Elementary students - spanning core math and language arts content strands, academic technology integration and web design, reading and writing across genres, and building literacy confidence, strategies, and skills. Coordinated and edited the school newspaper "Centerpedes" with student-authored pieces covering community news, pop culture, opinions-editorials, restaurant-film-book reviews, and creative writing. Show less



Hawthorne School District

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Credentialed Special and General Education Teacher and Case Manager

  • 2005 - 2007

  Planned and delivered general and modified instruction in language arts, math, and social studies to middle school students with varied learning profiles. Responsible for conducting triennial assessments and developing annual Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) for a caseload of 18-25 students. Collaborated with families, teachers, administrators, and other service providers for routine tracking and reporting of student progress. Developed multi-media instructional materials distributed to classrooms throughout the district. Worked with special projects teachers in developing and facilitating literacy support workshops-community outreach for families. Assistant girls' basketball coach. Specialized Training and Practice: SDAI (Specially Designed Academic Instruction), Literacy Intervention, Fluency Development, Individualized Reading Support, RTI (Response to Intervention) and IEP goal setting, monitoring, and reporting systems, Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement, Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, and the Brigance system of assessment, screening, and instructional tools. Show less



Sports - Entertainment - Marketing

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services

• Creative Consultant

  • 1994 - 2005

  Engaged in creative services in information technology, website design, content production, advertising and marketing, event planning, and theatrical production: Grey Entertainment and Media, Coronet Theatre-Laugher Heals Productions, Los Angeles Lakers and Sparks, L.A. Boys and Girls Clubs, Davis Cup Tennis, Visually Persuasive Storytelling (legal consultants), Arbor Snow and Skateboards, Venice Interactive Community, and others. Engaged in creative services in information technology, website design, content production, advertising and marketing, event planning, and theatrical production: Grey Entertainment and Media, Coronet Theatre-Laugher Heals Productions, Los Angeles Lakers and Sparks, L.A. Boys and Girls Clubs, Davis Cup Tennis, Visually Persuasive Storytelling (legal consultants), Arbor Snow and Skateboards, Venice Interactive Community, and others.



Lotus Development - Tufts Medical Center - Bank of America Corporation

• Technical Writer, Copywriter, Editor, Auditor, Trainer

  • 1992 - 1998

  Worked in creative, communications, and operations positions in software development, quality control, auditing, corporate training, and business banking portfolio management. Each new opportunity was inspired by the collection of my studies, practical experiences, willingness to try anything, and awesome good fortune. Worked in creative, communications, and operations positions in software development, quality control, auditing, corporate training, and business banking portfolio management. Each new opportunity was inspired by the collection of my studies, practical experiences, willingness to try anything, and awesome good fortune.