Experience

Nichols Middle School

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

• Social Studies Teacher

  • Nov 2017 - Present

  • Develop pedagogies to reach all the needs of students • Facilitate and collaborate to teach an inclusive class • Students standardized Test Scores have improved under my tutelage • Manage large class sizes with pedagogies to ensure high student achievement • Develop pedagogies to reach all the needs of students • Facilitate and collaborate to teach an inclusive class • Students standardized Test Scores have improved under my tutelage • Manage large class sizes with pedagogies to ensure high student achievement



Global Strategic Management Institute in Collaboration with Madonna University

• Administrator and Faculty Member

  • Jun 2010 - Present

  • Member of the management team for policy initiatives and Budget and Financial Analysis • Administer online education to national and international communities • Assist Professor Matthew Kouffie in managing the GSMI Business and Economics Journal • Develop and evaluate programs • Member of the management team for policy initiatives and Budget and Financial Analysis • Administer online education to national and international communities • Assist Professor Matthew Kouffie in managing the GSMI Business and Economics Journal • Develop and evaluate programs



Self-Employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher, Writer, Published Author, Public Speaking and Advisor

  • Aug 1998 - Present

  National and Global Economics, Political and Social Issues Web: https://www.youtube.com/Vinep Nana Asante Kankam DaCosta Coordinator National National and Global Economics, Political and Social Issues Web: https://www.youtube.com/Vinep Nana Asante Kankam DaCosta Coordinator National



Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy (Evans Solutions, Inc.)

• Social Studies Teacher, Department Head & Social Studies Curriculum Head

  • Jan 2004 - Jan 2017

  • Instructed the most challenged students at BKB Academy sites, which includes teaching at Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility in Detroit • Taught Economics, US History, American Government, World History, Geography, and Electives by using differentiated Instructional classroom approach with at-risk, juveniles, special education, gifted, talented, and regular students • Developed and implemented daily lesson plans for multiple intelligences and learning modalities • Maintained a structured, monitored environment for learning • Curriculum leader in evaluating and developing curriculum and educational programs for at-risk, gifted, talented, and regular students at the district level • Developed instructional strategies to improve teacher quality • Evaluated the students by using specific assessments to determine the effectiveness of teaching and learning • Analyzed school policies to determine the effectiveness of programs • Used multiple philosophical positions for behavioral change to help students fit in the mainstream of society Show less



Wayne State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Faculty Professor

  • Aug 1997 - Dec 2008

  • Taught graduate and undergraduate Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Trade and Finance • Advised students for high achievement and program improvement • Assisted Ph.D. graduate research students in Education under Professor Ebenezer, Chair of Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Studies in quantitative studies to improve teacher quality, educational policies, evaluation, assessment, and effective teaching and learning • Assisted Professor Ebenezer in writing NSF grant proposals for research and developing quantitative statistical models for the research Show less



Southfield Public Schools (Regional Academic Campus)

• Social Science Teacher

  • Sep 2004 - Jun 2008

  • Taught afternoon-evening classes in Economics, Consumer Mathematics, and American Government to at-risk, low-achieving, and gifted students • Promoted quality teaching modalities to ensure higher student achievement • Prepared students for the GED and college • Taught afternoon-evening classes in Economics, Consumer Mathematics, and American Government to at-risk, low-achieving, and gifted students • Promoted quality teaching modalities to ensure higher student achievement • Prepared students for the GED and college



University of Phoenix

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate and Undergraduate Lecturer (Facilitator)

  • Sep 2001 - Jun 2008

  • Taught (facilitated) Economics for Business I, Economics for Business II, Economics for the Market Place, Economics for Managerial Decision Making, Macroeconomics for Business Decision Making, Capital Market I, Capital Market II, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, International Trade and International Finance • Provided effective Advisory, Management and Leadership to the Business Managers’ Class • Taught (facilitated) Economics for Business I, Economics for Business II, Economics for the Market Place, Economics for Managerial Decision Making, Macroeconomics for Business Decision Making, Capital Market I, Capital Market II, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, International Trade and International Finance • Provided effective Advisory, Management and Leadership to the Business Managers’ Class



Aisha Shule/W.E.B. Dubois Preparatory Academy

• Teacher, 9th-12th grade

  • Sep 2003 - Jun 2004

  • Taught Economics, American Government, American History, African History, World History, Sociology, International Relations, and Consumer Mathematics • Developed low-income area students for college • Evaluated and assessed student programs • Implemented differentiated methodology for high student achievement • Prepared students for the MME standardized test which resulted in high student achievement • Taught Economics, American Government, American History, African History, World History, Sociology, International Relations, and Consumer Mathematics • Developed low-income area students for college • Evaluated and assessed student programs • Implemented differentiated methodology for high student achievement • Prepared students for the MME standardized test which resulted in high student achievement



National Council on Women and Development

• Coordinator

  • Aug 1986 - Sep 1998

  • Researched and supervised international women’s projects • Created and chaired National Women’s Credit Union • Organized rural industrialization programs for women • Chaired the committee for National Council on Women and Development • Initiated and Implemented policies relating to women’s advancement programs • Budget and Financial analysis • Developed marketing strategies domestically and internationally for women industrial production and work in collaboration with United Nations’ programs for the advancement of women Show less