EDUCATION



|Education |

| |Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY 2009-2013 |

| |EdD, Urban Education Leaders Program |

| |Dissertation Topic: Urban School Leadership, English Language Learners, Adult Development |

| |Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY 2011 |

| |MEd, Urban Education Leaders Program |

| |Tufts University Medford, MA 2005|

| |Master of Arts in Teaching: MA Licensure, Political Science/Political Philosophy 8-12 |

| |Focus in Bilingual Education |

| |Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA 2000 |

| |B.A., Special Major in Education/Political Science, High Honors |

| |Concentration in Latin American Studies, Semester Abroad in Nicaragua |

| |Senior Honors Thesis received Highest Honors by external examiners |

| |Writing Center Director, Writing Associate, and Writing Associate Mentor |

|K-12 Leadership Experience |

| |AUSSIE Partners in Professional Development New York, NY 2011-Present |

| |K-12 Literacy, Social Studies, and Technology Consultant |

| |Trains teachers and school leaders in curriculum mapping and backward mapping processes across subjects and grade levels. |

| |Coaches individual teachers and departments in areas of literacy, technology integration, and coteaching. |

| |Children First Network 206, New York City DOE New York, NY 2011-Present |

| |Technology Specialist |

| |Designs and delivers professional development and training sessions in technology integration and use: Google Apps for Education, |

| |SMART Board use and instruction, PodCasting, Video Editing, iPad use, and Microsoft Office basics. |

| |Facilitates technology team 3-year planning processes at individual schools. |

| |Conducts school-based technology need assessments. |

| |Advises network leaders on communication and technology use across the organization. |

| |Boston Public Schools, Mattahunt Elementary School Mattapan, MA 2010 |

| |ESL-SEI Teaching Consultant & Principal Intern |

| |Interned with principal for the 2010-2011 academic year. |

| |Met weekly with ESL/SEI team at the Mattahunt Elementary School to facilitate collaborate teacher inquiry. |

| |Assisted school leadership team in planning for the professional needs of ESL-SEI teachers and students learning English. |

| |Mentored teachers in building Response-to-Intervention team systems for progress-monitoring and universal screening of all students |

| |in SEI program and facilitated weekly RTI team meetings. |

|K-12 Leadership Experience |

| |New York City Department of Education New York, NY 2010 |

| |District Leader Intern in NYCDOE Division of Students with Disabilities and ELLs |

| |Interned during 2010 Summer with Director of Students with Disabilities Support. |

| |Assisted with the deployment of state and federal funds (ARRA CEIS grants). |

| |Attended and documented trainings organized by the division for network leaders, network team members, and school leaders regarding a|

| |two-year, phase-in process focused on the advancement of student learning and achievement. |

| |Participated in the implementation of Phase 1 special education reforms through division strategic planning and Phase 1 specialist |

| |meetings. |

| |Reviewed all internal and external documents in division regarding students with disabilities and English language learners and |

| |advised communications and web-designers on internal and external changes to division websites. |

| |Boston Teacher Residency Program Boston, MA 2009-2010 |

| |Site Director, Hernández Bilingual K8 School, Charlestown High, English High, Guild Elementary |

| |Supervised 32 veteran and resident teachers K-12 in the Boston Public Schools through |

| |the Boston Teacher Residency Program during 2009-2010 school year. |

| |Supervised 21 veteran and resident Elementary, ESL, and Special Education teachers in the Boston Public Schools through the Boston |

| |Teacher Residency Program during fall semester of 2010. |

| |Taught Mentor Leadership Seminars and Resident Professional Seminars. |

| |Boston Debate League Boston, MA 2009-2010 |

| |Debate Across the Curriculum Coordinator |

| |Designed curriculum integrating debate into Science, Social Studies, ELA, Math, ESL, and Technology courses, grades 6-12. |

| |Delivered professional development and coached 100 teachers in the Boston Public Schools. |

| |Oversaw all aspects of EdVestors Debate Across the Curriculum project grant and reporting. |

| |Brown University, Choices Program Providence, RI 2008-2009 |

| |Curriculum and Web-Design Consultant |

| |Worked with Choices Program staff at the Brown University Watson Institute for International Studies to document and develop |

| |resources and curriculum for History teachers. |

| |Featured in videos on website modeling Choices curriculum with students. Chosen to be teacher facilitator for 2009 Summer Institute |

| |on “Living in the Nuclear Age: Facing the Challenges.” |

| |Boston Public Schools Roxbury, MA 2006-2009 |

| |Teacher Leader, New Mission High School |

| |Served as member of school-based Instructional Leadership Team. |

| |Coordinated Summer Program for high school students, 9-12. |

| |Facilitated and co-planned Humanities Team department meetings. |

| |Received Community Service Learning (CSL) grant from MA DOE and trained teachers. |

| |Served as Election-to-Work Agreement Committee Chair. |

| |Mentored Boston Teacher Residents in History and Special Education. |

| |Awarded EdVestors Mission Advocates Dropout Prevention Program grant and served as lead teacher. |

| |Founded and coached the New Mission High School Boston Debate League Team. |

|K-12 Leadership Experience |

| |Cambridge Public Schools Cambridge, MA 2005-2006 |

| |Teacher Leader |

| |Led professional development workshop series “Developing Service Learning Projects, K-12” for Cambridge Public School Staff, K-12. |

| |Tufts University Medford, MA 2005-2006 |

| |Project LOCAL History Education Consultant & Trainer |

| |Researched and compiled primary and secondary sources for Project LOCAL History teachers across five school districts. |

| |Planned professional development workshops for History teachers, K-12. |

| |Tufts University & Medford Public Schools Medford, MA 2004-2005 |

| |English Language Learner Workshop Series Trainer |

| |Created institute for Medford Public School Teachers (K-12) to help teachers gain competency in working with English Language |

| |Learners with Tufts University Eliot-Pearson Child Development Department professor. |

| |Citizen Schools Boston, MA |

| |2001 |

| |Database and Technology Consultant |

| |Led workshops for staff on technology use. |

| |Maintained organization-wide database at Headquarters and in the field. |

|University Teaching Experience |

| |Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY 2011 |

| |Teaching Fellow |

| |Team taught with Dr. Ellie Drago-Severaon ORLA 5018 School Leadership for Adult Development for 72 aspiring principals in the 2011 |

| |Summer Principal Academy Cohort. |

| |Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY 2009-2011 |

| |Teaching Assistant |

| |Served as TA for Dr. Jay Heubert’s ORLA 5880 School Law Institute in 2010 and 2011. |

|Teaching Licenses |

| |New York |

| |2011 |

| |Social Studies 7-12, Conditional Initial |

| |Massachusetts |

| |2010 |

| |English as a Second Language 5-12, Initial |

| |Massachusetts |

| |2005 |

| |Political Science/Political Philosophy 8-12, Initial |

|K-12 Teaching Experience |

| |Boston Public Schools Roxbury, MA 2006-2009 |

| |Humanities/Social Studies Teacher, Special Education & Inclusion Teacher |

| |Taught 9th Grade Inclusion classes (College English, US History 1, Academic Seminar), |

| |Mission Advocates elective at New Mission High School (BPS Pilot School). |

| |Taught Global Issues, Advisory, Spanish, and other electives at New Mission High School. |

| |Hosted observers and researchers from Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Research |

| |for Better Teaching, Choices Program, Boston Plan for Excellence. |

| |Cambridge Public Schools Cambridge, MA 2005-2006 |

| |History/Social Science Teacher |

| |Taught World History I, World History II, U.S. History II, and a Senior Humanities Elective at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School|

| |Extension Program, grades 9-12 (Alternative School). |

| |Malden Public Schools Malden, MA 2004-2005 |

| |Spanish Teacher (.4) & Tufts University Political Science/Political Philosophy Student Teacher |

| |Hired to teach two Spanish 1 classes while student teaching in 9th Grade World History. |

| |NOVA Group Saitama, Japan 2001-2002 |

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| |ESL Instructor |

| |Taught Japanese ESL students ages 3-75; responsible for ESL curriculum development. |

| |Citizen Schools Boston, MA 2000-2001 |

| |Teaching Fellow |

| |Mentored Boston Public School students during intensive summer and after school programs. |

| |Designed curricula for technology-based non-profit; responsible for community outreach. |

| |Led workshops for staff on technology use, teaching writing skills, and team building activities. |

| |Citizen Schools Boston, MA 1999-2000 |

| |Teaching Associate |

| |Taught students ages 9-14 in community-based summer programs. |

| |Contacted families weekly, planned interdisciplinary units, and taught seminars. |

| |Woodrock Youth Center Philadephia, PA 1998-1999 |

| |Youth Leader |

| |Taught children in Philadephia schools through community-based summer programs and contracted anti-violence programming services. |

|Research Experience |

| |Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY 2010-2011 |

| |Qualitative Research Methods Coursework |

| |Designing pilot study entitled “A Learning-Oriented Approach to School Leadership: Inspiring Transformational Learning for Teachers |

| |Serving English Learners.” Collecting data for pilot study in the form of classroom observations, focus group and individual |

| |interviews, and documents and archival data. Writing analytical memos throughout research design and collection process. Meeting with|

| |peers weekly to analyze research and writing, pose questions, and complete dissertation proposals. |

| |Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY 2010 |

| |Survey Methods Coursework |

| |Conducted pilot survey “EL Teacher Professional Development Pilot Study” as part of graduate level coursework during Spring 2010 |

| |semester. Designed a 42-question web-based survey using Zoomerang to collect basic demographic information and assess teacher |

| |efficacy before and after professional development training sessions for EL teachers. Forty teachers participated in the survey. A |

| |codebook was written, and PASW Statistics was used in analysis of the data. |

| |Tufts University Medford, MA 2003-2004 |

| |Bilingual Education Independent Study |

| |Developed research project in response to Massachusetts Ballot Question 2’s prohibition on bilingual programs in Massachusetts |

| |schools. Conducted observations and bilingual interviews of students, families, and teachers in Boston area schools, K-12. |

| |Developed research paper and presentation with professors in Child Development, Education, and Foreign Language departments. |

| |Tufts University Medford, MA 2002-2004 |

| |Research Coordinator |

| |Coordinated all aspects of research at Eliot Pearson Children’s School. Communicated with families, teachers, Tufts faculty and |

| |students, and outside research organizations to coordinate all aspects of research and observation in laboratory school. |

| |Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA 1999-2000 |

| |Senior Honors Thesis |

| |Compiled extensive original research from multiple disciplines in the social sciences; conducted field research in school classrooms |

| |and educational organizations in Philadelphia and Boston; collaborated with advisors in Education and Political Science to complete |

| |thesis investigating the possibilities for service learning in urban classrooms and after school programs; received highest honors. |

| |Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA 1999 |

| |Chinatown Tutorial Program Evaluation |

| |As part of Child Psychology and Practice Honors Seminar, collaborated with Education professor and classmates to produce a |

| |qualitative and quantitative evaluation of an after school program in Philadelphia. Led focus group interviews, observed area |

| |schools and after school programming, reviewed literature on after school programs and ESL learning. |

|Awards & Conferences |

| |Conference Presenter New Orleans 2009 |

| |“Human Capital Development in Boston Public Schools: Key Lessons and Critical Dilemmas” presented at Emerging Knowledge Forum, |

| |Annenberg Institute for School Reform. |

| |Teacher Leader Award Massachusetts 2008 |

| |Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Learn and Serve, and Massachusetts Service Alliance “Massachusetts |

| |Service-Learning Teacher Leader Award” for outstanding commitment to service-learning methodology. |

| |Conference Presenter Massachusetts 2009 |

| |“Our New Mission”: A High School Environmental Justice CSL Project Infused with Youth Leadership and Participatory Action Research |

| |Methods” presented with teachers and students at the Annual Statewide Service-Learning Conference Massachusetts Department of |

| |Elementary and Secondary Education, Learn and Serve, and Massachusetts Service Alliance. |

| |Community Service Award Boston, MA 2008 |

| |Alternatives for Community and Environment 2008 (ACE) Community Leader Award for Environmental Justice work done by New Mission |

| |seniors and teachers. |

| |Judith Polgar Ruchkin Prize Swarthmore, PA 2000 |

| |Senior Honors Thesis received award from Swarthmore College Political Science Department for best political science paper. |

|LANGUAGES/interests |

|( Native English, Advanced Spanish, Beginner Japanese and Mandarin. |

|( Running, Biking, Farming, Swimming, Writing, Camping, Cooking, Traveling, Curriculum Writing, Blogging |

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