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Education
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI 2009 Masters of Education-Professional Development GPA: 3.96 Designed action research project focused on teacher feedback of student writing and Technology. Specialized in: Curriculum Development /Assessment, Learning in Community, Educational Research, Best Practice Pedagogy, Democracy/Diversity/Social Justice, Technology in Education, and Teacher Leadership University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI 2004 BA-Broadfield Social Studies/Secondary Education GPA: 3.1
Experience
Political Science Teacher EPIC Academy Charter High School Chicago, IL 12/11-present o Created project-based curriculum focused on CRS/CCSS skills/responsible for ACT Reading o Democracy-based curriculum through studies of public housing, gender equality, Manifest Destiny o Averaged reading gains of 1.75 pts. from start of year to ACT in all 4 years o Social Studies Department Chair 2011-2012, 2014-2015 o 2013-2014 Data Progress Award (ACT gains) o 2014-2015 Data Perseverance Award (ACT Gains) o Literacy Team Member 2013-14 o Created meaningful curriculum with genuine audience-students wrote letters to Sen. Mark Kirk about the Paycheck Fairness Act. The student with the best letter spoke at Equal Pay Rally at Daley Plaza 4/17/12. Social Studies Teacher Christian Community Alternative Academy Chicago, IL 7/10 – 6/11 • Created scope and sequence for all courses taught using backwards design model (UBD) for all courses • Designed and implemented curriculum for: U.S. History, World Studies, Recent U.S. History • Modified curriculum to meet the needs of at-risk youth in the Lawndale neighborhood Social Studies/Lead Teacher Inland Seas High School, Milwaukee, WI 7/06-6/10 • Designed and implemented curriculum for: U.S. History, Geography, Government, and Economics emphasizing the Expeditionary Learning model (UBD) • Designed, organized, and facilitated week-long interdisciplinary expeditions of Ojibwa cultural resource management in northern Wisconsin and Milwaukee County Parks system • Facilitated Adopt-A-Block service learning group that wrote/received $1,000 grant for cleanup project • Utilized DonorsChoose.org to supplement classroom materials Professional Development: • International Reading Association Annual Conference-New Orlean, LA 5/2014 • Expeditionary Learning Civil Rights Conference-Little Rock, AR 7/2012 • Facing History, Facing Ourselves-Journalism in a Digital Age-Chicago, IL 11/2010 • Expeditionary Learning National Conference- Denver,Colorado 3/08 • National Council for the Social Studies National Conference- San Diego, CA 11/07 • Expeditionary Learning Secondary Schools Institute- Portland, Oregon 7/07 • Expeditionary Learning National Conference - Portland, Maine 3/07 • Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Writing I Conference, Boston, Massachusetts 11-06 Organizations: • International Reading Association 2013- • Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound 2006-2008, 2010-2012 • Board Member, Urban Anthropology, INC. Milwaukee, WI 2009-2010 • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) 2007 - 2009 • National Council for the Social Studies 2007-2009
Subject Expertise
10th Grade Reading, 10th Grade Writing, 11th Grade Reading, 11th Grade Writing, 12th Grade Reading, 12th Grade Writing, 1st Grade Reading, 2nd Grade Reading, 3rd Grade math, 3rd Grade Reading, 3rd Grade Science, 4th Grade math, 4th Grade Reading, 4th Grade Science, 4th Grade Writing, 5th Grade, 5th Grade math, 5th Grade Reading, 5th Grade Science, 5th Grade Writing, 6th Grade, 6th Grade math, 6th Grade Reading, 6th Grade Science, 6th Grade Writing, 7th Grade, 7th Grade math, 7th Grade Reading, 7th Grade Science, 7th Grade Writing, 8th Grade, 8th Grade math, 8th Grade Reading, 8th Grade Science, 8th Grade Writing, 9th Grade, 9th Grade math, 9th Grade Reading, 9th Grade Writing