Ashlee Harmon Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

-Designed & instructed social studies lessons to engage all learners utilizing creative and inclusive teaching and learning strategies-Committed to lifelong learning through attending opportunities to harness knowledge and skillsets for teaching students and growing in the practices supported by our National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) criteria-Co-coordinated opportunities with administration to support staff members in implementing the Professional Learning Community (PLC) framework that built upon my former experiences as a PLC leader-Served as a Teacher Mentor for new staff members through learning walks and other growth-focused collaboration approaches

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

-Collaborated with Special Education and English Language Learner departments to create and implement effective reading and writing strategies for students-Engaged in professional development to bolster inclusive reading and writing practices for student literacy needs-Worked alongside our Literacy Council to create frameworks for instructional design for students receiving literacy modifications in the upcoming school year-Created opportunities for student leadership via collaborating with our PBIS leadership team to implement the framework for a Student Leadership Team

-Created engaging, student-centered lessons in inclusion settings to effectively meet curricular goals and standards for English Language Arts and Social Studies-Maintained partnerships with administration and faculty members in analyzing student data to bolster students’ academic success through my role as a Social Studies PLC Leader-Led school-wide initiatives on brain-aligned practices for staff and students via book studies, peer mentoring, and extra-curricular leadership-Coordinated and communicated consistently with parents to increase involvement in their child’s learning

-Collected and synthesized historical data from digital archives utilized in a digital presentation on IUPUI’s history-Instructed research team on digital archive use and historical data organization-Organized opportunities to meet with campus and community partners to gather historical data-Led collaboration initiatives with Information Technology faculty in dissemination research and data

-Designed and taught student-centered lesson plans for one-hundred 8th grade Social Studies students-Collaborated with Language Arts teachers to design interdisciplinary unit plans-Led project-based learning initiatives shared with grade-level teaching partners -Supported ENL students through bilingual instructional support

-Instructed IUPUI classrooms on digital storytelling strategies for course projects-Scheduled digital storytelling presentations with faculty members-Created online modules for digital storytelling instructions-Served as technical support reference for faculty members and students

-Co-taught IUPUI First Year Seminar Service Learning courses -Collaborated with community and campus partners in coordinating service learning events for Themed Learning Community classrooms-Researched pedagogical and assessment strategies for integrating service learning into First Year Seminar classrooms -Trained new Service Learning Assistants

Master Of Education - Med, Educational Leadership

Strand Focus: Applied Educational Neuroscience

Graduate Certification, Applied Educational Neuroscience

Capstone Focus: Bridging Art Therapy with Applied Educational Neuroscience

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Secondary Social Studies Education

-Summa Cum Laude distinction -Student Teaching Focus: 8th Grade United States History

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History

-Summa Cum Laude distinction -Minor: Political Science -Capstone Focus: Feminist Movement Evolutions in Japan