Avi Barnes, Mit Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Highline Big Picture High School

Teach an Advisory of 17 students, following them for all four years of High School as part of the Big Picture model, which aims to create personalized learning environments that work in tandem with the real world of the greater community. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are days in which learning is facilitated through a combination of whole class instruction, small group coaching and individual one-on-one meetings. Tuesdays and Thursdays are focused on coaching students through the internship search process and visiting those internship sites once they were obtained.• Work closely with students, families, and mentors to create in-depth, authentic projects which are rigorous and grounded in the attainment of real world skill building and school competencies.• Collaborate with students to create individualized Learning Plans - living documents that they use to set long and short term goals driven by their areas of interests and academic goals.• Coordinate internship opportunities for students working in the greater Seattle area including Starbucks, the Pacific Science Center, the Tukwila Police Department, The Crocodile Venue, and others. Responsible for set-up and management including intern-mentor meetings, expectations, assessment and guiding project development at internship sites.• Guide students through every step of the college application and running start process including test preparation, registration, scholarship application, class selection and individual tutoring once they are on campus.

Federal Way, Washington, United States

Taught English Language Arts at an Alternative High School.● Created standards based curriculum and daily lesson plans that helped students meet their academic requirements.● Experienced with using online learning management systems that allowed me to adapt, document, track and deliver educational content to students.

Chinook Middle School

Taught U.S. History, Medieval World History and an Advisory class.• Created multi-week units that incorporated historical content with standards based targets to maximize student learning outcomes.• Modified and scaffolded activities and text to differentiate for the diversity of learning levels in my classes.• Employed hands on activities to deepen learning including station rotations, Socratic seminars and student driven group work.• Utilized technology in all aspects of my teaching and student learning including integrated use of google classroom to maximize student engagement and streamline student assessment.• Taught an advisory class of 17 students with an emphasis on restorative circles, goal setting and individualized support of their academic achievement.• Facilitated student led exhibitions of learning with parents during parent-teacher conference.

Highline Big Picture School

Co-created (and then taught) Big Picture Middle School. Developed the design of the school from the ground up. Created innovative two year curriculum which integrates math, science, humanities and other content into comprehensive units. Included helping students connect with real-world math and science literacy such as teaching how to evaluate quantitative problems, gathering, interpreting, and analyzing information and student voice and authentic assessment which includes exhibitions, portfolios and student lead presentations of learning.• Demonstrated ability to meet the needs of the whole student with emphasis on incorporating non cognitive variables as a method of setting goals and assessing student growth academically and personally on an individual basis.• Integrated technology into every phase of planning and instruction in addition to sharing with students how to do the same with their own work.• Promoted students’ critical thinking skills and in-depth research through their independent interest-based projects. Taught and modeled the skills needed for management of short and long term projects.

Burien, Washington, United States

Teach an Advisory of 17 students, following them for all four years of High School as part of the Big Picture model, which aims to create personalized learning environments that work in tandem with the real world of the greater community.

Hudtloff Middle School

Taught U.S. History, Language Arts, and Reading Enrichment within a block schedule to sixty students.• Communicated with parents regularly about student growth and challenges.• Used debates, historical simulations and poetry slams as a way to engage students in learning.• Planned and implemented a rigorous curriculum utilizing multiple teaching strategies.• Used a variety of assessment tools to regularly provide feedback to students and parents.• Took a leadership role as 8th grade representative on school Strategic Planning Committee, working closely with administration to ensure that the voices of teachers and students were well represented as part of that process.

Greater Seattle Area

Assisted with placement of low income and at risk youth interested in various City of Seattle internships. The program links educational support with work-based/service learning opportunities to boost academic, professional and vocational skills.

Greater Seattle Area

Communicated with customers via phone and email. Utilized a variety of software tools to navigate customer accounts, research and review policies, and found effective solutions to a variety of customer concerns.

Master’S Degree, Secondary Education And Teaching

Bachelor’S Degree, Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities