Brian Erickson Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Corvallis, Oregon Area

Portland, Oregon Area

• Managed 285 client portfolio; built and maintained client relationships; acted as primary contact for all clients• Planned, designed, and conducted onsite/remote curriculum and technical trainings for up to 100+ people

• Authored instructional reading passages and formative assessments for online learning environment.• Created assessment items aligned to newly released Next Generation Science Standards for standardized tests.

• Delivered thought-provoking, hands-on marine science experiences. Modified and designed curriculum.• Maintained student safety while guiding them through labs (dissections, shark & ray encounters) and field activities (snorkeling, boogie boarding, kayaking, tidepooling, and all-day boat trips).• Served as Group Leader, whose responsibilities included: acting as liaison to chaperones, managing staff, organizing logistics and timing, and ensuring successful program completion.• Assisted with animal collection for Scripps Institution of Oceanography research programs and conducted on-going aquarium maintenance and upkeep.

New York, Ny

• Taught 8-day, 72-hour, 6-credit Biology courses for incoming NYC Teaching Fellow science teachers.• Delivered clear, targeted, hands-on instruction guiding graduate students towards mastery over tested certification exam objectives. Designed instructional materials, developed course scope and sequence, created formative and summative assessments, analyzed data, provided student feedback, and clearly communicated with support staff.

• Worked closely within a six-person instructor team to create a supportive, respectful environment that nurtured student personal growth and cultivated community on 20 to 24-day trips with ~24 students aged 13 to 17.• Served as Designated Leader during fall groups. Coordinated all aspects of trip including: instruction, risk management, itinerary, student and co-instructor dynamics, equipment maintenance, and medical issues.• Maintained trip vehicles, inspected vans daily, completed daily inspection and driving logs.

• Founded school’s first club to provide opportunities for students to be outside and challenge themselves. • Organized monthly outings, planned logistics, created and maintained website, and successfully solicited over $20,000 of sponsorships and partnerships.

New York, Ny

• Engaged hundreds of teachers in one-on-one and group conversations focusing on identifying problems and solutions in education policy• Identified and recruited new members, engaged current members, and developed school leaders• Troubleshot and problem solved to increase efficiency of outreach efforts; managed organizational knowledge and membership information with internally developed solutions in absence of CRM

• Created and taught environmental education and photography lessons to Boys and Girls Club participants.• Traveled across the western states to assist program coordinators with pre- and post-trip planning and logistics.• Supported staff and assisted with camp tasks, including: setup, meal preparation, cleanup, and community circles.

Bronx, Ny

• Selected from 20,000 applicants to join TEACH FOR AMERICA to teach in under-resourced public schools.• Managed departmental budget, purchased and maintained supplies, wrote four successful classroom grants, and developed curriculum at new district school.• Led students to 82% pass rate on Living Environment Regents exam (district pass rate: 49%) as first year teacher; 2009 - 10 school Teacher of the Year.• Founded school’s outdoor club, organized monthly outings, planned logistics, created and maintained website, and successfully solicited over $20,000 in sponsorships and partnerships.• Designed Challenge Based ecology class incorporating 21st century skills to solve real-world problems. • Students raised and released ~70 brown trout, sampled the Bronx River, and conducted restriction digests.

Austin, Tx

• Tutored students in high school and college level biology and chemistry. • Assisted with homework, explained troublesome concepts, and taught study techniques. • Interacted with parents, provided lesson synopses and progress updates, and suggested additional action steps for them and their child.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Created itineraries, coordinated logistics, taught lessons, and led expeditions for hiking and snowshoeing trips, natural history workshops, and leadership and wilderness skills clinics for groups of 5-12 college students.• Led week-long Environmental Service Project; followed protocols to assist with monitoring of ancient forests on Mt. Saint Helens and Mt. Rainer for University of Washington researchers.

• Performed wildlife habitat assessments and vegetation surveys; incorporated senior thesis results and assessment and survey data into the campus’ long-term master plan.• Engaged in conversations with head groundskeeper and campus planner about preserving campus natural areas.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Maintained customer relations, sold bakery products at 3 farmers’ markets per week, recorded and reported sales, and predicted future sales. • Baked bread, bagels and pitas. • Taught 2 new employees to make bread and pita despite being a recent addition to the baking staff.

French Frigate Shoals, Hi

• Managed Albatross Demographic project, monitored over 100 active nests, banded adults and chicks, tracked mortality and breeding success, and reported observations. • Conducted 4 island-wide nesting surveys and identified over 5,000 individuals per survey.• Banded hundreds of nesting seabirds of a variety of species and monitored their reproductive activity and success.• Identified and manually removed invasive plant species; maintained runway with tractor and hand tools.

• Managed a farmers’ market stand, developed a customer base, handled cash transactions and recorded sales.• Planted, transplanted, maintained, harvested, and watered a wide variety of fruit and vegetable plants.• Built three greenhouses, three yurts, a deer fence, and an irrigation system; maintained farm equipment.

Vancouver, Washington

• Instructed groups of 6-10 6th grade students in hands-on, field based earth science and ecology activities. • Communicated professionally with teachers, students, staff, and chaperones.

Cranberry Lake, New York

• Independently monitored ~70 nests, handled 1-4 nestlings per nest, and measured daily growth.• Recorded behavioral observations and located nests; assisted with mist-netting, banding, sampling blood for hormonal assays and parentage, behavioral observations, and GPS mapping.• Hiked in predawn hours to field sites over extended distances.

Flagstaff, Arizona Area

• Navigated off-trail to remote sites via GPS. Conducted vegetation samples and soil stability tests; collected soil samples.• Identified hundreds of plant species and collected herbarium specimens.• Provided feedback on protocol design and recommended modifications.• Drove on forest roads in 4wd vehicle in rugged conditions.

San Blas, Panama

• Performed daily, predawn seaweed fertility surveys and experiments; prepared and gathered field collections; analyzed data.• Mapped seaweed distribution and abundance in adverse conditions.• Co-designed projects examining marine symbiotic relationships; presented work during poster sessions and summer lectures.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Fisheries (Social) Science

Master Of Science (Ms), Marine Resource Management

Master Of Science In Teaching, Adolescent Biology (Grades 7-12)

Ba, Biology

Activities and Societies: - General Biology Laboratory Assistant - Tutor/lecture assistant (General Chemistry, Genetics and Evolution).