Lead and serve on a portfolio of projects which use research and data to improve teaching and learning for students. Balance support for needs of projects, including to develop short- and long-range plans; establish goals and objectives; develop new knowledge, tools, and syntheses; and communicate with diverse participants and communities.Responsibilities• Serve on leadership team for state level work toward implementing high-quality instructional materials and multi-dimensional science standards, with a focus on improving student learning and teaching for all students.• Design, plan, develop, and facilitate professional learning related to leadership, STEM education, science, advocacy and policy, and teaching and learning for diverse STEM education communities. • Use analytical, presentation, and technical writing skills to communicate with diverse STEM and STEM education communities in proposals, professional learning opportunities, strategic planning, and leadership programs.• Interact with teams, senior personnel, and other internal partners to ensure projects are meeting goals, using budgets effectively, monitoring progress, and sharing broader impact. • Represent the organization and develop partnerships with the public and with a variety of external partners, from the classroom to national levels, to accurately reflect policy and positions in a complex program portfolio.Selected Accomplishments • Expertise in facilitating the Designing Professional Learning Simulation, virtually and in person, to support understanding around the PD Design Framework.• Collaborated on proposal and strategic planning to lead state-level leadership networks.• Worked to increase public understanding of the features of high-quality education.• Wrote proposals for a variety of projects, including connecting informal science education to agriculture, developing state science standards, leading implementation of standards, and developing leadership networks.

Educational and nonprofit management consultant focused on programs, conservation, informal and formal learning spaces, historic preservation, and environmental concerns.* Experience writing foundation and federal grants.* Develop funding strategies, assess grant readiness, and write grant narratives.* Strategic planning, including goal-setting, implementation, and sustainability.* Support development of mission and vision for nonprofit organizations.

Lead all aspects of the Education Department for the mission-based TN Aquarium, including strategic planning, program mapping and development for different audiences, staffing, hiring, and budgeting. Cultivate external partnerships with foundations, teachers and school district leaders, sponsors, and other organizations. Participate on management team. Write grants and prospectuses for funding opportunities. Responsibilities• Serve as leader and manager for Education staff, which has ranged from 11 to 22 full- and part-time direct reports, plus an additional 24 indirect reports and 140 volunteers. • Oversee program development and implementation, which includes visitor engagement within the Aquarium, K-12 field trips to the site, outreach to preK-12 students and adults, materials development, summer camps, and overnight experiences.• Lead professional learning for teachers and staff. • Carry out all strategic planning and financial oversight/management for the Education Department. • Represent the Education Department to other departments and management across the Aquarium. • Develop partnerships with other formal and informal education settings throughout the southeast.Selected Accomplishments • Developed a 5-year departmental strategic plan with input from all levels in the first 3 months in the position and subsequently increased strategy in focus areas. • Introduced Reflecting on Practice (Lawrence Hall of Science) and Reaching Our Audiences by Developing Mission Aligned Programs (ROADMAP, Denver Zoo) for internal professional learning and culture development.• Developed ideas and co-wrote successful grants, including 4 IMLS grants, including a Community Catalyst grant that allowed me to attend workshops on asset-based community development.• Pivoted our work when the Aquarium closed during the pandemic to spearhead and develop Weekday Wonders, a daily set of activities designed to support parents who found themselves unexpectedly homeschooling.

Taught Introduction to Environmental Education as part of the Education Department. The course was open to students of all levels and majors. During the global pandemic, I transitioned the course to a virtual environment, using best practices in online education and a learning management system.

• Served on the management team, taking part in organizational activities such as supervising science educators, considering staffing, strategic planning, tracking education policy decisions, and other leadership activities.• Developed high-quality, standards-based print and online curriculum for all grade bands using the BSCS 5E Instructional Model, embedded assessments, conceptual flow, and sense-making strategies. • Facilitated professional development (PD) for teachers at all grade bands, including 3D teaching and learning, practices of STEM, assessment, educational leadership, and curriculum development. • Managed projects, served on educational research and evaluation teams.• Represented BSCS in a variety of informal education settings, including professional development for teachers with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the American Museum of Natural History (NY), planning and leading Family Science Nights, and serving as chair of the Programming Committee of the Colorado Springs Science Center Project. Selected Accomplishments • Designed, developed, directed, and facilitated program for the BSCS STEM Leadership Academies and the BSCS/NABT AP Biology Leadership Academies. Program included strands on practices of science/STEM, conceptual flow, effective teaching practices, formative assessment, and leadership. • Served as curriculum developer for a variety of projects both online and print-based, and using NGSS and Common Core standards. • Facilitated professional development on a variety of topics for all grade bands, including leadership and change; three-dimensional teaching and learning; coaching; science inquiry; curriculum implementation; curriculum development; formative assessment and feedback; and sense-making strategies. • Served on grant writing team, and subsequently as PI/Director for several successful foundation grants.• Developed assessment package for all curriculum projects.

Taught courses as part of the biology department. Courses included Anatomy and Physiology for pre-nursing students and an introductory biology course for non-majors.

Taught a variety of courses as part of the biology department. Courses included Genetics, Cell Biology, Embryology, and Bioethics.