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Boston, MA, US

San Francisco Bay Area

Collaborated with high school statistics teacher to shape new lessons based on competency based educationCreated interdisciplinary curriculum and teacher guides for statistics teachers to use in a variety of course levels

Cambridge, MA

• Supervised and supported a team of fifteen University students, ranging from undergraduate to doctoral levels, in their role as front-line staff at two separate museums
• Implemented creative training programs to support student employees, including behind-the-scenes tours with curators and critical thinking exercises, which contributed to reducing employee tardiness or absence by 40%.
• Created and implemented mission-based educational experiences for a variety of visitor types designed to boost weekend attendance, including storytelling activities, gallery guides, and tours
• Created and analyzed evaluation instruments to increase the efficacy of the student staff program

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Teach interactive, object-based educational school programs, both in person and via virtual software, for children from kindergarten through twelfth grade on non-Western subjects, including early histories of Maya.
• Develop and implement new school programs, based on Massachusetts state history standards, that center around close observation of collection items
• Supervise a high school aged volunteer while developing and implementing week-long, hands-on summer camp programming for children aged nine to twelve around the topic of paleolithic technologies.

Haverhill, MA

• Organized and implemented a variety of pre-existing programs for adults, school children of all ages, and mixed audiences at a small historic house museum
• Researched, organized, and independently ran new programs to interest existing audiences, including an educational program for home school families and an interactive game based on the history of Haverhill for summer.
• Designed and implemented programs based on items from the collection to introduce new members to the museum, including an interactive series on colonial funeral practices for twenty and thirty year olds

Chicago, IL

• Created a central document on the conceptual and developmental framework of students of varying ages, for use by school and public programs staff
• Researched, developed and executed educational, entertaining “late night at the museum” programs designed for families with children between the ages of eight and eleven
• Cultivated relationships with local cultural institutions and collaborated in order to expand available programs

Chicago, IL

• Planned, coordinated and facilitated over thirty public programs with audiences between twenty and three hundred for the year-long Shalom Chicago exhibition, including independent guidance of programs
• Researched, wrote, and executed a cultural food tour of Chicago communities
• Created and cultivated relationships between the museum and members of the local community, in order to plan inclusive programs and build audience

Chicago, IL

• Led twenty-five to thirty students between the ages of 6 and 14 in after school Spring Park District classes in learning about the history of Chicago, including discussion and hands on activities
• Led fifteen families in open discussion and learning about different approaches to exhibitions, spaces, and information in museums
• Participated in meetings with four other Museums in the Park to plan and coordinate the curriculum and procedures for spring Park Voyagers programs

Madison, WI

• Lead and train a team of 15-20 student employees
• Resolve conflicts with customers and within the team
• Supervise the day-to-day operation of three restaurants

Madison, WI

• Answered questions for patrons at UW athletic events and assisted patrons with special needs
• Worked closely with Athletic Department staff to ensure that anywhere from one hundred to eighty thousand patrons, depending on the event, have the best possible experience
• Gave tours of the Kohl Center (basketball/hockey stadium) and Camp Randall (football stadium)

Madison, WI

• Created and enacted unit plans focusing on ancient civilizations in an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse classroom
• Integrated self-generated curriculum with Expeditionary Learning model of teaching
• Differentiated instruction and assessment based on the individual needs of diverse learners, including students with special needs and English language learners

Monona, WI

• Taught pre-existing lessons using Thematic Integrated Curriculum for multi-age classes in a small, socioeconomically diverse charter school
• Created and taught a two month thematic unit on Hate that incorporated social studies, science, English and math topics
• Led small and large group discussion

Master In Arts, Museum Education

Bachelor Of Education (B.Ed.), Secondary Education And Teaching (Social Studies)

Activities and Societies: Pi Lambda Theta member, University of Wisconsin Concert Band, Conversational English Tutor at Greater University.

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