Craig Alder Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

𝗠𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝘆I wanted to apply the skills I developed as a freelancer to a mission-driven organization. At The Soho Center, a large mental health clinic, I leverage these skills and draw from my graduate studies in the sociology of mental health. I am soaking up knowledge about the clinic's administrative processes and ways to optimize therapist and client.

𝗠𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝘆After years of experience as an educator, I wanted to use and develop a few technical skills and interests, including copywriting, web design, and marketing. I kept my focus on people, as seen in the projects below.𝗠𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀I contracted through Upwork and professional connections, including the below selections:𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

𝗠𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝘆I jumped at the opportunity to work with a former colleague at CitySquash, a nonprofit that provides after-school programming. Fresh off my graduate studies, I was especially interested in how the after-school space could be a vehicle for addressing inequities by meeting structural and holistic needs.𝗠𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲I ran an after-school academics program for.

Greater Atlanta Area

𝗠𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝘆After my experience in Teach For America, I was even more motivated to understand mechanisms of inequality. Paired with my growing interest in mental health, this led me to Emory's sociology program where many faculty members focus on health and mental well-being.𝗠𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬I focused my content courses on health and social psychology, and.

𝗠𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝘆As an early professional, I had developed a love for yoga to help maintain mental and physical well-being. I chose to enter a teacher-training program to deepen my practice and offer support to others, which turned into full-time work while also allowing me to consider next career steps.𝗠𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲I prepared sequences for weekly schedules of about 10.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

𝗠𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝘆As a yoga instructor, I was finding greatest satisfaction working with young people that needed extra help managing emotions. This community-based nonprofit placed me in after-school programs at low-income schools and provided the resources to lead classes for all ages.𝗠𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲I created fun, dynamic sequences to meet children where they were and teach.

Benjamin Franklin High School

𝗠𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝘆Experiences volunteering, a natural desire to help others, and successful experiences working with children led me into teaching. My studies in sociology had me especially interested in helping address inequality and learning gaps, leading me to Teach For America with its explicit mission for closing achievement gaps.𝗠𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲I taught high school.

Brigham Young University

I created campaign strategies to make BYU a newly recognized top contributor to Teach For America.

Brigham Young University

I led 30+ hour-long interviews with elementary school parents, teachers, and administrator.

Master’S Degree, Secondary Education

Completed courses and implemented projects on curriculum planning, differentiation, brain-based learning, character education and child.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Sociology

Activities and Societies: Completed extracurricular mindfulness course from the Emory-Tibet partnership.

Bachelor’S Degree, Sociology

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi, BYU Men's Chorus.Emphasized education research, adolescent development, and multiculturalism in.