Emmett Wald, M.Ed. Email & Phone Number

Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Area

Geometry Teacher at Rise Prep High School• Built positive relationships with students to better support and motivate them; used an asset-based perspective and growth mindset to increase student self-efficacy in math. • Adapted existing curriculum to meet students’ unique learning needs; developed standards-based activities to supplement curriculum to fill learning gaps or deepen understanding. • Supported level 1-3 ELLs by repeating and clarifying instruction in Spanish as needed. • Collaborated with ESOL and special education teachers to scaffold instruction for students. • Regularly reflected, collected data, received feedback, and adjusted my teaching practice.Materials I developed for this course: https://digitsandbytes.edublogs.org/geometry-materials/.

Northampton, Ma

• Work with clients’ visions to develop themes, design text and image layouts for e-books and print materials.• Create templates, forms, fliers, posters, programs, and brochures; other miscellaneous page design work.• Consult on websites, create and edit PowerPoint presentations, and design email marketing campaigns.• Provide technological instruction to small business owners; show clients how to make the most of their software.• Edit scientific, technical, narrative, and personal writing; copyediting and proofreading.

• Worked with secondary and postsecondary students to develop academic strategies.• Monitored academic progress and goals; communicated with parents.• Provided tutoring in mathematics, computer science, and other STEM and humanities courses at various levels.• Developed a suite of methods for communicating effectively about course material when tutoring remotely.

Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Impact Prep Middle SchoolDevelop curriculum for and teach middle school classes about computer science, engineering, design, and fabrication, using the Design Thinking framework.

TRIO is a federally-funded program for low-income, first-generation, and disabled students; it provides academic mentoring and tutors in several subjects.I work one-on-one with undergraduate students in math and statistics classes at all levels, as well as computer and information systems classes. I determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and learning styles in order to best support their learning, and I do my best to sneak quantitative reasoning skills into my tutoring sessions with math-averse students.

Holyoke Codes is a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for kids and adults to improve their technology literacy. Holyoke Codes makes a special effort to connect with people who are underrepresented in the tech industry.• develop lessons, exercises, and projects for programming classes, using Repl.it as a teaching platform; manage digital classroom• teach introductory through intermediate Python classes for children and adults (class size 3-16 individuals) through interactive, engaging, age-appropriate activities that get students writing working code from day one(Part-time/seasonal.)

Classes taught:• Intro to Python (fall 2020)• Intro to Web Development (winter 2021)• Everyday Nature (spring 2021)

Center For Religious And Spiritual Life

• help coordinate weekly Soup, Salad & Soul lunch discussions: develop facilitation training sessions; train and schedule student discussion leaders; oversee discussions and facilitate if students need backup; track attendance and contacts• develop, market, and lead programming in collaboration with staff, student workers, and student volunteers• organized disparate contact lists into a spreadsheet; designed and distributed a MailChimp newsletter campaign• collaborate with Program Coordinator and student workers to keep Drupal website up-to-date• overhauled and redesigned WordPress blog; review and edit student blog posts and manage daily upkeep of blog• re-organized storage areas, kitchen, and student lounge

Northampton, Ma

Providing Sunday morning childcare for children aged 1-4 years; providing childcare for all ages during other church events.

Goshen, Ma

• setting up a demonstration table with product samples; drawing folks in and answering questions about the products• sanitizing work area, loading ingredients into 250-gallon kettle; programming computers and preparing mechanical aspects of the production line; bottling, capping, labeling, boxing, and packing product; preparing orders

Northampton, Ma

• preparing afterschool classroom space and activities for 3-to-5-year-olds, supervising children during outside free play and indoor work; assisting with conflict resolution and reading aloud to the kids• supervising 1-to-3-year olds in daily activities; helping settle kids down for naptime

Montague, Ma

• Greenhouse Assistant: seeding, watering, transplanting, inventorying• Wholesale Assistant: process orders from Wegman’s grocers, calculate order sizes, generate and print labels• Farmers Market Employee: load supplies and produce, drive 18-foot box truck, set up a beautiful market stand, handle sales and restocking the stand, clear up and write report for the weekly market• other positions held: Packing Shed, Delivery Driver, Harvest Crew

Whately, Ma

Created interpretive materials for the field station (brochures, signs), led tours for visiting groups, helped plan events, and coordinated with half a dozen other interns.

• taking Word and PDF documents and doing formatting, layout, typesetting, design, etc.• creating Word and PDF templates and forms• recreating static (PDF) documents in Word and InDesign

Amherst, Massachusetts

Various and sundry farm work: seeding flats, animal (pig & chicken) chores, weeding and rock-picking, transplanting, tractor driving, harvesting, cleaning, and packing.

Supervised children ages 5-12 in various activities: free play (indoors and outdoors), swimming (indoor pool), gym and sports, games, arts & crafts, etc.

Http://Minesmagazine.Com/Author/Emmett-Wald/

Wrote various articles and columns for the Alumni Magazine, including some student profiles, obituaries, announcements, and feature articles. Edited many feature articles and columns.

Master Of Education - Med, Secondary Mathematics

Bachelor'S Degree, Major: Mathematics / Minor: Landscape Studies, Magna Cum Laude, Dean'S List

Activities and Societies: Social Justice and Equity Representative, chair of Transcending Gender