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Santa Cruz, California, United States

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

Santa Cruz, California & Remote

**Needs Assessment**- Ongoing assessment to understand strengths, areas for growth, interests & goals.**Support for Special Needs:**- Collaborating with educational psychologists to assess learning disabilities, challenges & strengths.- Advocating for students with IEPs (Individualized Education Programs) & 504 Plans.**Tutoring & Mentoring:**- Identifying tutors- Identifying mentorship programs (including study abroad). **Standardized Tests:**- Offering guidance on standardized tests (SAT, ACT, GRE) & applying for accommodations.**Applications:**- Assisting students with college & graduate school applications. **Collaboration:**- Collaborating with tutors- Working with immigration attorneys to assist international students with educational & legal needs, ensuring they meet requirements for graduation & future studies.**Follow-Up:**- Providing ongoing support & check-ins

Classroom teacher including art and theater

Collaborated with employees, associated foundations, and family members of David W. Mills to support educational needs.- Provided accommodations, educational planning, and advocacy services for various clients.- Responsible for hiring and supervising tutors, ensuring high-quality instruction and academic support.- Offered private undergraduate advising and supported clients in navigating online college programs

Santa Cruz, California

Tutoring, support with accommodations, extension, educational planning, advocacy, college admissions support, hiring, supervising tutors K-12 & support with online high school.

Academic advising and advocacy for future math and science teachers. Recruitment. Support during teacher credentialing process including graduate school applications. Facilitated panels for undergrads to learn about remote and in person teaching internships.

Watsonville, California

Qualitative & quantitative research into new teacher & principal support & development.Collaborated with other researchers to develop an observation instrument to examine teachers' practice & designed interview protocols for teachers. Conducted teacher & principals interviews & collected data in classrooms. Cross-case analysis of interviews, field notes & video.

VINE Project - Vocabulary Innovations in Education

Attended Project Zero Institute at Harvard & continued involvement with Harvard researchers on integrating Thinking Routines in the classroom. California Reading & Literature Project assessment support for other teachers. Active member of The International Schools Theater Association.

Focus on arts integration (including drama) & science integration, Life Lab, resource conservation & balanced literacy. Leader with California Reading & Literature Project literacy assessments.

Focus on literacy, math, science & arts integration.

Taught science & art to 4th & 5th grade gifted & talented students.

Mat & Ba, Masters In Teaching & Ba In English

Activities and Societies: Minor in Latin American Society and CultureMasters Thesis on Arts Integration Colorado College Creative Writing.

Ma, Social Context & Policy Of Education

Doctoral study until 2009. MA in 2006. TA in Theories of Education. Masters Thesis on Spaces and Teachers’ Work. Used grounded theory.

Fine/Studio Arts, General

Studio art courses in Dutch & English. Also attended The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague | Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten.

Education record

Studied Spanish, history, sociology & political science. Studied with Dr. Daniel Masis at The University of Costa Rica as part.