Jenna S. Email & Phone Number

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

Leelanau County, Michigan, United States

Interlochen, Michigan, United States

• Taught 100+ students in biology and ecology courses, supplementing in-class education with field work (25% of class time) to teach concepts including water quality, wetland delineation, forest inventory surveys.
• Created 5-10 maps in ArcGIS, supporting curriculum content and displaying analysis of class data
• Train 30-40 students annually in cartography basics, building GIS maps, and spatial analysis; furthermore, trained a team of 3 to win a state-level GIS competition after building a custom-designed data collection form
• Led program for youngest students to help mitigate struggles at the school, boosting student retention by 25%
• Cultivated a supportive learning environment by showcasing diversity of field experts, jointly establishing class policies with students, and adapting new instructional strategies; received scores of 4.5+/5 on course.
• Design a student advisory program in a team of 4 by attending professional workshops, drafting a mission statement, resulting in improved self-advocacy skills, executive function and social development for students

Empire, MI

• Singlehandedly designed/implemented rare plant monitoring protocols for one species, after reviewing standard protocols and comparable monitoring efforts from researchers in the field
• Physically tagged and geolocated plant specimens in the wild, recording quantitative and qualitative observations
• Identified trends in species population health by using GIS to analyze soil, aspect and community type data
• Presented work to 10-15 managers/law enforcement officials to improve species documentation and reduce poaching

Master Of Education - Med, Secondary Education And Teaching

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology, Chemistry