Jonathan Curley Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, California, United States

help lead creation and refinement of design principles and design processes for middle school science curriculum; serve as deputy science team leader; supervise and mentor other curriculum developers; led decision process for choosing the topic and central explanation for Earth science and physical science units; design curriculum units including planning conceptual territory and problem context, developing digital simulations, working with scientist advisors, pilot testing, writing and editing teacher’s guide sessions, and student articles; consult and advise other curriculum designers; plan and deliver professional development; arrange speakers for the All Hall Learning Committee.Associate Curriculum Specialist, Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading, GEMS, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA September 2006- July 2012; helped develop framework for expanding Seeds/Roots to middle school with particular contributions in the areas of responsive curriculum, accessibility for English Language Learners, and engineering design challenges; planned, pilot tested, and wrote, and edited field test and published versions of units; helped develop the accommodations for English language learners included in elementary units; wrote several student books; served as lead project coordinator for GEMS Sequences; played a lead role in developing and editing the third-to-fifth grade and sixth-to-eighth grade Ocean Science Sequence (OSS); wrote teacher strategy guides; helped develop and edit ASKS after school units; helped develop and give presentations and professional development; helped draft and develop science content and inquiry assessments; helped plan and conduct research in classrooms, helped plan the reorganization of the Seeds/Roots website.

Sixth-grade(’02-’03), third-grade (’03-’04), second-grade(’04-‘06); Taught classes of low-income students with widely varying ability levels in English and Spanish. Adapted and created curriculum to meet the needs of advanced students, students with learning disabilities and newcomers.

Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Bolivia

Received fellowship to complete self-designed year-long project outside of U.S.. Researched children games, researched local environmental issues, and designed and taught games-based locally appropriate environmental education classes in rural Latin America. Designed and led teacher trainings.

Teaching Certificate

Bachelor'S Degree, Sociology & Environmental Studies