Joined AHS as a first year teacher. Post-pandemic, my focus has shifted to supporting the development of newer teachers and improving and ensuring the longevity of useful systems and practices. In the past, I immediately began collaborating to create the scope of a new small learning community (EDSET)'s senior year, took on leadership positions within the school to promote more authentic learning and to update curriculum to reflect the diversity of our students and integrate the Common Core State Standards. English Department Chair from Spring 2017-Spring 2023. • Currently teaching and refining an AP Lit curriculum (~90% pass rate for the last 5 years)• As of 2024-2025 developing and refining the Journalism program as the adviser to The Cougar• Ongoing work to update the diversity of texts offered in English courses at AHS (reading, petitioning admin/school board, piloting, developing curriculum, etc)• Taught and developed English 1 curriculum from 2012-2019. • Facilitated and collaboratively updated grade-wide debate project within English 1 during those years• Developed benchmarks, common rubrics, and simplified standards collaboratively with the English 1 team that help diagnose effective intervention and help develop a scope of curriculum at the English 1 level through a 0.2FTE TOSA position. • Taught and developed EDSET curriculum from 2011-2022 in an interdisciplinary team including cross-curricular, research-driven multimedia projects (such as podcasts and documentaries) and student directed internships with local organizations.• Created and taught a new Science Fiction course (UCOP a-g approved) from 2013-2021• Helped establish a new teacher driven professional development model that instituted action-research• Piloted a cross-curricular English 1/Film Production class that I developed with the CTE instructor at our school

This two year apprenticeship program trained me to teach in the Integrate Learning Specialist Program through ACOE. ILSP supports teachers to integrate arts, teaching frameworks, and culturally responsive pedagogy into their curriculum.Through this program, I co-taught the second course on assessment in the three course sequence.

English, History, Math, and SAT tutorInstructed students in both small group(1-3 students) and classroom (10-20 students) settingsInstructed a wide range of grade levels (6-12 grade)Facillitated summer book club for students

Student Teacher at Manual Arts High SchoolPlaced in 10th grade English classroomPlanned differentiated lessons for students at different academic levelsCollaborated with master teacherStudent Teacher at Elizabeth Learning Center.Taught middle school, mixed grade(6-9), ESL Level 2B Modified scripted ESL curriculum to match student interest and ability

Student Assistant in the Sponsored Projects Office on the Berkeley CampusPrepared research contracts between Principal Investigators and researchers at secondary institutions,Collected audit information about institutions to ensure compliance with federal regulations