Kara Jostes Email & Phone Number

1. Visionary Sounding Board2. Curator of Culture 3. Post Office Box Wrangler

Boulder, CO

Built an internal training university exclusively for Ramblin Jackson employees and contractors.

Boulder, Colorado

• Talent recruiting
• Employee relations
• Company culture cultivator
• Office management
• Ramblin Jackson University co-creator
• Internal Ramblin Jackson marketing

Music Together Of Boulder

• Maintained client relationships
• Managed email
• Managed + Created social media posts on Facebook + Instagram
• Coordinated registration process for semester classes year round
• Communicated with multiple instructors, venues, + families to ensure a pleasant experience for all
• Maintained website

Trail Ridge Middle School

• Lead integration of STEM Education and the design thinking process
• Build teacher buy in and ownership of STEM integration
• Act as a catalyst for building a school and district learning community that focuses on integrated learning, working with district administrators to build their capacity in leading STEM education design
• Define connections and alignment across grades and buildings to establish cohesive messages regarding project-based learning
• Ensure the implementation of all requirements of the Race to the Top, RTTT, grant disseminating the STEM initiatives as a member of the feeder STEM leadership team
• Leader in planning for STEM summer work

TRMS

• Co-plan units or lessons with core teachers integrating technology → Project based learning
• Provide appropriate, reliable resources for students and staff
• Staff professional development
• Book/eBook checkout
• Troubleshoot issues with iPads
• Learning Technology Plan management - facilitated a 1:1 iPad mini rollout

Trail Ridge Middle School

• Differentiates instruction to meet the needs of all students based on data
• Digital Learning Collaborative team leader (DLC)
• School leadership team member
• TRMS student leader coordinator
• Social Committee chair
• Integrating STEM and design learning into core classes

Winograd K-8 School

• Seventh grade teacher for two years in the curriculum areas of Language Arts, Geography,
• Wrote grants for a whole school yearbook, a classroom Promethean Board, and writing manipulatives
• Language Arts Department Chair for Winograd
• Participated in vertical teaming, whole staff meetings, and middle school meetings
• Seventh grade team leader organizing weekly horizontal meetings
• Sponsored yearbook and homework club after schoolhttp://www.greeleyweldcomfound.org/news/132-littler-fund-distributes-13k-to-teachers

Pleasant Ridge Elementary School

• Provided support for high risk and IEP students in individual, small group, and push-in settings
• Developed modifications and support in the areas of Science, Reading, Spelling, Social Studies, Organization
• Participated in weekly Teacher Associate team meetings

John G. Conyers Learning Academy

• Provided students with Autism and severe special needs the skills necessary for social integration
• Engaged in cooperative teaching and weekly meetings with a team of eight educators
• Fulfilled responsibilities of classroom teacher during an extended absence

Oakwood Primary School

• Instructed all content areas including Physical Education and Fine Arts
• Communicated the United Kingdom’s National Curriculum to students in daily lessons
• Developed cultural awareness by participating in community events and extensive travel throughout Europe

Fredrick Nerge Elementary School

• Fulfilled University student teaching requirements at an accelerated pace
• Established home-school connection via daily behavior notices, weekly newsletters, classroom website, parent-teacher conferences, and emails
• Assessed and assigned students to appropriate leveled reading groups using a first year literacy program

Bs, Elementary Education

Elementary Education And Teaching

Finished my student teaching