Kristina Becht Email & Phone Number

Oakland, Ca, Us

El Segundo, California

Los Angeles, Ca

*Taught eighth grade math at this nationally recognized Blue Ribbon school.*Led Math Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) program at KIPP LA Prep in partnership with CSU Los Angeles.

Uc Berkeley

•Plan and facilitate monthly meetings for a cohort of 5 math and science teachers.•Build and maintain a professional learning community on an online platform that supplements the MfA program.•Assess the needs of the math teacher leaders and develop the content for meetings to address those needs.

Mcclymonds High School, Oakland, Ca

•Teach 2 different high school math courses in a high-need community. Approximately 98% students of color, 89% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, 7% of students are English Learners, and 6% of students are Long Term English Learners (LTEL). •Differentiate math curriculum to meet diverse learning needs of students with low math skills, Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), English Language Learners, and advanced math skills.•Develop projects that give students the opportunity to apply their understandings of various math concepts to real world situations. •Coach math colleague by conducting weekly observations and debriefing meetings to support her instructional development and long-term curriculum planning.•Co-lead math department by facilitating the team in writing a data-driven SMART goal, vertically aligning the math program to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, and cultivate systems to utilize math data regularly to drive instruction and improve outcomes with students in bimonthly meetings.

Oakland, Ca

•Expert in the secondary Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M).•Led the writing of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Math Core Curriculum for Algebra 2.•Planned and facilitated monthly collaborative learning community meetings for Algebra 2 teachers district-wide that deepened teachers' understanding of curricular units, scope and sequence, and CCSS-M instructional shifts.•Designed and ran professional learning opportunities for math teacher leaders district-wide to collaborate, partner, and innovate in service of district priorities.•Provided in-depth coaching support to 12 math teachers at Oakland High and McClymonds High School.•Supported school leaders in the development of math programs and professional learning communities.•Planned and facilitated a weekly professional learning community of Geometry Teachers at Oakland High that focused on improving their curricular and instructional practices by utilizing data driven instruction cycles.

•Led a team of 9 secondary Math Specialists in developing, revising, and producing two annual district-wide assessments (CCSS-M and SBAC aligned) for 13,360 students in Math 6 through Pre-Calculus.•Facilitated district-wide scoring sessions for math teachers for two annual assessments.•Designed and delivered workshops for teachers to analyze students' assessment results to identify students' strengths and misunderstandings and use them to inform lesson and unit planning.• Led a team of 4 elementary, middle and high school Math Specialists in aligning district assessments to the Smarter Balanced Assessments and coordinating assessment work to the district strategic plan.

Hayward, Ca

•Supervised the Workplace Learning Experience (WLE) internship program for over 200 eleventh and twelfth grade students at Impact Academy.oThe WLE program is a requirement for 11th and 12th grade students at Impact Academy. Students work once a week for twelve weeks at an internship where they create a project benefiting the organization, culminating in student presentations about their experiences.•Conducted outreach with local business owners that were potential mentors for students, built and maintained those relationships for future programmatic use.•Developed systems to best match students with mentors by analyzing students’ strengths compared to mentors’ needs.•Managed and coached 10 teachers and 4 administrators in implementing program for students.•Implemented the overall program by planning and creating the agenda for weekly two-hour long staff meetings.•Designed and “backwards” planned staff meetings and advisory lesson plans that worked to guide teachers in supporting their own groups of students in successfully completing the program and meet deadlines.•Wrote content and maintained website. www.es-impact.org/wle/

Hayward, Ca

•Taught 2 different high school math courses in a high-need community. Approximately 60% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, 75% of students first generation college bound, 17% English Language Learners, and 80% students of color. •Differentiated math curriculum to meet diverse learning needs of students with low math skills, Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), English Language Learners, and advanced math skills.•Developed projects that gave students the opportunity to apply their understandings of various math concepts to real world situations. •Actively collaborated with the 4 grade-level teachers and other staff members to better meet the needs of students by analyzing and setting goals for academic, test score, and behavior data. •Taught an advisory class of approximately 20 students. Acted as a mentor and created a safe and supportive environment for students. •Worked consistently with students, their families, and school staff to support my advisees’ success in school including; but not limited to; graduating from high school, applying to college, completing the graduation portfolio program and Workplace Learning Experience (WLE) program at our school.

Hayward, Ca

• Lead teacher to the four Algebra II teachers from the four Envision (ES) high schools.• Created a yearlong curriculum map, organizing the math curriculum and addressing the California State standards. This included developing a pacing guide for teachers.• Designed and led professional development sessions for the 22 ES math teachers to improve their teaching practices in the areas of, but not limited to, implementing project based-learning, formative assessment, discovery-based instruction, and small group instruction in order to improve teaching practices.• Created common assessments that were aligned with the California standardized tests for all the ES Algebra II students, approximately 400 students.

Palo Alto, Ca

• Worked at the CK-12 Foundation as a teacher fellow creating and writing math content for the online education company.• Collaborated with a team of five teachers and six CK-12 employees to conceptualize how to integrate real world applications to the website, enhancing students’ engagement and understanding of math concepts.• Conducted research of the online resources already available.• Constructed over 70 real world applications of geometry, probability and statistic concepts.

• Taught ninth and tenth grade algebra and geometry classes of 20 to 34 students.• Design innovative new Algebra curriculum for school after statewide transition away from Math A curriculum.• Incorporate hands-on, discovery-based, inquiry-based, and project-based lessons to better motivate and facilitate students understanding of algebra concepts in the new algebra curriculum• Taught in integrated classroom environments with English Language Learners and Special Education students.• Actively collaborated with grade level team in order to better meet the needs of students with special needs.• School received an “A” report card grade from the city as it had high student engagement in lessons, successful student pass rate of state exams, and high student graduation rate; while serving a high needs students with 84% of the student body qualifying for the free or reduced lunch.

Brooklyn, Ny

• Acted as chair of a math department of seven teachers.• Assessed the needs of the math team and school. Then developed the content for monthly departmental meetings to meet those needs.• Collaborated with teachers and supported their efforts to create discovery-based math lessons and design classroom systems to improve students’ learning.• Served as a liaison between the administration and math department.• Designed and oversaw the department’s annual weekend professional development retreat.

Brooklyn, Ny

• Led ninth grade advisory team weekly meetings for five teachers.• Worked with the team of teachers to organize the development of the advisory curriculum.• Coordinated with the team to identify and then address the needs of individual students as a teaching team in our weekly meetings.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Mathematics Education, 3.875

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics, Minor Education, 3.43

Activities and Societies: Soccer Team, Delta Omicron Tau sorority