Laura Terrill, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

Austin, Texas

• Responsible for development, implementation, and evaluation of Girl Scout STEM programs and opportunities
• Manage and support STEM program team, contractors, and collaborators
• Provide oversight on STEM related grants, manage budgets
• Cultivate and nurture relationships with STEM corporate and community partnersAccomplishments:
• Selected to be part of the inaugural STEM Fellows cohort by Girl Scouts of the USA
• Led STEM department to a 32% increase in the number of Girl Scouts served by department in 2018 versus 2017.

Graduate School Of Education

• Responsible for course development and lesson planning
• Facilitated lecture, group work, and assignments
• Graded student papers and provided individualized feedback
• Advised students in one on one consultation
• Class size varied from 16 students to 75 students

Department Of Housing, Dining, Residential Services

- Developed and managed outreach programming for resident students- Implemented training presentations for large and small staff groups- Provided daily supervision of ten resident advisors- Maintained programming budget for residential area.- Coordinated responses for emergency residential concerns.- Maintained the scheduling and coordination of all area.

Graduate School Of Education

• Provided research based literacy intervention to elementary students at local elementary schools.
• Administered progress monitoring tests.
• Processed individual student intervention and tutoring data.

National Youth Leadership Forum On Medicine – Chicago And Los Angeles

• Hired, trained, managed, and coached a team of 18 faculty advisors.
• Conducted program observations and evaluations of program.
• Ensured a safe, enriching, and educational experience for 400 high school students
• Handled parent, scholar, and staff concerns.

Environmental Education Resource Center

• Coordinated communication (workshops, print materials, and electronic network) for K-12 teachers who are members of the NEST community outreach program
• Supervised development of Environmental EXPO marketing materials with graphic design consultant
• Created a guide to EXPO for Gear-Up middle-school students

• Facilitated weekly bilingual literacy training for AmeriCorps members throughout the year.
• Provided daily supervision and modeling for bilingual AmeriCorps members at host schools.
• Maintained communication with the teachers at each school site.
• Brainstormed, created, and implemented the “Tutors Observing Tutors” program within ACEE.
• Enhanced the ACEE recruitment and interviewing process.
• Doubled the number of bilingual members through strategic recruitment and interviewing.

• Stationed for one year working in a low-income school, tutoring bilingual, pre-k through 1st graders in literacy.
• Developed individual, customized lesson plans utilizing appropriate strategies for each child.
• Participated as a team member with supervisors and teachers to evaluate the progress of the students.
• Provided elementary school teachers with classroom support.
• Organized community-wide events with other AmeriCorps volunteers and Reading is Fundamental.
• Created curriculum for, and taught an "Outdoor Education" after-school class.

• Taught an environmental summer day camp class for 8-10 year olds.
• Developed creative lesson plans blending a mixture of educational and fun material.

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

• Collected biological data in the field for future scientific publication.
• Analyzed and recorded trends in breeding and dietary habitats in Leach’s and Fork-Tailed Storm Petrels, Tufted Puffins, Pelagic Cormorants, Rhinoceros Auklets, & Common Murres.
• Lived and worked in primitive conditions with three other volunteers.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Education: Curriculum And Instruction

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Association

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Education: Environmental Education

Activities and Societies: Co-host of the EverGreen radio show Organizing member of the Green Earth Club

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology: Ecology, Evolution, Conservation

Activities and Societies: Sophomore Advisor

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Spanish Literature