Project Impact aims to significantly increase teacher diversity in grades K-12 throughout the Inland Empire and beyond. With a special focus on underrepresented Men of Color, like African American males, the College of Education is recruiting graduate students and qualifying undergraduate transfer students to complete a cohort credential program producing highly skilled, collaborative, inclusive, and committed teachers who will work as restorative agents for educational equity and social justice.

Green Dot Public Charter Schools, Animo Western Middle School • Counseled students and families, facilitating communication with teachers and administrators• Created and facilitated mentorship group for male students.• Formed and facilitated counseling groups (Anger Management, Grief) • Organized college visits, fund-raisers, parent meetings, community service events, and guest speaker engagements• Monitored weekly our at-risk students to reduce retention rates and ensure educational success for all students• Serve on the School Advisory Council

Teach credential and masters degree courses in the Department of Special Education Mild to Moderate program.

• Counseled students and families, collaborated with teachers and administrators for student progress• Collaborated with the AVID coordinator (Advancement Via Individual Determination) to provide equity to rigorous coursework and college attainment for underrepresented students • Created and facilitated mentorship group for male students “Young Men of Distinction”• Formed and facilitated counseling groups (Anger Management, Grief) • Organized college visits, fund-raisers, parent meetings, community service events, and guest speaker engagements• Monitored weekly our at-risk students to reduce retention rates and ensure educational success for all students• Serve on the School Site Council • Facilitated team-building activities and problem-solving sessions during staff development, grade level, and community meetings• Assisted Testing Coordinator to continually improve test scores with the development of a student-friendly testing schedule, Rally for Success, parent education, and participation

• Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.• Administer standardized ability and achievement tests, and interpret results to determine students' strengths and areas of need.• Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, and professionals to develop individual educational plans designed to promote students' educational, physical, and social development.• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.• Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators in order to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.• Monitor teachers and teacher assistants to ensure that they adhere to inclusive special education program requirements.• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress, and to determine their priorities for their children and their resource needs.• Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. • Coordinate placement of students with special needs into mainstream classes.• Develop and implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of learning and emotional handicapping conditions.• Modify the general education curriculum for special-needs students, based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.

• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.• Administer standardized ability and achievement tests, and interpret results to determine students' strengths and areas of need• Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, and social development. • Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators in order to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress, and to determine their priorities for their children and their resource needs.