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Short Hills, New Jersey, United States

Teach and design curricula for 2nd through 8th grade STEAM and Technology classes. Curricula for these grades include a variety of creative (design thinking, game design, maker projects, multimedia), skills-based (writing, research, keyboarding) and ethics-related (digital citizenship) activities.Collaborate with faculty from the Upper School and Lower School Divisions to integrate technology-related projects into their classrooms.Conduct and present research for a variety of… Show more Teach and design curricula for 2nd through 8th grade STEAM and Technology classes. Curricula for these grades include a variety of creative (design thinking, game design, maker projects, multimedia), skills-based (writing, research, keyboarding) and ethics-related (digital citizenship) activities.Collaborate with faculty from the Upper School and Lower School Divisions to integrate technology-related projects into their classrooms.Conduct and present research for a variety of curricular initiatives (e.g. game design, computational thinking, visual communication, robotics).Develop and implement the school’s Technology Scope and Sequence.Administer a division-wide learning management system.Organize and provide principal instruction for annual, school-wide Hour of Code activities.Plan and implement school-wide faculty professional development.In coordination with the school’s Director of Information Technology, provide technical support for all faculty and students. Show less

New York, Ny

Taught and designed curricula for pre-K through 4th-grade Technology classes. (Curricula for these grades covered a variety of topics, including design thinking, game design, maker projects, online research, and digital citizenship.)Collaborated with faculty from the Lower School and Nursery-Kindergarten Divisions to integrate technology-related projects into their classrooms.Developed the school’s Technology Scope and Sequence in collaboration with the Upper School Technology… Show more Taught and designed curricula for pre-K through 4th-grade Technology classes. (Curricula for these grades covered a variety of topics, including design thinking, game design, maker projects, online research, and digital citizenship.)Collaborated with faculty from the Lower School and Nursery-Kindergarten Divisions to integrate technology-related projects into their classrooms.Developed the school’s Technology Scope and Sequence in collaboration with the Upper School Technology Integrator and the Academic Dean.Conducted and presented research for a variety of curricular initiatives (e.g. game design, computational thinking, and synchronous/asynchronous distance learning).Provided technical support for Lower School and Nursery-Kindergarten Division faculty, students, and all-school staff.Administered a division-wide learning management system.Planned and implemented various professional development activities for faculty. Show less

New York, New York, United States

Researched, designed, and implemented curricular components for a museum-based youth education initiative. This four-month-long initiative challenged 12th-graders to design a mobile, augmented reality app/game and print guide visitors of the AMNH Hall of Human Origins. My curricular components centered on teaching students about design thinking and augmented reality.

New York, Ny

Managed organizational communications--online (website, social media, e-blasts) and print (annual report, newsletters).Produced grant proposals, reports and other correspondence to a variety of institutional funders.Conducted funding prospect research.

New York, Ny

Produced grant proposals, reports and other correspondence to a variety of institutional fundersConducted funding prospect research.Developed document drafting and approval protocols.Conducted software research.Created content for the organization's website and blog.Supervised departmental interns.

New York, Ny

Managed a development portfolio of over a dozen institutional funders.Produced grant proposals, reports and other correspondence to a variety of institutional funders. Conducted funding prospect research.Created content for organizational communications (website and annual report).

New York, Ny

Produced a grant proposal, reports and other correspondence to a variety of institutional funders.Conducted software research.Provided administrative support to the Director of Development.

Brooklyn, Ny

Designed and developed networked multimedia academic texts.

New York, Ny

(Seasonal)Screened and evaluated hundreds of nonfiction films and videos for (PBS) broadcast potential.

New Brunswick, Nj

Taught undergraduate courses in both composition and literature.

Authored dozens of reviews, interviews, and newswire pieces on genre entertainment.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Digital Media Design For Learning (Games For Learning Concentration)

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/alt/ect/ma

Master Of Arts (Ma), Literatures In English

Research: Globalization, Utopian and Dystopian Literature

Certificate In The Teaching Of Writing, Rhetoric And Composition/Writing Studies

B.A., English, Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Honors Program, Department of English Study Abroad Program Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity College Avenue Players.

Year Abroad, English, Social Anthropology

Studied English and Social Anthropology