Teacher
CurrentI’ve taught 6th- 8th grade math, including advanced levels and math applications, and served as a Department Head since 2018. Each new assignment required me to create and implement curriculum that meets the needs of students with varying levels of comprehension. This role requires frequent gap analysis to determine where students needed more practice to master skills. I am the owner and administrator of a Google website that requires weekly maintenance and updates to inform students and parents of current assignments and grades. Additionally, during the pandemic I hosted a virtual Google Classroom for students who meet via Zoom and created automated workflows to keep the in-classroom students and virtual students on track with the core curriculum. I have been a team lead in selecting the company for Leander ISD to use and training all staff on the new chosen student information system. This includes creating training documents, tutorial videos, and in person support.In my time working at Stiles MS I have built and maintained the curriculum for the "Math Extensions" class that I teach. When I started teaching this math extensions (designed to support the core math class) there was not a curriculum or road map on how to make it meaningful, measurable, and successful. With a team of teachers we built skills checks (fifteen question spiral review), tutorial videos to support students during reflection and corrections, student data trackers that keep the students in charge of where they are with their skills, as well as online skills practice to solidify their learning during corrections.I am very proud of the curriculum and systems I have created for math extensions. Every middle school in the district had math extensions at one time. But once it was left to the principal to keep it at their campus leaving only my school still rocking away with huge success and progress that is show and proven through data tracking and state test scores.