• Develop engaging lesson plans to teach 8th grade students state standards according to the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework• Prepare and grade assessments to evaluate students’ understandings of concepts taught in class • Differentiate assignments to accommodate diverse learners and to meet all students’ needs• Collaborate with team teachers to track student progress and ensure student success• Enforce classroom expectations to maintain a respectful learning environment for students

• Ensured quality control of media through growth promotion testing and maintained records for quality control of media made and purchased • Performed sterility testing of biological indicator strips and products using aseptic techniques in a class 5 clean room• Performed environmental monitoring weekly in lab and quarterly at various client locations

• Updated Arborscope database with information about the conditions of and treatments applied to various trees within the campus arboretum• Assisted with the planning and advertisement of events for Arboretum Week to raise awareness for the arboretum among the Salve campus and Newport communities• Worked with CampusBird mapping program to update digital walking tours of significant trees on campus

• Led a total of 110 informative, interactive, 75-minute long tours of the greenhouses and labs to educate 1083 guests on the innovative growing methods used in the facilities• Led 3-hour long "Science Behind the Seeds" tours, including interactive activities, for school groups for students grades K-12, as a part of Disney's Youth Education Series• Pruned, transplanted, and harvested a variety of herbs and edible flowers grown in various hydroponics growing systems• Maintained a show quality greenhouse through cleaning and maintenance of the growing systems • Sold Behind the Seeds tours and Mickey’s Mini Gardens and answered guest questions at tour desk

• Conducted fieldwork a remote island with three other technicians to monitor and record growth data for a subset of Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Atlantic Puffin and Black Guillemot chicks• Observed and logged data of provisioning for a subset of Common Tern nests• Handled and banded Arctic Tern, Atlantic Puffin, Black Guillemot, and Common Tern chicks and adults