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Sacramento, California, United States

K-6 Co-Teacher: Collaborate with teachers across two school sites to support district-wide literacy goals and teacher development. Lead Facilitator, After School Reading Enrichment Program: Manage and train 9 teachers in SIPPS and best practices for reading instruction. Manage schedules, assessment calendars, data tracking, attendance and more for 50+.

Oakland, California, United States

Designed and developed a differentiated SEL curriculum for K-5. 6 units per grade level with 40 weeks of lesson material. Instructional Design: Created a learning experience for students in K-5, including teacher facilitator guides, digital student materials and slide decks.Ongoing support and consultation.

Oakland, CA

Third grade teacher at an arts integrated elementary school. Strong understanding of differentiation and scaffolding for diverse learners. Early Literacy Lead: Led district foundational skills initiatives and coached teachers at our school site around goals. Analyzed data. Developed learning experiences for teachers utilizing data and LMS.PBIS (Positive.

Oakland, CA

Curriculum Development: Developed social emotional learning curricula to meet the needs of diverse student populations and stakeholders.Project Management: Planned research strategy and utilized data to determine curricular objectives.

Qiaoqi, Jiangsu, China

Curriculum Development: Designed curriculum for an arts-integrated program for english language learners (ELLs). Taught and assessed 60 native- Chinese speakers. Worked in collaboration with a Chinese teacher. Mentor Teacher: Oversaw and planned professional learning for 6 teacher apprentices.

Oakland, CA

Researched and investigated developmentally-informed creative movement education and integration with a constructivist approach. Curriculum Development: Developed curricula for third grade SEL/creative movement integration.Led Professional Development: Practitioner Exchange on Writing and Dance.

Oakland, CA

Curriculum Development: Developed an arts-integrated third-grade social studies curriculum, meeting third grade social studies and VAPA standards. Earned the Integrated Learning Specialist Certificate.Completed three core courses on Integrated-arts learning based on research frameworks from Harvard Project Zero (Harvard Graduate School of Education).

East Palo Alto, CA

Palo Alto, CA

MA in Elementary Education and Multiple Subject Teaching Credential.

Palo Alto, CA

Sunnyvale, CA

Berkeley, CA

• Project management and oversight for international dance non-profit.
• Developed partnerships with dance companies and artists across the world
• Collaboration with web team, designers, marketing and publicity team, blog writers, artists and more in preparation for an annual dance event.
• Worked independently. Set personal and departmental goals. Managed workflow in ASANA.

Berkeley, CA

• Assistant for UC Berkeley Journalism and English Professor, NY Times journalist
• Research, archiving, editing for published articles, speeches and books.
• Website and social media management: Published articles and recordings.
• Applied for research funds and grants.
• Organized public engagements at universities.

Bay Area

• Developed curricula and taught dance, creative movement and gymnastics programs at elementary schools, pre-schools and studios across the Bay Area.
• Assessed client needs and developed unique movement programs to target those needs. Evaluated student progress towards learning objectives.
• Provided parent instruction in SEL needs and movement with 3-5 year olds.
• Clients included: SF USD; Orinda USD; Rockridge Montessori Pre-School; Twin Cities Pre-School and Parent Education Group; Belvedere- Tiburon Recreation Department, Veksler Academy of Music and Dance.

Master’S Degree, Elementary Education And Teaching

Bachelor'S Degree, Peace And Conflict Studies, Dance And Performance Studies

High School Diploma, With Highest Distinction