Nick Herman Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Teaching English to newcomers to Canada.

Copywriting for multiple startups and businesses. Regularly writing and publishing a substack about travel, philosophy, and how to live a natural and idiosyncratic life, in an alienating and constricted world.

Remote

● Researched and designed test questions for multiple science subjects following company guidelines and state and federal education standards.● Worked with internal stakeholders to revise content according to real time feedback.

Remote

● Architected an extensive, brand new curriculum of 10 new science courses from the ground up for grades 9-11 at several experimental schools across the US.● Hired, onboarded, and managed a remote team of 6 curriculum designers. Led weekly team meetings to communicate vision and align on company goals.● Continually iterated curriculum based on biweekly feedback sessions with teachers and principals.● Communicated weekly team progress and learnings to VP of curriculum design and leadership team and collaborated with other curriculum directors to ensure consistent vision.

Albany, Ca

● Taught multiple math and lab-based science courses to high school and middle school students from diverse backgrounds, 1-on-1 and in small groups.● Developed new material and used multiple learning approaches to connect with an eclectic student population with learning disabilities and significant neurodiversity.

Remote

● Developed project-based grades 7-12 math curriculum that used real world data to build challenging and relevant tasks, used by schools across the US.● Edited other designers’ work for completeness and aligned content with state standards.

Mill Valley, Ca

● Wrote and edited K-5 online math curriculum according to state and federal standards, for classroom and at-home use, optimized for remote learning.● Created content that emphasised foundational math pedagogy, multiple approaches to problem solving.

Berkeley, Ca

● Taught and developed project-based curriculum from the ground up for 4 lab and project-based science classes at a community-centered middle school.● Tailored lessons for relevance and engagement for students from diverse backgrounds, with learning disabilities and significant neurodiversity.● Engaged in pedagogical workshops, coordinated planning across departments with other teachers, and organized multiple extra-curricular activities and field trips.

Taipei City, Taiwan

● Taught English as a foreign language to high school students of mixed ages and abilities in small-classes designed to improve grammar, vocabulary, and conversational skills.● Held 1-on-1 conversation classes to improve fluency and creativity.

Richmond, Ca

● Taught one-on-one lessons in multiple math subjects to at-risk high school students.● Developed a curriculum to build mathematical proficiency and encourage a positive attitudetowards mathematics.● Planned workshops and ongoing professional development.

San Francisco Bay Area

● Developed and taught a hands-on biology curriculum to elementary students at multiple schools, with a focus on the Bayview-Hunters Point district of San Francisco.● Handled and used live reptiles and amphibians into lessons about ecology and physiology.