Olubayo Jackson Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

• Instruct theater, improvisation, and multicultural storytelling, enhancing social skills through drama, dance, and visual arts.

New York, New York, United States

• 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬:
• Produced, directed, and filmed a documentary showcasing traditional dances in Ghana.
• Conducted research on the influence of West African dance on Diaspora dance styles.
• Co-produced a documentary film exploring the cultural significance of traditional Ghanaian dances and their impact on Diaspora dancestyles.

New York, New York, United States

• Facilitate literacy and mathematics skill acquisition for 250 ESL students who are new arrivals to the United States.
• Administer and evaluate language acquisition assessments for students throughout the school year.
• Integrate students' cultural backgrounds into Social Studies lessons, fostering a sharing environment and promoting understanding of thediverse heritage within the classroom and the broader New York City community.

New York, New York, United States

• 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬:
• Educated 250 second-grade students in Literacy, Math, Social Studies, and Science, including social-emotional skills, across 4 differentclasses.
• Conducted remote teaching due to COVID-19 restrictions, balancing in-person and online instruction throughout the week.
• Designed and implemented curriculum that aligned with in-person classroom themes and goals, posting assignments to maintaincontinuity.
• Leveraged online resources such as EPIC, Zoom, Google Classroom, Happy Numbers, Bitmoji Classroom, Google drive, and customvideo lessons for remote teaching.
• Developed curriculum, post lessons and schedules, and maintained clear communication with families about student progress.

New York, New York, United States

• 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬:
• Taught dance classes from pre-kindergarten to fifth-grade students using zoom.
• Incorporate yoga, stretching, cultural dances (West African, Caribbean, modern, creative dance and dances from cultures that each grade was studying) into learning.
• Engaged students through a digital platform and taught creative art projects based on themes including painting, crafts and drawing.
• Taught creative movement to dramatize folktales, poetry and other written oral traditions.

New York, New York, United States

• 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬:
• Teach movement and dance to students in grades, Kindergarten through fifth and exposed students to different cultures through dance.
• Created lesson plans that incorporate grade-specific poetry, science and social studies concepts into dance movements.
• Encouraged students to freely express themselves and to innovate their own dance.
• Researches best practices in multicultural dance education to create a multidisciplinary curriculum.
• Created parent workshops to engage families.

New York, New York, United States

• Instructed 20 kindergarten students at a prestigious, culturally diverse school in New York City, tailoring whole class lessons toaccommodate various abilities, levels, and special needs.
• Implemented reading and writing workshops, math centers, and integrated Science and Social Studies lessons, ensuring thematiccontinuity across disciplines.
• Organized family celebrations aligned with the cultural backgrounds and festivities of class families, fostering inclusivity and culturalawareness.
• Established a mentoring program integrating reading and dance activities with a buddy class, promoting peer learning and collaboration,resulting in a 3 level EClAS increase in reading comprehension scores and 40 % rise.
• Fostered a nurturing and inclusive classroom environment that catered to all students, fostering active engagement through the utilizationof multiple intelligences, inquiry-based learning, and critical thinking.

New York, New York

• Conducted extensive cultural research across West Africa, Central America, the Caribbean, New York, and the Southern United States toexplore multicultural dance education and cultural connections.
• Developed a comprehensive multidisciplinary curriculum and initiated an international pen pal and supply donation project between 10schools in the researched countries, fostering global collaboration and cultural.

New York, New York, United States

• 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬:
• Developed and delivered comprehensive lesson plans encompassing reading, writing, math with manipulatives, science, social studies,and art, ensuring clarity and differentiation to meet the needs of all students.
• Designed and executed thematic units integrating play -based inquiry, learning centers, literacy, math, science, social studies, and the arts,leveraging students' multiple intelligences to foster academic progress.
• Promoted multicultural education by fostering cross-cultural understanding through storytelling, dance, art, and family-centeredcelebrations, enriching students' cultural awareness and appreciation.

New York, New York, United States

• 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬:
• Instructed 20 first-grade students in a culturally diverse educational setting.
• Enhanced ECLAS literacy scores for both high and low achieving students by utilizing guided reading and personalized instruction,elevating performance levels by one to two levels.
• Integrated 7 special needs students into the regular education classroom, fostering improved behavior through behavior contracts, positivereinforcement, and setting high expectations, while also empowering them to.

New York, New York, United States

• 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬:
• Mentored 10 scholars from Fordham University, offering constructive feedback on teachers' lesson plans, their execution of tutoringsequences, and their overall development.
• Demonstrated exemplary reading, phonics, and writing lessons to teachers, serving as a model for effective instructional practices.

• 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬:
• Provided workshops and staff development for teacher trainers at Peki Training College, Ghana, West Africa.
• Ran a resource center
• Created a library.
• Offered computer Courses.
• Conducted assessments on the project’s impact on the community.

🌏 New York, New York, United States

• 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬:
• Taught comprehension, listening and writing skills through multicultural storytelling, drama and dance to Kindergarten through 5th Grade students

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Elementary Education – Teachers College, New York, Ny

Certificate, The Ennis William Cosby Graduate Certificate Program

Bachelor'S Degree, International/Global Studies