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San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, United States

Stamford, Ct

1. Created weekly legislative updates to local superintendents, cabinet members, and school board members by summarizing and contextualizing relevant legislation in order to deliver the most necessary, up-to-date information 2. Drafted timely one-pagers, policy memos, and press releases that summarize research on the organization’s initiatives, explain the components of those initiatives, and respond to decisions made by the Governor and Legislature3. Managed multiple new organizational initiatives, including a grassroots legislative advocacy network and a student leadership community service project, through meetings with relevant stakeholders in order to extend the organization’s reach

1. Researched the components of effective grow-your-own programs in other states to inform a Michigan educator workforce expansion initiative due to declining enrollment rates in Michigan’s educator preparation programs 2. Monitored the progress of Michigan’s School Aid Budget and communicate the Executive, House, and Senate recommendations to all relevant stakeholders to guide advocacy and lobbying efforts prior to the state budget’s final passage

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

1. Organized logistical components of a graduate-level Negotiations course with 20 students, such as course website management, distribution of negotiations cases, assigning groups for negotiation simulations, and responding promptly to student questions2. Modified case scenarios from a business context to a public sector and governmental context in response to student feedback so cases would be more relevant for public policy graduate students

San Francisco Bay Area

2nd Grade 2015-2016, Kindergarten 2016-2019, 3rd Grade 2019-20211. Designed and implemented standards-based lesson plans in math, literacy, science, and social studies with aligned assessments and equity and universal design considerations to make learning accessible for all students2. Collaborated with educators, administration, parents, and community members through team meetings, data analysis sessions, and professional development opportunities in order to meet the needs of students who have experienced trauma and/or need individualized services3. Established an effective foundation for strong familial and community partnerships through individual home visits within the first three weeks of the school year and a weekly newsletter4. Served as a liaison between staff and the Instructional Leadership Team (ILT), School Site Council (SSC), and Parent Faculty Club (PFC) to advocate for staff needs and desires regarding budgetary decisions, instruction, and vision-setting for the school5. Developed plans alongside the PFC executive board to keep equity at the center in enacting specific school community outreach programs, such as a technology distribution program at the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year to families who needed support 6. Evaluated the effectiveness of several programs alongside the SSC executive board through community surveys and student assessment data in order to inform a yearly school site plan with targeted, measurable benchmark objectives 7. Analyzed student assessment data and staff anecdotes to make informed decisions about curricula, professional development opportunities, and structural change within the school to emphasize staff collaboration and feedback 8. Co-constructed a school-wide data collection matrix for staff responses and subsequent restorative action(s) for office-referred behaviors, analyzing the frequency of certain behaviors after specific interventions to facilitate positive student outcomes

1. Managed a community team of seven staff and forty-five incoming teachers toward our summer training vision to ensure that corps members were ready for their first day of teaching, even in the absence of physical classrooms2. Implemented new policies and procedures as a result of institute-wide and community-wide data collection and analysis sourced from corps member surveys gauging preparedness, culture, and belonging

(Feb-July of 2018 and 2019)1. Facilitated elementary reading and writing content learning (Reading Units of Study) over the course of two summers for a range of 25-55 elementary corps members through explicit instruction in the form of direct modeling, group analysis, and lecture2. Reviewed lesson plan submissions twice weekly, gave feedback as it aligned to placement/effectiveness of instructional moves, and observed reading and writing instruction to analyze the extent to which the feedback was implemented

1. Coached ten corps members (CMs) in the areas of classroom management, classroom culture, and leveraging culturally responsive pedagogy through classroom observations, reflective and action-oriented conferences, and modeling specific techniques and whole lessons 2. Created and facilitated more than five sessions pertaining to the skills of authentic praise, redirection/consequences, creating policies/procedures, and various Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness (DEI) sessions

San Francisco Bay Area

Master Of Public Policy (Mpp), Public Policy

Activities and Societies: 1. Rackham Professional Development Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Certificate (Completed April 2023) 2. Ross.

Urban Education Multiple Subjects Credential

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Human Development And Family Studies, Early Childhood Development And Education

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, National Residence Hall Honorary