Create bonds with students of all age groups in effort to support learning, increase motivation, and provide individualized instruction in STEM content areas and beyond. Help to rekindle a love of learning in each student.Establish and maintain functional lines of communication between students, parents, and classroom teachers, sharing regular updates to enhance positive outcomes.

Worked as part of a small, but driven team to provide outstanding learning experiences for middle school students. Developed a positive, inclusive environment through student and teacher collaboration. Enhanced student opportunities to experience success through highly differentiated instruction using a variety of hands-on and virtual resources.Increased exposure to coding by incorporating daily warm-ups for every student using a variety of programs and apps. Taught elective Robotics class, in addition to coaching the school’s Lego Robotics team, with student teams winning first place awards for Robot Design and Innovation Project. Planned parent information meetings and pre-competition events.Served as part of the Covid-19 response team to provide teacher insight and feedback to the administrative team regarding scheduling and resources. Actively explored new technologies (apps and hardware) to increase productivity, reduce user anxiety, and improve the student and teacher experience. Provided professional development for peers and assisted the Director of Technology in rollout efforts and troubleshooting real time challenges.Participated as an inaugural member of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee in effort to evaluate, educate, and improve issues related to school culture.

Robious Middle School Teacher of the Year (2017 - 18)Presented original proposal for school Makerspace, secured funding by working with administration and PTA, created initial purchase order for materials and equipment, created safety guidelines, selected and trained student staff, and designed work areas for continually evolving multi-use space.Sponsored Robious Makers Club, training and supervising teacher and student members dedicated to maker culture, including general technology, art and design, construction and deconstruction, and coding. Established faculty coding club to promote increase of integration into daily teaching and generate excitement about life-long learning opportunities. Coordinated community events to showcase student projects and to demo new skills.Served as teacher-leader in multiple roles including PLC leader for both Middle School Math 1 and Honors 6 Math, Grade Level Representative on the Robious Leadership Committee, Gifted Identification Committee, Chair of Houses of Robious Committee, and as the ACTS (Advisory Council of Teachers and Staff) Representative for the school. Developed unique self-paced, differentiated, module-based instruction model to maximize student engagement, learning target interaction, self-assessment, error analysis, and access to resources and real-world connections. Created and implemented the Houses of Robious to foster community for students and faculty and promote principles of school PBIS initiative, ensuring that all students have a sense of belonging during critical transition years.Collaborated with PTA and Student Diversity Committees to promote student voice and open up healthy dialogue regarding social issues by proposing Voices of RobioUS podcast.

Managed store accounting and customer service office for retail grocery store, responsible for all bookkeeping, inventory, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, and training and scheduling of staff. Worked as part of a special team to test and implement new point of sale software, create documentation, and instruct all levels of store employees.