Tarah Howard Email & Phone Number

Mill Valley, Ca

San Francisco

•Tutor middle and high school aged students in all subjects, specializing in math & science and Test-Taking Strategies for SSAT prep.•Tutor middle and high school students with ADD/ADHD.

Graduate Student at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Education Masters and Credential in Science and Mathematics Education program (MACSME).

Emeryville, Ca

Environmental remediation team member involved in investigating contaminated sites and implementing remedial activities.• Coordinated, implemented, oversaw project staff, and lead field investigations for environmental site remediation activities. • Prepared reports, analytical tables, and figures for environmental sites. Types of reports and documents include: Case Closure Requests, Ground Water Monitoring Reports, Site Specific Health and Safety Plans, Work Plans, Investigation Reports, No Further Action Requests, and Reimbursement Requests.• Performed groundwater, soil and soil gas sample collection, data analysis, and interpretation.• Experience with environmental field investigations for leaking underground storage tanks, lead, VOCs, and PCBs contamination, and artificial field turf wipe sampling.

San Francisco, Ca

• Supervised Sylvan Tutoring Center and tutoring sessions, interactions between students and tutors, updated curriculum and materials, and managed computer database • Tutored children of all ages in Beginning Reading, Academic Reading, Math Skills, Test-Taking Strategies programs, as well as SAT tutoring for high school students• Developed and utilized classroom management strategies and behavior modification techniques

San Francisco, Ca

• Participated as a key member of the Environmental Site Remediation team• Prepared work plans for approval from regulators• Served as site safety officer onsite and scheduled field work with external agencies and subcontractors• Performed groundwater, soil, and soil gas investigations at sites undergoing remediation • Interpreted analytical data and wrote investigation reports for client and appropriate regulators/agencies

Conducted two undergraduate class recitation sections for the Introduction for Environmental Analysis course. Lead discussions on various environmental and geological topics while also teaching lessons and grading assignments. Proctored exams, held weekly office hours and responded to student inquiries.

Working with Dr. Jane Dmochowski and Department Chair, Dr. Fred Scatena to assist in the development of a new undergraduate course pertaining to watersheds, which will be offered the following spring as an Academically Based Community Service Course (ABCS). Tasks include collecting data, conducting research, creating assignments and discussing lecture content and speakers.

Working with Professor Noam Lior of the Engineering department on research pertaining to carbon cap and trade in foreign countries mostly focusing on the how it will affect the energy industry, international transfer of technology, and energy expenditure in general

Assisted in the Clean Air Council's campaign to influence national environmental policy around global climate change, particularly involved in carbon cap and trade policy on both federal and state levels. Tasks include research, reaching out to coalition members, writing letters to editors, and speaking with members of U.S. Congress and their staff.

Legislative intern for environmental legislation, contributed to fact sheets by conducting on-line searches, identifying and retrieving relevant articles, tracked progress of environmental legislation, attended Senate hearings and provided summaries to supervisor, summarized relevant articles for supervisor, attended internal and external meetings, collaborated with representatives from other environmental organizations such as PIRG; Worked for the National Park Service as part of a back trail spike camp group. Duties included metal sanding, construction work, erosion prevention, and trail and rock wall construction.

Master’S Degree, Masters And Credential In Science And Math Education

Masters Of Science, Geoscience: Environmental Geology, Gpa: 3.93

Activities and Societies: Capstone Project: The Salt Line in the Delaware River: Current Methods of Control and the Effect of Sea Level.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Double Major: Environmental Studies & Political Science, Gpa: 3.41

Activities and Societies: SENIOR THESIS: “Challenges to Implementing Environmental Policies in China”