Post-Graduate Teaching Experience

Teaching Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA. 
  • S-012: Empirical Methods: Introduction to Statistics for Research – Dr. Terrence Tivnan. (Fall 2008) Assisted students during office hours, graded assignments, and led one review session for this first course in the statistics sequence.
 
Curriculum Specialist, Teach for America Summer Institute, Bronx, NY. 
  • Core and Differentiated Curriculum Sessions. (Summer 2006) Delivered over 100 hours of training on teaching as leadership, the planning and execution of lessons, and working with diverse students and communities, to the 87 new TFA teachers placed at P.S. 86 in the Bronx.
 
Adjunct Instructor, Mercy College – New York City Teaching Fellows Program, New York, NY.
  • Designs for Learning III. (Fall 2004) Designed learning experiences, facilitated discussions and provided feedback to teachers about long-term planning, assessment, protocol use, and teaching math and science. 
  • Designs for Learning II. (Summer 2004) Planned learning experiences, facilitated discussions and provided feedback to teachers on unit design, differentiating instruction, and teaching literacy. 
  • Hands-On/Minds-On: Exploring Numeracy and Science. (Fall 2003) Modeled teaching strategies, facilitated discussions and hands-on activities, lectured about math and science instruction, and evaluated teacher progress. 
  • Advanced Literacy. (Summer 2003) Modeled balanced literacy strategies, facilitated discussions, and lectured on a variety of topics related to teaching reading. 
Guest Lecturer, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
  • What are Learning Disabilities? (February 1997) Guest lecture in a Psychology of Learning and Memory class.
  • Real Teaching about Reading. (January/February 1997) 3-part minilecture series for a Curriculum Planning class.