EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

  • Jul 10 —Present Chaminade University of Honolulu
  • Master of Education- Montessori Emphasis
  • Sept 04 – June 07 West Side Montessori School – Teacher Education Program
  • Early Childhood Education: AMS Montessori Teaching Credential
  • Jan 01 – May 04 University of Colorado- Boulder
  • Bachelor of Arts in Classics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ivy Academy- East Lake Campus (Aug 09- June 09)
Literacy Specialist

  • Delivered Language and Literacy workshops to parents and teachers.
  • Served as a resource to teachers, and provide support in teaching while integrating language and literacy throughout the curriculum and across the learning domains.
  • Planned, prepared and presented activities that are integrated into children’s projects, investigations, and thematic learning from the Multiple Intelligences perspective.
  • Conducted ongoing age appropriate assessment of children’ literacy skills—listening,speaking, reading, writing.

Assistant Teacher

  • Applied Multiple Intelligences theory in classroom practice.
  • Participated in the designing, creating, and assessing emergent curriculum activities.
  • Used the Work Sampling System Developmental Guidelines.

EtonKids International Kindergarten- Global Trade Mansion Campus (April 09- July 09)
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Interim Principal

  • Academics and Curriculum Management- classroom standards supervision; monitor train, facilitate, motivate and support teachers at GTM campus and Central Park Campus.
  • Logistic Management- maintain good communication with parents; supervise monthly operational budget; establishing ground rules and safety evacuation procedures.
  • Marketing and Enrollment Management- manage and supervise campus and school wide events and activities; promote and advertise EtonKids around the adjacent communities and residential areas.

VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas): The Gambia (Aug 07-Feb 09)
March Mansa Konko, Lower River Region, The Gambia, West Africa
Primary Cluster Teacher Trainer

  • Collaborated with principals and teachers on improving teaching and learning at the classroom level through school-based workshops and mentoring in-service teachers.
  • Conducted an ECD workshop series delivered throughout the Lower River Region,reaching over 40 ECD and Lower Basic Schools and over 60 participants.
  • Focusing on subject knowledge, methodology and material production.

Gambia College Lecturer

  • Lectured at Gambia College’s Early Childhood Development Math Department on how to use Montessori inspired sensory-motor materials by producing teaching resources
  • from limited local resources.
  • Designed and delivered a lecture on Special Needs as part of Gambia College’s Primary Teacher Certification extension program for uncertified teachers in the Central River Region.

West Side Montessori School (Aug 05 – June 07)
New York, NY
Student Teacher

  • Documented physical, social-emotional and intellectual development of children.
  • Composed comprehensive narrative reports.
  • Led Mid-Year and End-of-Year parent/teacher conferences
  • Designed and implemented a year long thematic unit on “semi-arid deserts” and “extremely arid deserts”.

Morry’s Camp (June 07-July 07; June 06-Aug 06; June 05-Aug 05; Aug 04- June 05)
Glen Spey, NY
Educational Specialist

  • Created and implement a peace curriculum for first year campers as part of camp’s literacy enrichment program.
  • Maintained and supported counselors teaching the Frosh Focus Peace curriculum.
  • Worked with students going into 5th grade through 8th grade to reduce summer learning loss in all subjects and improve their social-emotional development through one-on-one or small group instruction.

Packer Collegiate Institute (Aug 04- Jul 05)
Brooklyn, NY
Assistant Teacher

  • Reinforced management, rules, routines and managed transitions.
  • Implemented “Talk It Out,” a conflict resolution program, as part of a total social-emotional learning program.
  • Provided anecdotal notes for the children’s bi-annual progress reports.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCES

  • Ivy Academy- After School ESL Instructor. Pre-K/ K. Beijing, China. Jan 2010—present.
  • Packer Collegiate Institute- Packer Plus (After School Program)- Childcare. Brooklyn, NY. Aug 04-
  • June 05
  • Berkeley Carroll Lower School- Spring Break Camp Head Teacher. March 05, March 04. Brooklyn,
  • NY. Aug 04- June 05.
  • Jarrow Montessori- Assistant teacher (Jan 01- June 02), Substitute teacher (Aug 02- June 04),
  • Childcare (Jan 01- June 04). Boulder, CO.
  • Meridian Retirement Community- Assisted Living Caregiver. Boulder, CO. Feb 02- June 02.
  • Camp Hi-Hill Outdoor School- Junior Camp Counselor. La Cañada, CA. June 01– Aug01; May
  • 00– Aug 00; Sept 99– Nov99.
  • Long Beach Unified School District: Bret Harte Elementary – Classroom Aide. Long Beach, CA.
  • Aug 00- Dec 00.
  • Marshall Middle School- AmeriCorps Volunteer. Jan 00 – May 00. Long Beach, CA

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • PRAXIS I & II Exams- Math, Reading, Writing, Early Childhood Education. 2010-2011
  • Multiple Intelligence Institute- Multiple Intelligences in Early Childhood Education. Online. Jan 2009
  • Voluntary Services Overseas- Skills For Working in Development. Ottawa, ON, Canada. May 2007
  • American Montessori Society National Conference. New York, NY. March 2007
  • Hunter Mountain- The Learning Center- Instructor Training Course. Hunter, NY November 2006
  • 3rd Annual Education Conference at Islandwood- Improving Learning through the Arts and
  • Technology. Bainbridge Island, WA. July 2006
  • The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond- Undoing Racism. New York, NY. April 2006
  • Morry’s Camp Education Symposium New York, NY. April 2006
  • New York State Teaching Certification Exams – LAST, ATS-W, Multi-Subject. 2005