Skills Highlighted

MY ROLE AS AN EDUCATOR

  • Advisor:

    • lead mindfulness practices

    • empower students to find their voice

    • create social emotional, women empowerment, and social justice curriculum

  • Project management: keep multiple timelines on schedule while also managing different groups of people (students, affinity group, science department) with many different objectives and needs as well as tracking needed supplies

  • Performance analysis: analyze my students’ performance both qualitatively and quantitatively using Google tools

  • Team facilitation:

    • create psychologically safe environments for group work using a protocol that I created for effective project momentum

    • use inquiry-based and student-centered techniques to facilitate experiential learning

    • use design thinking techniques, feedback protocols, and authentic, experiential activities to help guide my students to their goals

  • Interfacing: communicate with stakeholders, such as parents, colleagues, and administrators, occasionally having to engage in “difficult conversations”

  • Inter-school Design Collaboration:

    • created prototypes for a curriculum design app

    • designed prototypes for the incorporation of global education into school curriculum

    • assisted with the implementation of a one-to-one digital device program

    • assessed problems in the school system using a technique called, “Educational Rounds,”

    • worked to put green initiatives into action

    • presented workshops

  • Game and Materials Design:

    • Use gamification to create games and activities for experiential learning and deeper understanding

    • Proficient with Google and Microsoft tools

    • Occasionally use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Piktochart, Canva, Prezi to create in class material

    • Experience with Google SketchUp and TinkerCad

 

Morning Meditation

EVERY DAY @ 8:15 AM • Mindfulness, Metta Practice, + Gratitude Wall Posts with Students