Education

Master of Science in Education, Middle School Science

Simmons College May 20, 2006

 

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, minor in Biology

University of Maryland in College Park August, 1998

 

Massachusetts Teaching licenses, #363611:

Social Studies, General Science, Physics grades 9-12, Math, General Science, Biology grades 5-8,

 

Teaching Experience

 

August 2015-Present: In-house substitute teacher, Everett High School

• All high school ages an subjects with an emphasis in math and science.

• Assisted precalculus teachers

• Population with very diverse ethnicities and backgrounds

 

November 2014-June 2015: Physics Teacher, Somerset-Berkley Regional High School

• Taught mainstream and honors students

• Long-term substitute teaching position

• Designed and implemented original content on the subjects of motion, electricity, wave propagation, and heat

• Incorporated existing material into my own and synthesized it into a coherent curriculum challenging students' reading, writing, analytical, and hands-on on skills, teaching to multiple intelligences while staying within prescribed guidelines

• Developed assessment methods

• Caught students up who had fallen behind as their 3rd teacher that year.

• MCAS Prep

 

March 2014-Present: Camp Counselor, New England Sports Academy

• Lead children of diverse ages in physical and academic enrichment activities.

• Design games and activities.

• Design and build equipment and programs

 

October 1, 2012-April 10, 2013, Afterschool Teacher, Prospect Hill Academy

• Design and Implement a program where kids learn math and science by building toys and playing with them.

• Grades K-8 MCAS Prep

• Curriculum design and refinement, technical writing, gathering data, reports and records, daily presentations

 

April 2010 – June 2012, Science Program Director: Science with Scott: Building Understanding

• Designing and implemented home school and after school enrichment program

• Research for science and math presentations

• Deliver regular presentations integrating lectures with visual aids, activities, and videos

• Fabricating equipment

• Billing, bookkeeping, expense and records management

• Created physics/engineering curriculum based on a series of toys the students built themselves and took home.

• Invented a series of educational toys to describe inertia, vectors of motion, collision, reflection, potential and kinetic energy, gravity, force, the Ideal Gas Law and most of the underlying mathematical concepts, including several of Euclid's proofs and some calculus concepts.

• Incorporated direct instruction in science and math lessons exploring concepts introduced in student play.

• Maintained lessons and histories and parent contacts individualized to each student..

 

January 2009-February 24, 2012, Mad Scientist

• After school program with Mad Science of Greater Boston. K-6

• Perform wide varieties of science demonstrations and lead hands-on participatory activities building on students’ school-learned knowledge.

• Evaluated lesson plans and provided feedback as to how they worked in the field

 

January 2011-March 2011, long term sub, Boston Public Schools

• Executed provided curriculum and supplemented it with basic review materials to prepare students for MCAS.

• Created Hands-on demonstrations and activities to illustrate physical and mathematical concepts

• Coordinated with other departments for more effective educational programming

• Designed and implemented grading system to match reliably with city-issued standardized test results to predict MCAS performance and reinforce positive student behavior.

• Maintained web page with daily online posts

 

September 2003- August 2008, Departmnt of Youth Services, Metro Secure Treatment Center, Judge Connelly School and Metro Assessment Unit

Physics teacher:

• Designed and developed curriculum demanding deep theoretical exploration and extensive practice in problem solving backed with practical labs.

• Invented simple machines that demonstrated physical laws.

• Authored assembly instructions and generated analytical questions to guide students in mastery of concepts.

 

Astronomy teacher

• Researched history and cutting edge of space exploration and discoveries.

• Scaffolded the research to be understood by academically challenged students through a series of original worksheets and engineering labs to provide analogous challenges.

• Demonstrated how Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation applies to shape of astronomical bodies; mathematically described circular motion and geometrically proved vector proportions.

 

Biology teacher

• Constructed curriculum that examined all scales of biological science, from ecosystems to the molecular level.

• Modeled chemical pathways with physical demonstrations, art projects, and games.

• Incorporated multiple texts, Internet articles, and original papers scaffolded for challenged readers.

 

Administrative duties

Designing schedules, creating forms, assigning students to pods and groups

 

September 1999- June 2003, Substitute Teacher

Tyngsboro, Dracut, and Maryland. Grades 6-12, all subjects and ability levels Lowell, Used prepared curriculum and original material.

 

Other work Experience:

 

March, 2012-November 2014: Cashier, Home Depot

• Scan operating, rapid calculations, sales, data entry.

• High volume work demanding high level of accuracy.

• Extensive knowledge of inventory and layout of store.

• Consistently the lead salesman in my department in Extended Protection Plans.

• Consistent, superlative customer reviews

• 3 Homer Bronze Awards for consistent excellence

 

September 22, 2012-September 22, 2013 UPS Overgoods Console Control Clerk

• Research destinations and shippers of packages that have lost their labels or their contents.

• Finding missing contents of packages, repackaging them, and sending them back to their destinations.

• Processed $2000/hour in transactions.

• Fast-paced problem-solving. Independent work with extensive interdepartmental communication.

 

Additional Coursework, 1999-2000

28 credits Physics, Chemistry, Genetics, Social Studies, and Environmental Science Howard Community College and Towson University

 

Other Interests: Archeology, Karate (1st degree blackbelt, Kempo), boardgames, crafts (toymaking), I run children's programs at the Arisia Science Fiction Convention.