Wells Middle School, Southbridge, MA
Provide standards-based support to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade math teachers to improve the quality of mathematics instruction and student learning. Share examples and model lessons for discussion with teachers, as well as observe teachers and provide feedback, while encouraging reflection on teaching practice. Support the implementation of new teaching strategies and methods. Model the use of technological tools such as graphing calculators, spreadsheets, and web logs for educational purposes. Assist in the analysis of student work, with special emphasis on growth and achievement over time.
Driscoll School, Brookline, MA
Utilized various forms of manipulatives and technology, including: graphing calculators, algebra tiles, colored cubes, circle and polygon wedges, and the Internet. Designed the Math Enrichment class as an extra credit math class to encourage higher mathematical thinking while developing independence in learning math, suitable for students encouraged to take Advanced Prep or Honors-level math in 9th grade.
Crimson Summer Academy of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Students learned to use various representations of data, such as histograms, scatter-plots, box-plots, and modes of central tendency to analyze real-world data. Students also studied various methods of voting in the US, and simulated the voting methods for the Boston and Cambridge City Council elections. They then researched neighborhoods of Boston on the Internet, and utilized software such as PowerPoint and Keynote to present their findings. Students were encouraged to use mathematics to determine percent changes in data, and to use the findings to draw conclusions about the data.
Summer school, Brookline High School, Brookline, MA
Summer Connections, Brookline High School, Brookline, MA
Summer Connections is a work-study program designed to put “at-risk” children into work environments that teach responsibility and the maintenance of a positive work ethic. Students work for 4 hours during the morning, and then have English and Math classes in the afternoon. I taught the following skills: balancing budgets, maintaining bank accounts, tracking expenses such as rent and apartment needs, and writing checks.
Educational Development Center, Newton, MA
Taught demonstration lessons from Creative Publications’ MathScape curriculum to teachers in the Chicago Public School system. Teachers were adapting four of the units to the current curriculum in order to comply with the “No Child Left Behind” Act. As a teacher of these units, I served as a consultant for the teaching methods and strategies used with them.
Samuel DeWitt Proctor Academy Charter School, West Trenton, NJ
Aligned teaching strategies to the New Jersey Curriculum Standards for Mathematics and related Framework indicators. Designed the mathematics curriculum for the same school year. Frequently utilized graphing calculators and Algebra tiles.
Rutgers College, Rutgers University, May 1997 GPA: 3.0
Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, May 1998 GPA: 3.6