Work Experience
The Arts and College Preparatory Academy – Columbus, OH
Program Director - 21st Century Community Learning Center 8/11 - 6/14
- Oversaw ACPA’s MAP to Success After-School Program including management, staffing, scheduling, development, grant writing, and budgeting for the $200,000+ per year federal grant-funded program which consisted of 19 staff members and up to 65 students daily.
- Created the five day a week after school program, consisting of 25 rotating academic and extra-curricular workshops which students choose from daily.
- Implemented the My Action Plan program, wherein students identify their areas of academic challenge, formulate their academic goals, and create their own plan to achieve those goals.
- Created the Free Family Dinner Program with connects parents and students while providing them with valuable personal development information.
- Ran the in-school Academic Intervention Program to work with students who were at risk of failing, including leading student reflection, goal setting, tutoring.
Teacher on Special Assignment 10/10 - 6/11
- Served as small group tutor, long-term substitute, and mentor to students with academic challenges.
WorldTeach - Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia
Field Director 6/09 - 5/10
- Directed the WorldTeach program on the island of Kosrae, FSM, including the management, housing, and wellbeing of eleven volunteer teachers.
- Taught two sections of Twelfth Grade Math, and one section of Eleventh Grade Math at Kosrae High School, with a total of 75 students and a largest class size of 29 students.
Volunteer High School Teacher 8/08 - 5/09
- Taught five sections of Twelfth Grade English at Kosrae High School, with a total of 132 students and a largest class size of 37 students.
NOVA Group – Yonago, Japan
English Language Instructor 1/07 - 12/07
- Taught English as a second language to adult and professional students of all ability ranges from beginner to fluent.
- Taught English to children aged three to thirteen, in classes of one to eight students.
- Served as a coordinator for children’s classes.
The Arts and College Preparatory Academy – Columbus, Ohio
Teacher – Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus, American Government 1/05 - 12/06
- Taught three courses (six classes), for grades ten through twelve, with a largest class size of twenty-five.
Education
Vanderbilt University - Bachelor of Arts 2003
Additional Experience
Programing Manager – Oreste Wellness Foundation 2012-2013
Advisory Committee Member – Oreste Wellness Foundation 2012-2013
Treasurer – Days of Creation: Arts for Kids 2006-2007
President – Vanderbilt University Theatre 2002-2003
References available upon request.