Kristina Harkins

7200 Wessex Drive Camp Springs, MD 20748 (202) 847-7216 harkins.kristina@gmail.com

Twelve Years Teaching/Tutoring Experience

Aspiring high school chemistry teacher with a demonstrated history of
collaborating with teachers, parents, students, and support staff in order
to promote quality learning environments in which students feel safe to
struggle, grow, and learn. Skills in research, planning, organizing, and
goal-setting used to discern student learning needs and align instruction to
meet state standards as well as meet expressed student goals. Operates
with a reflective modality to tease out nuances in teaching practice that
promote student success with the disposition that all students are capable
and able constructors of meaning.

Key Competencies
Familiarity with several bodies
of standards: Common Core,
Next Generation Science, and
International Society for
Technology in Education
Student Data Management

Formative and Summative

Assessments
Researched-based and Datadriven Instructional Strategies
Effective Technology Integration

Experience
STUDENT TEACHER ( 9TH-12TH grade); Jan 2016-May 2016
Oxon Hill High School, 6701 Leyte Dr, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

Create unit and lesson plans that promote student engagement,

acknowledge learner differences, and encourage critical thinking..

Incorporate formative assessment into daily practice to closely monitor

student comprehension and increase concepts and skills mastery.

Cooperate with colleagues to share best practices and increase

educator effectiveness.

Provide opportunities for student feedback on specific instructional

techniques and learning strategies

STUDENT TEACHER ( 9TH-12TH grade); Sep 2015-Nov 2015

Florida Virtual School, 2145 Metrocenter Boulevard, Suite 100 Orlando, FL 32835

Design a virtual lesson using best practices to promote student

engagement.

Use formative and summative assessment data to give practical and

immediate feedback to students and their families, and adhere to
academic integrity for virtual learning environments.

TUTOR, READINGCORPS PROGRAM (K-3rd grade); 2014-2015

The Literacy Lab, 623 Florida Ave NW Washington D.C. 20001

Coach students daily in reading fluency by providing targeted

interventions, practical and immediate feedback, and supportive praise.
Monitor student progress, collect data on a weekly basis, and track
growth by maintaining records database.
Collaborate with fellow AmeriCorps Members to ensure intervention
fidelity.

HOMESCHOOL TEACHER (newborn-toddler and 4th -10th grades); 20082014

7200 Wessex Drive Camp Springs, MD 20748

Consistently praised for dedication, reliability, organization and

effectiveness in delivering individualized curricula and lesson plans.
Repeatedly recognized for breaking down core concepts into
comprehensible mini lectures.
Crafted an effective reading program that helped a beginning reader to
improve his fluency and comprehension, and another student move
through four reading levels in less than 2 years.
Praised for organizing a mathematics course of study that produced a
calculus-ready student in less than 2 years.
Helped a student to graduate high school two years early.
Initialized a baby sign language program as well as reinforced toddlerfriendly lessons on hygiene, manners, verbal communication, art and
music.

INSTRUCTOR, MAD SCIENCE OF WASHINGTON, DC; JAN-JUN 2014, JANMAR 2011

12065 Tech Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904 Tel: 301-593-4777

Provided educational and entertaining lessons on various topics in

science in classes of up to 23 elementary school students.
Volunteered to operate a summer camp recruitment booth in
collaboration with fellow instructors. Answered parent and student
questions and gave live science demonstrations.

TEACHER, HENAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; OCT 2013-NOV 2013

Lianhua Street, Zhengzhou Hi-Tech Development Zone, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, PRC

Designed student-centered lessons to maximize student engagement

(thinking and discussion) in second language.
Consulted veteran teachers in order to create meaningful lesson plans for
240+ students with varying English Language proficiency.
Collaborated with fellow teachers to develop authentic summative
assessments for conversational English courses
Volunteered at weekly English Club gatherings on campus

TUTOR, TRY TUTORING AND LEARNING ACADEMY: JUN 2011-JUL 2012

EDUCATIONAL CONNECTIONS, INC.; JANUARY 2011-MARCH 2011
INFORMAL TUTOR; 2004-2008

Education

Master of Art in Teaching, University of Maryland University College; 20142016

Adelphi, MD 20783

24 credits completed, current GPA 4.0/4.0

Program also leads to Advanced Professional Teaching Certification, Endorsement

in Chemistry

Invited to join Pi Lambda Theta Education Honor Society in Mar 15, Feb 16

Awarded ACS-Hach Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Scholarship 2015-2016

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Morgan State University; 2004-2008
1700 E Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251 Tel: 443-885-3333

Graduated Magnum Cum Laude, GPA 3.6/4.0

Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society, 2007
Golden Key International Honor Society, 2006
Outstanding Freshmen Award, Chem. Dept., 2005
Grant-Brett Promethean Kappa Tau Freshmen Honor Society, 2004