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Student Teaching Experience

ETHAN B. ALLEN ELEMENTARY | GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED | MARCH 2017-PRESENT
Co-teaching 2nd grade GATE using the Wonders Literacy program, Irvine Math Project, and Pearson Math.
Planning and teaching student-centered lessons to promote critical thinking, collaboration, and perseverance:
o Guided students in designing clock faces and installing hands and battery packs by problem solving as a class.
o Students created the set, props, and costumes to perform a readers theater to incoming 1 st grade GATE class.

GARRETSON ELEMENTARY | CORONA NORCO UNIFIED | AUGUST 2016-MARCH 2017

Planned and taught CCSS based lessons, and SBAC aligned assessments, for ELA/ELD, math, science, social studies, and P.E.
Tutored math on weekends for qualifying low SES students in this Title 1 school for 3 rd and 4th grade.
Instructed and managed rotating guided reading groups for 4th grade intervention period 4 times per week.
Participated in weekly staff, PLC, and 4 th grade team meetings to plan lessons and monitor student progress.

Education
MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING| JULY 2017| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
Earning an SB2042 Multiple Subject Credential with English Learner Authorization June 26, 2016.
80 quarter units complete in cognitive guided instruction for teaching mathematics, NGSS, music and arts integration,
literacy development, technology integration (TPACK and SAMR), and physical health instruction.
Collaborating with a Professional Learning Community to present an individual Capstone research project August 2017.
o Inquiry question: How does choice seating in a classroom facilitate student engagement?

BACHELOR OF ARTS | JUNE 2016 | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

Major: Sociology; Minor: Education Studies.
Graduated Magna Cum Laude, with Departmental Honors and College Honors.
Spoke at departmental commencement as President of the Sociology Undergraduate Association.

Volunteer Experience
HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL, CASTLE HEIGHTS LOS ANGELES | JANUARY 2016 - JUNE 2016
Moderated 2-3 conflict resolution sessions per week between 2-5 students at risk for expulsion.
Mentored 4 junior-level students to be peer mediators, and to apply to colleges their senior year.
Certified as a conflict mediator by The Institute for Nonviolence in Los Angeles in partnership with UCLA.

KING DREW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL, COMPTON LOS ANGELES | MARCH 2016 MAY 2016
Tutored algebra weekly for 6-8 struggling students, connecting concepts to background knowledge.

WILSHIRE PARK ELEMENTARY, KOREATOWN LOS ANGELES | JANUARY 2015 MAY 2015
Tutored and mentored 15 5th graders weekly after school with a team of undergraduates.
Co-taught engaging activities in science, visual arts, engineering, and social science.

Leadership
PRESIDENT, SOCIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE ASSOCIATION | AUGUST 2015 JUNE 2016
Led a team of 10 department undergraduates to host 2 career panels, 10 networking events, and a mentorship program
between 4 UCLA professors and 8 students.

MEDIA CAPTAIN, STUDENTS FOR EDUCATION REFORM | APRIL 2015 MARCH 2016
Organized student volunteers to author and publish opinion editorials for digital education reform platforms.
Led a poster campaign in Southeast Los Angeles to inform residents of LAUSDs District 5 election.