Experience

Field Experience

Andrew Jackson Language Academy  January 2015-April 2015                                 Chicago, IL, 5th grade

• Created lesson plans, assignments, and assessments for five classes. Incorporated a variety of creative, student -centered activities that included differentiation while also maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for students to share ideas and learn in.
• Collaborated with mentor and 5^th grade partner teacher to create lesson plans that complement each other and induce student learning. Attended several professional development activities.

McClellan Elementary School,
Chicago, IL, 3^rd grade, 180 hours

• Observation focus: Address literacy, ESL needs, testing procedures, classroom management, and execute content area tests along with surveying the standardized testing process.
• Class Involvement: One on one with specific students, small group – tutoring, reading, whole group – instruction, assessment.

Erie Neighborhood House,
Chicago, IL, Adult class, 30 hours

• Observation focus: Address literacy and ESL needs.
• Class Involvement: One on one tutoring, lead small group review sessions.

International Experience

Managua, Nicaragua       December 2014                                                                     MobilePack Team Leader (Feed My Starving Children)

• Collaborated with FMSC partners to establish partner relations with the hosts while staying up to date with their work on the ground. Resulted in the successful distribution of MannaPack rice to multiple sites where children were in need.

S.I.T. Program – Western Samoa   January – May 2012                                                      Study Abroad Student   (Included excursions to various islands of Western Samoa, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Fiji)                

• Studied Pacific Communities and Social Change. Completed an Independent Study Project in the last month that required analyzing an aspect about the Samoan culture and lifestyle to research which resulted in a formal presentation of the findings to the University of the South Pacific student body along with community members who were invited to attend.

Parismina, Costa Rica        Summer 2011                                                                                         Turtle Conservation Volunteer

• Collaborated with locals to patrol ten miles along a shoreline where leatherback turtles commonly laid their eggs. Resulted in the successful relocation of over 50 eggs from their nests to areas that were safe from poachers.

Kid Castle, Shanghai, China       Summer 2010                                                                     English Teacher

• Created lesson plans that were both intellectually stimulating and entertaining for students to learn the English language, maintained the classroom structure, graded the class work of the students, and collaborated with other teachers in keeping the students entertained and safe whilst students were under the watch of the school.

Volunteer Experience

Rebuild Joplin, Missouri – Winter 2013

Rural Appalachian Improvement League – Mullens, West Virginia – Winter 2011

Appalachian Trail Conservatory – Donahlega, Georgia
Spring 2011

Habitat for Humanity – Des Moines, Iowa
Spring 2010

Loaves and Fishes – Naperville, Illinois
Fall 2007 – Spring 2009

Organized Extracurricular Activities

Chinese Dance, Chinese School, Special Needs Assistant, Orchesis Dance Club, Human Rights Club, Colleges Against Cancer (Public Relations Chair), Alternative Spring Break (Site Leader), and Various Boxing Clubs.