U.A.E. 2017-2019
Grade 6/7 Social Studies Teacher
Grade 6 Team Leader and Orientation Coordinator
Pictured Above: Co-hosting the staff talent show in 2019 with an audience of over 600 people.
Served as Grade 6 Leader of 20 teachers at the Dubai American Academy (DAA). Helped develop advisory program and improve with holistic, transdisciplinary enhancements using Bloom’s taxonomy and other curricular resources.
Organized and led many interactive assemblies involving staff and students in the planning. Assemblies empowered young people and provided opportunities to showcase talents and innovative student work.
Served as Orientation Coordinator in Dubai for 60 new arriving teachers in 2018-2019. Sent regular emails welcoming teachers, introducing them to the Culture of Kindness, and provided regular correspondence until they arrived on campus. Created new staff What's APP groups to coordinate. Created websites to help teachers orient themselves with a new school/new home. Took them on tours of the city and school and helped them arrange daycare and other needs.
Pictured Above: Took staff on a tour of Dubai including a stop at the Dubai Frame. Pictured Left: Filming an orientation video at the world famous Queen Elizabeth 2.
Pictured Above: My robotic box project when I learned to use Scratch. I was trained in STEAM and innovation at the Carnegie Mellon University in 2017 as I prepared for my time in Dubai.
Trained in a variety of technologies and STEAM curriculum development strategies; created a variety of inquiry-based lessons and integrated them into an advisory period, Social Studies, and advised other subjects as well.
Pictured Above: Students program Pepper the Robot to present their social studies innovation project. I also used Pepper for assemblies to present ideas and share information.
Volunteered as a camera man and videographer at school events such as helping to capture scientist's Neil Degrasse Tyson's visit to DAA.
Coached Girl's U14 soccer and accompanied team to several tournaments throughout the United Arab Emirates. Appointed team leaders to help guide practices and helped them develop leadership and collaborative problem solving skills.
Pictured Above: Students in Borneo helped build a community center. They also learned about conservation efforts in Malaysia.
Co-led several service learning Week Without Walls trips abroad to Malaysia and Tanzania.
Pictured Above and Left: Tanzania service learning trip involved helping a local school in Kilimanjaro to build a drainage system.