Professional Background

Teaching Experience

Over the last decade and a half I have worked in a variety of K-12 educational contexts (both in Florida and New York), including public, private, and charter high school and middle schools. In those contexts I taught everything from 7th grade mathematics to Pre-Calculus and AP Statistics. In addition to teaching grades 7-12, I have served as a teacher leader, led and contributed to several curriculum writing initiatives across grade levels, and organized/taught in several summer or after school mathematics enrichment programs. During my time as a K-12 classroom teacher, I worked as an adjunct in the Teacher Education Program at The University of Tampa and later as a teaching assistant and edTPA coordinator (of sorts) in the Mathematics Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

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In 2018, I transitioned out of the K-12 mathematics classroom to work in teacher preparation. I worked two years as an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at Drew University, specializing in the teaching of K-12 mathematics and science, with a focus on equity and social justice, before experiencing a mild traumatic brain injury and having to take an extended medical leave. During my mTBI recovery, I began working as a mathematics consultant and independent scholar, founding QMT and co-founding Radical Pedagogy Institute with Dr. Leah Z Owens.

Below is a full listing of courses I have taught throughout my career:

Middle School

  • Integrated Math/Science Enrichment (7th grade)

  • Algebra 1A (7th grade)

  • Algebra 1B (8th Grade)

High School

  • Pre-Algebra

  • Algebra 1A & 1B

  • Algebra 1

  • Geometry and Honors Geometry

  • Algebra II

  • Advanced Topics in Mathematics

  • Pre-Calculus & Honors Pre-Calculus

  • AP Statistics

  • Geometry & Honors Geometry

Undergraduate & Graduate

  • Mathematical Modeling (TA)

  • Abstract Algebra (TA)

  • Mathematical Proof and Proving

  • Student Teaching Seminar (TA)

  • Methods of Teaching and Assessment in Middle and High School Science

  • Methods of Teaching and Assessment in Middle and High School Math

  • Inquiry in Math and Science (Elementary, Middle, and High School)

  • Teaching as Inquiry and Advocacy

  • Student Teaching / Internship Seminar

  • Diversity in Family, Schools, and Communities

  • Masters of Education Thesis Seminar

  • Social Emotional Learning and the 21st Century Classroom

  • Teaching Reading Across the Content Areas

  • Mathematical Proof and Proving

  • Research in Mathematics Education

Companies I Have Worked With As An Education Consultant

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