Michigan Standard Certificate Social Studies (RX) 6-12, Latin (FD) 6-12 August 2024
Education
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI M.A., Educational Studies with Secondary Teacher Certification August 2024 M.A., A.E.R. Boak Fellow, Program in History May 1990
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI B.A., summa cum laude, History and Political Theory June 1987
Teaching Experience
Latin/History Teacher, Livingston Classical Academy (LCA), Whitmore Lake, MI August 2024-Present
• Responsible for all curriculum and instruction for two sections of 6th grade history of 15 students each, teaching from the Core Knowledge History series • Responsible for all curriculum and instruction for two sections of 6th grade Latin and two sections of 7th grade Latin of 15 students each, and one section of 8th grade Latin of 20 students, teaching from the Latin Alive! Book 1 grammar text • Manager and mentor to 30 students enrolled in the LCA chess club, meeting twice weekly during lunch hour to learn chess and prepare for district-wide tournaments • Mentor to the LCA band director’s jazz band drummer, meeting twice weekly before school, assisting with drum set technique and mastery of the written drum charts
Teaching Intern, Pioneer Middle School, Plymouth, MI January-June 2024
• Cotaught fulltime four sections of 7th grade social studies to classes of 30-34 students, including one section comprising 50% students with IEPs, gaining valuable experience in classroom management and social-emotional learning approaches for students with special needs • Mastered the technology to manage daily activities in teacher portal for attendance, daily lesson schedules, grading, and student/family communications • Designed and taught two-week unit plans each on ancient Greece and ancient Rome from lesson planning through to creating and grading projects and summative assessments, gaining extensive experience as well in digital video design and gamification of learning through teaching with technologies that increased classroom engagement • Designed and taught two-week unit plan on chess for mentor teacher’s 21st Century Skills class • Monitored student activity during 7th grade lunch/outdoor time and intervened and provided conflict resolution when needed
Teaching Intern, Huron High School, Ann Arbor, MI November-December 2023
• Observed and cotaught two days per week two sections of U.S. History and three sections of Macroeconomics, including two sections of AP Macroeconomics to classes of 25-28 students • Designed and taught a lesson on the theory, origins, and value of money to two AP Macroeconomics sections, receiving praise from mentor teacher for lesson organization, use of graphics, and overall presentation of content
Teaching Intern, Scarlett Middle School, Ann Arbor, MI September-October 2023
• Observed and cotaught two days per week five sections of 6th and 7th grade social studies to classes of 28-30 students focusing on geography with special emphasis on introducing and reinforcing the skill of Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) • Taught lesson created by mentor teacher with additional self-designed content on globalization and trade to three 7th grade classes, receiving strong positive feedback from mentor teacher on poise and presence, time management, adjusting instruction during the lesson, and quality of additional lesson content
Teaching Intern, The Emerson School, Ann Arbor, MI September-December 2023
• Observed and cotaught one day per week three sections of elementary Latin at an independent school to small classes of 4-8 students ranging from 5th through 8th grades • Designed and taught two lessons on Roman history and culture to establish context, then two lessons on the grammar and translation of a Cicero oration to 8th grade class, mixing in some gamification and humor that stimulated student engagement and was well received by the mentor teacher
Teaching Assistant, Scarlett Summer Learning Academy, Ann Arbor, MI June 2023
• Cotaught daily a three-week half-day class of incoming 6th graders with a mentor teacher and 5 other student teaching assistants, with an emphasis on developing math and ELA skills needed to enter 6th grade • Learned valuable teacher moves, classroom management skills, and student engagement/identity development in a first-time exposure to a secondary education classroom environment
Guest Lecturer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI October 2016
• Designed and taught a presentation for a course in the Eli Broad College of Business on survey research design, sharing the experiences of survey research from the American Customer Satisfaction Index
Guest Lecturer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI April 2007-April 2011
• Designed and taught presentations for an MBA course in the Ross School of Business on customer asset management, describing the methodology and history of the American Customer Satisfaction Index
Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI September 1988-April 1994
• Designed and taught discussion sections as companions to faculty lectures for survey courses on ancient Greece and ancient Rome for the Department of History, engaging students in analysis and discussion of course themes and weekly readings • Taught department-designed course on elementary Latin for the Department of Classical Studies, responsible for teaching Latin grammar and syntax • Responsible for grading faculty-created quizzes, tests, and blue-book essay midterm and final exams, as well as assigning student grades for attendance and participation in discussion sections
Related Experience
Managing Director, ACSI, Ann Arbor, MI American Customer Satisfaction Index, LLC (ACSI) 2009-2022 National Quality Research Center, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan 2001-2009
• Managed a dozen full-time and subcontract employees on a $2M annual budget tasked with survey data collection, data modeling, data analytics and report production, sales, and client delivery of ACSI results and solutions to an array of Fortune 1000 companies measured across ACSI’s syndicated research • Lead spokesperson for ACSI, quoted regularly in print and digital media including the New York Times, Forbes, NBC News, USA Today, 24/7 Wall St., Business Insider, and Bloomberg