Experienced with curriculum planning and classroom management. Utilizes effective teaching strategies to enhance student learning. Strong understanding of educational best practices and student engagement techniques.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher Candidate
Gladstone High School
Gladstone, OR
10.2025 - Current
Work placement teaching social studies and U.S. history
Expert Instructor
Debate Drills Tutoring
11.2021 - Current
Individual tutoring sessions for middle and high schoolers as well as professionals in all forms of debate and persuasive speaking
Head teacher
Vermont Hills Family Life Center
Portland, OR
08.2023 - 06.2025
Responsible for running aftercare program for children preschool through middle school
Associate Professor
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, OR
01.2023 - 06.2023
Taught as part of the Clackamas Middle College program which offered college-level classes to struggling and promising students to prepare them for a college education
Lecturer
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
01.2018 - 01.2022
Instructor of record for Communication 446: Rhetoric and Social Movements, 470: Argumentation Theory, and 103: Intro to Public Speaking
Select supplementary materials and develop curriculum
Lecturer
MiraCosta College
Oceanside, CA
06.2018 - 12.2018
Instructor of record for Communication 101
Develop curriculum and select text books and supplemental materials
Assist students in developing public, intercultural, and interpersonal communication skills
Education
BA - Philosophy
Western Washington University
MA - Communication
San Diego State University
MA - Secondary Education
Portland State University
06-2026
Skills
Classroom management
Parent-teacher communication
Collaborative teaching
Skill-building exercises
Inquiry-based learning
Subject matter expertise
Qualifications
14 years experience teaching middle school, high school, and college
Eighteen years of experience in forensics, coaching debate at all age levels