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Alec Baker

Wood Village

Summary

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
  • MA in rhetoric
  • M.Ed in secondary social studies

Timeline

Teacher Candidate

Gladstone High School
10.2025 - Current

Head teacher

Vermont Hills Family Life Center
08.2023 - 06.2025

Associate Professor

Clackamas Community College
01.2023 - 06.2023

Expert Instructor

Debate Drills Tutoring
11.2021 - Current

Lecturer

MiraCosta College
06.2018 - 12.2018

Lecturer

San Diego State University
01.2018 - 01.2022

MA - Communication

San Diego State University

MA - Secondary Education

Portland State University

BA - Philosophy

Western Washington University