Andi Pearl
Whitewater,WI
Summary
Hands-on Master Educator, Thought Leader, and comprehensive Program Coordinator committed to promoting student learning with diverse instructional strategies and activity plans. Skillful in teaching students how to learn and develop deeper understanding of foundational skills and advanced techniques. In-depth knowledge of comprehensive support plans and standardized assessments. Recognized for excellence in supporting development of culturally diverse student population and developing individualized plans for various learning levels. Proven background in igniting creativity, executing comprehensive programs, and reaching all education planes through innovative activities and lesson plans.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Outreach Specialist
Princeton University/IMAP mission
Princeton, NJ
06.2021 - Current
- Develop and publish mission-related outreach STEM-themed activity kits and content.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive outreach strategies to engage target audiences.
- Managed mission social media accounts.
- Organized and facilitated virtual meetings with stakeholders to discuss current outreach programs.
- Built partnerships with community organizations to develop, support, and gain wider audience reach on mission-related STEM content.
- Collaborated with community-based organizations and key stakeholders to address community outreach education initiatives.
- Implemented community outreach and engagement plans to reach under-represented communities.
- Identified appropriate key performance indicators for measuring success of outreach activities.
- Cultivated and developed relationships with existing and potential partners, identified new partners, uncovered untapped opportunities and raised mission awareness.
- Consulted and collaborated with other professionals to provide continuity of mission messaging and awareness.
- Cultivated relationships with mission engineers and scientists to support mission outreach efforts.
Science Instructor
Jamie York Press
Boulder, CO
08.2021 - 06.2023
- Developed innovative middle and high school science curriculum for live online international community of learners that incorporated hands-on activities to reinforce learning objectives in the areas of geology, astronomy, chemistry, physics, human anatomy, and botany
- Designed subject kit materials to support hands-on and experiential learning at home for each block.
- Conducted assessments of student knowledge, skills, and abilities related to scientific topics.
- Incorporated multimedia presentations into lectures to illustrate difficult concepts or theories.
- Created and used rubrics to assess student learning.
- Prepared comprehensive course syllabi outlining expectations for class participation and assessment criteria.
- Monitored student progress, providing feedback and adjusting curriculum as needed.
- Facilitated group discussions among students on current events related to scientific research.
- Cultivated collaborative and innovative learning environment to meet each student's unique educational needs.
Class Teacher, Science Education Lead, Middle School Level Chair
Urban Prairie Waldorf School
Chicago, IL
01.2018 - 06.2021
- Develop, deliver, and assess all lab science curriculum for grades 6-8 in the areas of Chemistry, Physics, Anatomy, Health and Nutrition, Geology, and Astronomy
- Serve as Middle School Level Chair representing Middle School faculty as liaison with administration in decision-making capacity of faculty governed school
- Develop individualized learning plans and curriculum for identified students
- Served as AWSNA School Liaison for UPWS to 2018-2020
- Lead and served on AWSNA school accreditation team 2018-2020
- Evaluate submitted assignments for clarity and skills, assigned grades and discussed results with struggling students to enhance understanding of course objectives
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional strategies to promote learning in students of differing skill levels.
Education Program Coordinator, Building On the Eclipse Education Program
Astronomers Without Borders
Houston, TX
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Collaborated with director and solar science educators to design, implement, and evaluate national solar science education program
- Developed tools, communications, and platforms for an online education community of practice for formal, higher ed, and informal educators around the topic of solar science
- Researched, collected, reviewed, collated, and published collections of standards-based sun science resources for informal and formal audiences in an online library
- Designed and implemented professional development sessions for educators utilizing selected lesson sets that include modeling, pedagogical content knowledge, and best science teaching practices
- Designed and implemented a virtual culminating project-based learning event, including final project topics, goals, objectives, and evaluative assessments
- Performed revisions of curriculum to improve learning outcomes and student performance
- Conducted research, relationship management and project management of special initiatives
- Supervised education office paperwork and program logistics and supported student information systems.
Director of Education Programming
Recipe For Success Foundation
Houston, TX
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Directed all programmatic operations and logistics for the Seed-To-Plate Nutrition Education program fee-for-service and franchise affiliate sites including but not limited to developing and maintaining partner and site relationships; developing and delivering proposals, contracts, and billing; program and team scheduling; planning and implementation
- Executed stakeholder communication; hiring, training, and ongoing professional development; digital and social media communications, developing, reviewing, and overseeing implementations of policies and procedures
- Developed and maintained content and accounts in web-based instructor certification training and support resources for Affiliate Partner and Foundation instructors
- Tested, published, and distributed Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education curriculum and resource guides for K-5, middle, and high school age groups
- Collaborated with core staff to develop, maintain, and execute annual crosscurricular engagement opportunities to school and partnership networks, including My Favorite Holiday Food Story Writing Contest, farmers marKIDS DAYS, VegOut! Challenge, Earth Day Haiku Contest, and other opportunities as conceived and designed
- Ensured grade level alignment for all program content using for state and national standards
- Outlined, implemented and maintained personnel-related policies and procedures
- Monitored and evaluated performance of school employees
- Resolved various situations to cultivate strong student and parent relationships
- Coordinated with school personnel, parents and students to determine disciplinary actions for behavioral issues
- Managed Recipe For Success Foundation Internship program, providing professional opportunity for dietetic and public health undergraduate and graduate students in their public outreach rotation
- Designed personnel, policy, curriculum
- And educational content for all Recipe For Success Summer Camp Programs
- Collaboratively developed new education programming, digital and social media communications, and resources for Recipe For Success' Hope Farms Urban Farm
- Identified strategies, processes and metrics-that-matter to monitor program effectiveness for demonstrable effect.
Technical Editor and Technician
Science Friday Initiative
New York, NY
01.2016 - 12.2016
- Produced complete digital representations of all media contained in media guides and lesson plans
- Mirrored resources between organization's media platform, and selected national educational resource platforms
- Analyzed, evaluated, and cataloged resource guide and lesson plan content
- Aligned resources and lesson plans to state and national standards
- Provided both draft and final content and technical editing for digital science education resources developed for current show content
- Delegated and monitored progress of assignments, ensuring achievement of all deadlines
- Proofread copy to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation and syntax.
Educational Specialist NASA Science Mission Directorate Education
Space Telescope Science Institute, Johns Hopkins U
Baltimore, MD
01.2012 - 01.2016
- Spearheaded research and provided leadership in Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), their implementation and impacts within and across NASA Heliophysics and Astrophysics divisions
- Facilitated cross-division communication and collaboration, leading to Earth and Planetary divisions adopting findings, models and practices
- Lead research and communication on best practices and impact of communities of practice in space science education, emphasizing practices for utilizing tools for building meaningful and connecting virtual participation online to decrease distance as an obstacle for participation
- Developed educational professional development program connecting educators and NASA scientists to meaningfully and effectively integrate real space science data, platforms and concepts into current curricular content, including ongoing support through establishing an educator community of practice
- Collaboratively developed and lead with other division team members NASA's presence and participation in the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) annual national conference educational sessions and exhibits.
Professional Development Coordinator
Multiverse, Space Science Laboratory, UC Berkley
Berkeley, CA
01.2012 - 01.2016
- Designed and implemented best-practices and research-based professional development for educational professional developers, K-16 educators and informal educators as part of the NASA Heliophysics Educator Ambassador program
- Co-developed and lead educational sessions and exhibit at the American Camp Association national conferences, utilizing NASA peer-reviewed educational resources
- Collaboratively planned, implemented and facilitated multiple cross-divisional NASA E/PO retreats, bringing together approximately 70 education and public outreach professionals from across the country to work collaboratively to identify program impacts that support our nation's CoSTEM goals for education
- Participated in the analysis and cataloging efforts of reviewed NASA educational products the Heliophysics Division for NASAWavelength.org, a searchable database of NASA's Science mission directorate reviewed collection of educational resources
- Collaborated with a team to coordinate and facilitate monthly heliophysics division community meetings
- Managed and optimized training programs with thorough data review and forward-thinking changes to policies and procedures.
Community Lead
NASA Heliophysics Community of Practice
TBD, TBD
01.2012 - 01.2016
- Established Heliophysics Community of Practice (HCoP), including leading coordination team of other NASA scientists and educational professionals
- Identified and responded to existing and emergent issues, resources and knowledge in teaching heliophysics within the community
- Leveraged connections and expertise in best practices in education, education professional development, and heliophysics to facilitate effective sharing of resources, knowledge and experience within and across the community and fostering the development of community members
- Served as an administrator and content provider for the NASA SMD E/PO communication and collaboration online workspace for SMD E/PO community members and NASA Headquarters leadership (smdepo.org).
Master Educator
NASA Forums Programs, Adler Planetarium
Chicago, IL
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Co-developed and submitted middle grades educator professional development program, Space Explorers Afterschool Club, to Chicago Public Schools' request for proposals for professional development providers and was granted highly qualified status in the areas of Next Generation Science Standards Support and Leadership Development and Instructional Strategies for STEM Education
- Member of the Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) team for the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission
- Oversaw the coordination, facilitation, implementation and assessment of an established and researched teacher professional development program for 80+ Chicago Public School teachers over 2 years, who reached over 3000 students with inquiry-based space science content in afterschool settings
- Designed new curriculum for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Zooniverse's PlanetHunters citizen science platform in conjunction with NASA's Kepler mission
- Identified and documented learning achievements by reporting outcomes, performance information and program adjustments used to boost comprehension.
Faculty Administrator
Prairie Hill Waldorf School
Pewaukee, WI
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Directed school policy and procedure implementation, oversaw and directed implementation of curricula and programming for entire K-8 school
- Served as chair to Teacher Professional Development committee which oversees ongoing evaluation, mentoring, peer support, collegial relationships, and continuing professional development, including developing and overseeing professional improvement plans and/or establishing mentoring for teachers in need
- Served as chair of administrative leadership group that oversaw and directed decisions integral to functionality of a faculty-directed private school using a consensus model
- Served as Faculty Liaison to Board of Trustees and served as a member of the Board of Trustees Finance Committee which was responsible for creating, monitoring and managing an annual multi-million dollar budget
- Concurrently served with the School and Business Administers and Board President as members of the Steering Committee
- Promoted advancement of professional skills for securing certification, employment, leadership development and financial literacy
- Conducted on-the-job training classes and demonstrated principles, techniques, procedures and methods of diverse subjects
- Prepared course objectives to follow school's curriculum standards established by school and state
- Applied variety of instructional resources to meet needs of students with varying backgrounds and learning styles.
School and Regional Delegate to Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
Prairie Hill Waldorf School
Pewaukee, WI
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Served as AWSNA delegate as an accreditation evaluator for Waldorf schools in the Central Region of the United States, working as part of a team to evaluate the integrity and quality of faculty preparedness
- Supported pedagogical practices and programming, and financial solvency of developing or re-accrediting Waldorf schools
- Participated in developing and communicating policy and criteria for association membership both regionally and nationally for member schools of the Association.
Class Teacher
Prairie Hill Waldorf School
Pewaukee, WI
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Delivered professional development for Waldorf teachers in the areas of physics, chemistry, organic chemistry, zoology, botany, geology, mineralogy and cell biology in-house and regionally, supporting use of best practices and increasing content knowledge for educators
- Adapted teaching methods and instructional strategies to promote learning in students of differing skill levels
- Explored different avenues of learning with students to help each prepare for later educational environments
- Evaluated submitted assignments for clarity and skills, assigned grades and discussed results with struggling students to enhance understanding of course objectives
- Managed consistent, learning-focused classroom environments by establishing and communicating clear objectives for all students.
Pedagogical Chair
Miami Waldorf School
Kendall, FL
01.2006 - 01.2007
Class Teacher
Miami Waldorf School
Kendall, FL
01.2005 - 01.2007
Assistant General Manager Night and Weekend, Department Manager and Buyer - Dairy and Health and Wellness
Wheatsfield Cooperative
Ames, IA
01.2003 - 01.2005
Education and Public Outreach Coordinator
Wheatsfield Cooperative
Ames, IA
01.2002 - 01.2005
2017 World Leadership Conference Girls in STEM Event Program Coordinator
International Women's Forum
Houston, TX
01.2017
- Planned and implemented large-scale Girls in STEM mentoring program event, creating one-on-one opportunities for 8th grade girls to engage in several short mentoring sessions with top international women leaders in STEM fields
- Lead national team in creating outreach communications to curate participant lists for schools and STEM women mentors
- Strategized with conference team leaders on allocation of funding and resources to design and execute event logistics
- Collaborated with national tech leader in integrating coding workshop to enhance and expand STEM education experience for girls
- Developed events like International Women's Day, and other center-wide and GIGM events as planned throughout the year
- Oversaw a high-quality volunteer program by supervising and training volunteers and communicating volunteer needs and feedback to the GCC Volunteer Manager.
Education
Master of Science - Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics And Assessment
University of Illinois At Chicago
Chicago, IL05-2024
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education - Mathematics, Science, and 7-12 endorsements, and licensure requirements.
Iowa State University
Completed 2.5 Years of Master of Education Program -
Antioch University NE
Completed 2.5 Years of Master of Education Program -
Mount Mary College
Skills
- Group and individual instruction
- Progress reporting
- Teacher training
- Program coordination
- Behavior modification
- Technology education
- Mediation and advocacy talent
- Differentiated learning techniques
- Team collaboration
- Academic performance evaluations
- Analytical decision making
- Course material development
- Effective listening
- Emergent curriculum
- Interdisciplinary teaching
- Lesson planning expertise
- Hands-on learning
- Self-contained classrooms
- Community Relations
- Media Relations
- Community Events
- Community Engagement
- Relationship Building
- Community Outreach Programs
Affiliations
- National Science Teachers Association
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Certification
- Teaching Sensible Science, Chicago, IL 2009
- Renewal Courses for Teachers, Center for Anthroposophy, Keene, New Hampshire, 2004-2010, Grades 3-7
- Essential Waldorf Online Courses, Eugene Schwartz, Grades 6-8.
- Re-Imagining Math Workshops, Jamie York Press, Grades 4-8.
Publications
- Communities of Practice: Professional Development through Fostering Connections, Special Interest Group. 126th Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Putting Education Best Practices to Work, Burlingame, CA August 2-6, 2014.
- Key Findings From the National K-12 Educator Needs Assessment Survey. 126th Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Putting Education Best Practices to Work, Burlingame, CA August 2-6, 2014.
- NASA's Next Generation Science Classroom National Science Teachers Association 61st National Conference on Science Education, San Antonio, TX, April 11-14, 2013.
- National Earth Science Teachers Association Share-a-thon NASAWavelength.org, National Science Teachers Association 61st National Conference on Science Education, San Antonio, TX, April 11-14, 2013.
Timeline
Science Instructor
Jamie York Press
08.2021 - 06.2023
Outreach Specialist
Princeton University/IMAP mission
06.2021 - Current
Class Teacher, Science Education Lead, Middle School Level Chair
Urban Prairie Waldorf School
01.2018 - 06.2021
Education Program Coordinator, Building On the Eclipse Education Program
Astronomers Without Borders
01.2017 - 01.2018
2017 World Leadership Conference Girls in STEM Event Program Coordinator
International Women's Forum
01.2017
Director of Education Programming
Recipe For Success Foundation
01.2016 - 01.2018
Technical Editor and Technician
Science Friday Initiative
01.2016 - 12.2016
Educational Specialist NASA Science Mission Directorate Education
Space Telescope Science Institute, Johns Hopkins U
01.2012 - 01.2016
Professional Development Coordinator
Multiverse, Space Science Laboratory, UC Berkley
01.2012 - 01.2016
Community Lead
NASA Heliophysics Community of Practice
01.2012 - 01.2016
Master Educator
NASA Forums Programs, Adler Planetarium
01.2012 - 01.2014
Faculty Administrator
Prairie Hill Waldorf School
01.2011 - 01.2012
School and Regional Delegate to Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
Prairie Hill Waldorf School
01.2010 - 01.2012
Class Teacher
Prairie Hill Waldorf School
01.2007 - 01.2012
Pedagogical Chair
Miami Waldorf School
01.2006 - 01.2007
Class Teacher
Miami Waldorf School
01.2005 - 01.2007
Assistant General Manager Night and Weekend, Department Manager and Buyer - Dairy and Health and Wellness
Wheatsfield Cooperative
01.2003 - 01.2005
Education and Public Outreach Coordinator
Wheatsfield Cooperative
01.2002 - 01.2005
Master of Science - Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics And Assessment
University of Illinois At Chicago
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education - Mathematics, Science, and 7-12 endorsements, and licensure requirements.
Iowa State University
Completed 2.5 Years of Master of Education Program -
Antioch University NE
Completed 2.5 Years of Master of Education Program -
Mount Mary College