Aurelius Raines II
Chicago,IL
Summary
I am an experienced educator with strong classroom management skills rooted in culturally relevant instruction and socio-emotional learning. My diverse skill and knowledge base allows me to teach a range of subjects from science to the arts and humanities. I am versatile and instructionally creative.
Overview
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Certification
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years of professional experience
Work History
TRIO INSTRUCTOR
Purdue University Northwest
Hammond, IN
07.2025 - Current
- Created and taught a workshop that taught TRIO high school student how to write programs that interacted with the real world.
- Taught students how to use the Micro:Bit platform to make a robot that completed tasks
- Created a workshop that educated TRIO students on AI and how to use it to write "smart programs"
INSTRUCTOR
Joliet Junior College / Governors State University
03.2025 - Current
- Provided a hand-on and interactive experience where I taught electrical fundamentals to adults enrolled in the CEJA program
- Taught CEJA students about clean energy and green energy production.
- Taught workplace skills and computer skills.
FABLAB CAMP INSTRUCTOR
Museum of Science and Industry
06.2022 - Current
- Deliver engaging and dynamic Fab Lab programming for camp participants using the Fab Lab Make_X Grid system
- Modified and maintained a Maker Space designed for teaching and community engagement
- Teaching campers to design, create, and iterate in 2D and 3D design software.
- Created modified learning and creative environments for students with special needs.
- Designed the Bessie Coleman Flight School to teach students about aerospace engineering.
PHYSICS TEACHER
Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy
Chicago, IL
08.2017 - 08.2019
- Taught Physics course in alignment with NGSS standards.
- Pioneered an addition to the cirriculum that taught design, iteration, and computer-aided design and manufacturing.
- Through the Engineering Club, I participated in the FabYouth program at the Museum of Science and Industry. In the engineering club
- The students learned computer-aided design and manufacturing, programming, and electrical engineering.
- Participated in various programs that promoted STEAM / STEM at the school and in the community.
CLASSROOM TEACHER
Cambridge School
Chicago, IL
10.2005 - 08.2017
- WorkedwiththeMuseumofScienceandIndustrytoteachstudentscomputer-aideddesignandmanufacturing. Iwastheonlyteacher
- Asked to bring an elementary school to the pilot program.
- Created relationships with Hyde Park's robust scientific community to bring resources to the classroom.
- Taught science at all age levels from 1st through 8th grade using NGSS science standards.
- Prepared students to compete and place in the Regional Science Fair.
- Used local natural resources to teach Earth Science and Biology on "mini-field trips"
- Piloted and taught a course on debate and critical thought that included, Socratic circles, logic, and fallacies
- Piloted, planned, and taught a technology course with access to only two computers.
- Taught children how to use cloud computing to research and submit papers.
- Grew the technology class into a multi-level class in a computer lab where students learned, Programming fundamentals using MIT's
- Scratch programming language, HTML and Java programming language, Computer repair, Integrated chip programming using Arduino
- Uno prototyping boards. Computer Assisted Design.
- Was the primary teacher in multi- grade level classroom (2nd -4th)
- Taught Spanish using differentiated instruction styles.
- Assessed and coached early readers using the Orton/Riggs and Fountas & Pinnell reading method.
Education
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL01.2022
Skills
- Computer Aided Design (AutoCAD, TinkerCAD, Blender)
- Programming Languages (Java, Python, Blockly)
- Computational Thinking Instruction
- Curriculum Design (NGSS, CSTA, Constructivist Instructional Design)
- Computer Aided Manufacturing (3D Printing, CNC machining/milling, Laser cutting/etching, Electronics/Robotics/Engineering)
- Platforms (Raspberry Pi, Circuit Playground, Micro:Bit, Lego Spike, Vex, Arduino)
- Project-Based Learning and Instruction
- Problem solving
- Workshop facilitation
- Hands on training
Awards
Problems Solving, Recognized for taking leadership on the many problems that come with teaching at a low resourced school., Cambridge School
Languages
Spanish
Classroom Highlights
- HERE IS A LINK TO MY CLASSROOM BLOG FROM CAMBRIDGE. IT GIVES SOME GREAT EXAMPLES OF WHAT I DO IN MY CLASS.
- Cambridgesas.blogspot.com
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Certification
Teaching Physical Computing with Raspberry Pi and Python
Timeline
TRIO INSTRUCTOR
Purdue University Northwest
07.2025 - Current
INSTRUCTOR
Joliet Junior College / Governors State University
03.2025 - Current
FABLAB CAMP INSTRUCTOR
Museum of Science and Industry
06.2022 - Current
PHYSICS TEACHER
Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy
08.2017 - 08.2019
CLASSROOM TEACHER
Cambridge School
10.2005 - 08.2017
Northeastern Illinois University