Chase Caldwell
Secondary Mathematics Instructor
Sacramento,CA
Summary
Hello! I am a caring and innovative math teacher that is constantly striving to improve educational practices; apply mathematics to real-world applications for relevant and engaging learning experiences; facilitate student discovery, sense-making, and self-agency; promote student collaboration, critical thinking, and communication; and deliver complex topics in clear and understandable ways that are accessible to all learners to prepare them for college or career.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
The Met High School
Math Teacher / Student Advisor
08.2023 - Current
- Supported students in their participating of the internship program by searching, applying for, and securing internships. Also developed other job-related skills such as writing project proposals and other documentation and the collection, analysis, and presentation of data to demonstrate the success of project learning.
- Participated in the developing of a common scope and sequence of math curriculum for the needs of our specialized school program
- Developed course content and activities and maintained digital classrooms on the Schoology learning management platform
- Established close and ongoing relationships with students, families, and community partners such as internship mentors, cultural ambassadors, and non-profit organizations
C.K. McClatchy High School
Math Teacher / Mathletes Coach
08.2021 - 06.2023
- Incorporated engaging project-based learning experiences across grade level and topics of math, such as the statistics based "Free Throw Project" where students collect, analyze, and present quantitative data; the "Two-Way Surveys" project where students design and administer surveys and draw conclusions about correlations to demographic data; and the "Soccer Ball Project" where students model the trajectory of a ball kicked into air with quadratic functions and solve to find the maximum height the ball achieved.
- Served as coach of the Mathletes team holding weekly practice sessions, conducting team-building activities, and accompanying students to competitions
Health Professions High School
Math Teacher
10.2017 - 06.2021
- Trained in the specialized Quantitative Reasoning and Topics in Math senior-level math curriculum, focusing in facilitative instruction and task-based collaborative learning
- Developed a scope and sequence of topics in math in collaboration with colleagues, instructional math coach, and principal to remediate gaps in mathematical knowledge and improve student learning outcomes
- Created content aligned to the healthcare curriculum to prepare students for working in healthcare-related fields or college programs
Education
Single Subject Teaching Credential - Mathematics
SCOE College of Education
Sacamento, CA 05.2001 -
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy And Linguistics
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA 05.2001 -
Timeline
The Met High School
Math Teacher / Student Advisor
08.2023 - Current
C.K. McClatchy High School
Math Teacher / Mathletes Coach
08.2021 - 06.2023
Health Professions High School
Math Teacher
10.2017 - 06.2021
Single Subject Teaching Credential - Mathematics
SCOE College of Education
05.2001 -
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy And Linguistics
California State University, Northridge
05.2001 -
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