Adrienne Houck
4-12 Teacher
Shoreline,WA
Summary
Passionate around students seeing themselves in STEM fields, especially marginalized groups, including women. When voices are not heard from all types of people, we are limiting ourselves to less than the potential of collective minds. Innovators are change makers and all of us can be change makers. Creativity and experience working with many different kinds of people/stakeholders from scientist to parents will create sustainable, engaging hands on lessons for students that will participate in NASA educational programs
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Computer Science- Teacher
Einstein Middle School
09.2020 - Current
- Classes currently teaching: Basics in Programming for 6th graders- 10 week course (quarter) and Introduction to Computer Science semester 1 High school class for middle school students.
- Self taught in programming to prepare for both classes
- School district CTE certified
- Equity of all students: strong advocate and voice for students to get opportunities to see themselves in STEM technology and creating what they want to see in their world.
- Manage, prepare, perform all aspects of teaching in the classroom as well as the activities done out of class time
- Work with district to continually support offerings in STEM to ALL students and not just those who have been introduced in other ways
- Created and pulled from existing computer science curriculum to build a new class which is used at both of the middle schools
- Advocated student voice about wanting more coding classes at middle school because they like the 6th grade class. This led to bringing the existing Intro to CS in the HS school down for 7th and 8th graders to take which allows them to earn HS credit.
Science Teacher
Einstein Middle School
9 2016 - Current
- Provided and implemented NGSS aligned hands on lessons with students at varying education levels; including project based learning and model formative assessments and cumulating understand
- Consistent classroom management skills with student driven learning outcomes
- Culture and lessons around creating positive learning experiences and safe places for all students
- Partnered with admin and parents to build strong supports for all students including working with HiCap, IEP and Behavior needs so students can learn at their level.
- Focused on students seeing themselves in STEM fields including marginalized groups that are not yet equal to others in same field
- Participated in professional development experiences including new technologies and was selected for National pd programs
- Presented at Regional meetings to disseminate goals of PD
- Washington State Science Teacher Association Board member during this time
Biotechnology Outreach Manager
Shoreline Community College
9 2006 - 1 2015
- Responsible for implementation of Amgen Bruce Wallace Lab Program to area public schools 14,000 students reached through all activities Trained 55 teachers/year and worked with 100 veteran teachers/year Brought awareness to alternative paths to careers in science while providing tools and real experiments in the classroom
- Provided OSPI professional development trainings to HS and MS science teachers
- Planned, organized and executed training sessions for high school teachers and adapt curriculum for beginning and middle school teachers
- Collaborated with area STEM and CTE teachers for better education options of science tools and curriculum
- Taught within classroom as guest instructor bringing in career aspects as well as how biotechnology plays role in their current and future world
- Provided and developed curriculum for High School summer camps at laboratory
- Identified school contacts for Seattle, Shoreline, Edmonds, Northshore Public Schools and surrounding areas
- Recruited by created communication materials and participate in curriculum building for lab activities given in science classrooms
- Presented for career specialist, science teachers, parents and students in public science events, science nights and science classroom visits
- Performed tours and in-lab experiences for prospecting students
- Ordered for grant, including tracking of field orders and purchase requisitions
- Built vendor relationships for competitive pricing
- Tracked, scheduled and pack lab kits for teachers to use in their classrooms. Set calendar for kit overlap, organize kit storage area, prep solutions and labeling
- Kept reagent preps, cells and consumables within lab
- Identified barriers and worked to dismantle practices that discouraged participation by teachers and their students, all types of students by breaking stereotypes, informing about multiple career paths and work to build mentoring relationship to help with students who are first generation, have MLL ESL background or other barriers that keep students from choosing this career field.
Administrative Assistant/Training Developer
Geospiza
09.2005 - 09.2006
- Beginning skills in training videos for software database usage used by scientist.
- Ensured accurate record-keeping with diligent data entry and database management for vital company information.
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
- Improved document organization with thorough file maintenance, archiving outdated records as necessary for efficient retrieval when needed.
Contractor: Education Assistant
Northwest Association of Biomedical Research
03.2005 - 07.2005
- Tasks assigned vary to assist education director with her upcoming projects
- Organized “Biomedical Research and My Life” middle school essay contest with 800+ entries
- Determined winners in various categories and assisted with the arrangements of the awards day at local biotech
- Created judge, teacher, and student database in Excel, correspondence, and emails to send necessary documents
- Organized Volunteer emails and increased the volunteer participation in judging the essay contest
- Supported Education Manager at the Brain Awareness seminar at the University of Washington that included many middles schools around the area
- Managed mentorship database from last year to prepare for High School Biotech Expo
Field Service/Product Rep
Rainin Instrument Company, LLC
09.2000 - 01.2005
- Leading pipette company in the nation
- Manufactures and distributes new technology by focusing on ergonomics in pipetting.
- Created and implemented marketing strategies and proposed innovative ideas to attract new clients.
- Networked at events and by phone to expand business profits and revenues.
- Maintained sales tracking reports to support operational enhancements and implement corrective actions.
- Coached customers' staff and demonstrated product use and maintenance.
- Met with a variety of level scientist from lab techs to Principal investagators. Able to create relationships with a variety of people at many levels
Teacher: Monroe Junior
Integrated Science, Monroe School District
08.1999 - 06.2000
- Actively involved in the selection of a new science text and materials by developing/researching existing curriculum to be compatible with the resources provided
- Provided challenging projects that activated students’ minds towards an open awareness of the impact of science, while incorporating current local and regional issues relevant to students’ lives
- Creatively developed a complete curriculum while incorporating “hands-on” learning when only sample labs and small amounts of supplies were provided
- Chosen to teach the honors program even though two other teachers had more experience, based on my originality and drive for a better science program
- Effectively implemented the first individual science project fair for honors program
- Routinely made phone calls to parents discussing students’ progress
- Always worked with parents to create a positive partnership.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Secondary Education
Western Washington Universtiy
Bellingham, WA 01.1994 - 01.1999
Teaching Certificate endorsed in Biology, General Science, and Earth Science - 4-12 Certified
Western Washington University
Bellingham WA 09.1994 - 06.1999
Skills
Curriculum and lesson plan construction Purchasing and budgeting in large institutionProfessional Development for EducatorsHands-on engaging learning activitiesPublic SpeakingClassroom management and procedureScience and STEM education-school endorsed CTEProject Management-Team organization, trainingOrganization and prompt correspondenceCoding: Scratch, SNAP, some python
Timeline
Computer Science- Teacher
Einstein Middle School
09.2020 - Current
Administrative Assistant/Training Developer
Geospiza
09.2005 - 09.2006
Contractor: Education Assistant
Northwest Association of Biomedical Research
03.2005 - 07.2005
Field Service/Product Rep
Rainin Instrument Company, LLC
09.2000 - 01.2005
Teacher: Monroe Junior
Integrated Science, Monroe School District
08.1999 - 06.2000
Teaching Certificate endorsed in Biology, General Science, and Earth Science - 4-12 Certified
Western Washington University
09.1994 - 06.1999
Bachelor of Arts - Secondary Education
Western Washington Universtiy
01.1994 - 01.1999
Science Teacher
Einstein Middle School
9 2016 - Current
Biotechnology Outreach Manager
Shoreline Community College
9 2006 - 1 2015