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Jeremiah J. Sims, Ph.D.

Jeremiah J. Sims, Ph.D.

Redding,CA

Summary

Dynamic community leader with a strong foundation in addressing the impacts of systemic inequities. Leveraged personal experiences as a first-generation college student to advocate for marginalized populations. Expertise in mobilizing diverse groups to collaborate on social justice initiatives. Committed to creating sustainable change through education and empowerment.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification

Work History

Director of Equity

College of San Mateo
  • Work to catalyze and curate a campus climate that is predicated on and invested in educational equity, social justice, and anti-racism.
  • Train faculty, staff, and administration on equitable educational practices and pedagogies.
  • Create course for faculty on critical, equity-advancing instructional design.
  • Work through all facets of CSM campus to realize educational equity by overseeing funding for programming that seeks to enact educational equity.

Interim Director of Student Equity Peralta Community College District
  • Work to catalyze and curate a district-wide (3 colleges) climate that is predicated on and invested in educational equity.
  • Train faculty, staff, and administration on equitable educational practices and pedagogies.
  • Design the Peralta Scholars Program to address the achievement gap in the Peralta Schools.
  • Recruit Students (150 students at for colleges; 600 total underrepresented students).
  • Design Equity-based Professional Development for teachers and counselors.
  • Run day-to-day operations of PSP.
  • Develop Program Efficacy Metrics.

Co-Founder & Principal Consultant

Rooted in Love
  • Lead teacher-trainer for Race, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (REIJ) pedagogy for Community College Faculty.
  • Trainer for Certificated IMPACT (Innovative, Measurable, Purposeful, Antiracist, Caring, Transformative) Equity Framework.
  • Lead trainer for Shasta, Glen, and Butte County Prospective Ethnic Studies Teachers (K12).
  • Executive Equity Coach.
  • Equity coach for Community College Deans, Department Chairs, Manager.
  • Lead Trainer in Equity-Centered Communication Practices.

Lecturer

University of California - Berkeley
  • Education 140AC (American Cultures) : Individual and Societal Development.
  • In this capacity, I was responsible for, first, designing a course syllabus and selecting the material to be covered.
  • I was also responsible for lecturing on course material.
  • And, I was responsible for grading homework that consisted of addressing online blog posts, which attempted to answer reading-related prompts that I designed.
  • Lastly, I was responsible for grading both the course midterm and final term paper; and, contiguously, I was responsible for assigning a final course grade.

Co-Instructor

Graduate Student Instructor

Adjunct Instructor/Lecturer

Berkeley City College
  • Education 1 : Socio-historical Perspectives in Education.
  • Design course content and syllabus.
  • Lecture.
  • Design meaningful, collaborative course activities.
  • Grade all student work; and assign final grades.

Community Outreach Director

Oakland Science and Math Outreach, OSMO
  • Work with students who were deemed at-risk, helping them to develop positive academic/STEM identities.
  • Train volunteer tutors (UC Berkeley Undergraduate & Graduate Students) in Pedagogical Practices.
  • Supervise three resource teachers and 10 volunteers.
  • Function as a bridge for OSMO staff, students, parents, and the greater East Oakland Community.
  • Conduct qualitative research.

Founding Director & Dean of Instruction

Saturday Math and Science Honors Prep Academy
  • Develop rigorous, justice-centered STEM program for middle school Black boys.
  • Work with students who were deemed at-risk, helping them to develop positive academic/STEM identities.
  • Hire and train teachers and admin.
  • Develop curriculum guide and course-specific curricula.
  • Write grants for program funding.
  • Complete reports for funders.
  • Function as Instructional Dean and Lead Teacher.
  • Teach a course on The Rhetoric of Black Manhood.
  • Function as parent & community liaison ADMINISTRATION.
  • I created a middle school STEM program for low-income African American males.
  • Functioned as manager and trainer for three graduate student instructors.
  • Built relationships with University partners to secure undergraduate and graduate volunteers in service of this program.
  • Functioned as community liaison and lead teacher for university-sponsored STEM program for low-income youth.
  • In this capacity, I provided pedagogical training for undergraduate and graduate volunteers.
  • Experienced in report writing and writing up research work.

Program

The Level Playing Field Institute
  • Co-developed and coordinated IDEAL (Initiative in Diversity, Education, and Leadership) Scholarship Program.
  • Worked as liaison and advocate for minoritized, low-income, first in family, black, Indigenous, and Latinx UC Berkeley undergraduates.
  • Advised students on graduation requirements as well as graduate-level aspirations.
  • Taught study skill courses.
  • Functioned as a tutor where necessary.

Co-owner and Middle & High School Guide

Acton Academy Redding
08.2016 - Current
  • Guide for middle and high school learners.
  • Instructional Dean.
  • Interface with parents and community.
  • Design culturally-responsive/sustaining curriculum.
  • Train guides in principles of critical-reality pedagogy.

Education

Ph.D. - Language, Literacy, And Culture

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

M.A. - Language, Literacy, Society, and Culture

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

B.A. - Rhetoric

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Skills

  • Software application expertise
  • System administration
  • Curriculum design
  • Grant writing
  • Equity education
  • Teaching strategies
  • Workshop facilitation
  • Relationship building
  • Strategic planning
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Decision-making skills
  • People management
  • Operations oversight
  • Project leadership
  • Team management
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Strategy formulation
  • Employee development
  • Organizational growth
  • Goal setting techniques
  • Change management skills
  • Charismatic leadership
  • Partnerships and alliances
  • Crisis management skills
  • Content creation
  • Sales strategy development
  • Story pitching skills
  • Corporate social responsibility initiatives
  • Non-profit leadership skills
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Multitasking and organization skills
  • Team collaboration techniques

Certification

  • Connection and Belonging - Seek Healing
  • Trauma-Informed Coaching - The Centre for Healing
  • Change Management - Alison

Publications

Revolutionary STEM Education: Critical-reality pedagogy and social justice in STEM for Black males - Peter Lang

Publications

1. Sims, J.J. (Forthcoming). Finding the Beautiful Path: On Blackness, Multidimensionality, and Radical

Becoming . New York, New York.: Peter Lang.

2. Wallace, J., Sims, J.J. (2023). The White educators' guide to equity: Teaching for justice in community

college . New York, New York.: Peter Lang.

3. Sims, J.J., and Sims, R. with Edney, N., Gable, T., and O’Sullivan, P. (2021, October 12) Improving

Departmental Equity Using the IMPACT Framework. Every Learner Everywhere.

https://www.everylearnereverywhere.org/resources/getting-started- with- equity-a-guide-for-

academic-department-leaders/

4. Sims, J.J., et al. (2020). Minding the Obligation Gap in Community Colleges: Theory and Practice in

Achieving Educational Equity . New York, New York.: Peter Lang.

5. Sims, J.J. (2018). Revolutionary STEM Education: Critical-reality pedagogy and social justice in STEM for

Black males . New York, New York.: Peter Lang.

6. Mahiri, J. & Sims, J.J. (2016). Engineering Equity: A critical pedagogical approach to language and

curriculum change for African American males in STEM. In Curriculum Change in Language and STEM

subjects as a Right in Education. Rotterdam: Sense Publishing.

7. Gable. T, Holiday, T., O'Sullivan, P., & Sims, J.J., (2021). Getting Started with Equity: A Guide for Academic

Department Leaders. Every Learner Everywhere.

Timeline

Co-owner and Middle & High School Guide

Acton Academy Redding
08.2016 - Current

Director of Equity

College of San Mateo

Interim Director of Student Equity Peralta Community College District

Co-Founder & Principal Consultant

Rooted in Love

Lecturer

University of California - Berkeley

Co-Instructor

Graduate Student Instructor

Adjunct Instructor/Lecturer

Berkeley City College

Community Outreach Director

Oakland Science and Math Outreach, OSMO

Founding Director & Dean of Instruction

Saturday Math and Science Honors Prep Academy

Program

The Level Playing Field Institute

Ph.D. - Language, Literacy, And Culture

University of California, Berkeley

M.A. - Language, Literacy, Society, and Culture

University of California, Berkeley

B.A. - Rhetoric

University of California, Berkeley

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