Johnnie Young
Redford
Summary
Experienced and enthusiastic mentor and educator with a strong dedication to learning. Certified in Math and Computer Science for secondary education, excelling in designing challenging, innovative, and enriching activities that cater to diverse student interests and needs. Expertise in student motivation, project-based learning, cooperative learning, student mentoring, seminars and workshops, whole-group learning, and differentiated instruction.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Academic Dean / Dean of Students
CORNERSTONE LINCOLN-KING HIGH SCHOOL
08.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Charter School for grades 9 through 12 approximately 650 students
- Oversee curriculum implementation and ensure alignment with academic standards
- Support teachers in lesson planning, instructional strategies, and classroom management
- Conduct classroom observations and provide feedback to improve teaching effectiveness
- Prepare for state audits and oversee necessary documentation
- Analyze student performance data to drive instructional improvements
- Facilitate professional development and training for faculty
- Monitor student progress and implement interventions for struggling learners
- Support new teachers with mentoring and onboarding programs
- Address teacher concerns and help resolve classroom challenges
- Work with student support teams on discipline and restorative practices
- Coordinate parent-teacher conferences and academic reporting
- Build positive relationships with students, parents, and staff
- Charter School for grades 9 through 12 approximately 650 students
Math & Microsoft TEALS Instructor
CORNERSTONE HEALTH + TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL (CHTHS)
08.2016 - 07.2022
- Company Overview: Charter School for grades 9 through 12 approximately 500 students
- Educate youth in Algebra, Pre-Calculus and Probability & Stats
- Teach students SNAP! first semester, and Python second semester
- Technology Education and Literacy in Schools’ (TEALS) mission is to build computer science programs in schools throughout the US, British Columbia and Canada
- Charter School for grades 9 through 12 approximately 500 students
Math Instructor
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
12.2013 - 07.2016
- Company Overview: Detroit Public School for grades 9 through 12 approximately 1600 students
- Educate youth in Algebra and Geometry
- Employ tools such as Carnegie Learning, Cognitive Tutor and MAP to assist in data driven instruction
- Experienced in adding positive structure to classroom that have been deemed by administrators as out of control
- Established and maintained positive relationships with students, parents, and colleagues fostering an environment of open communication and support
- Detroit Public School for grades 9 through 12 approximately 1600 students
University Counselor II
TRIO PROGRAM WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
02.2008 - 11.2013
- Company Overview: Federal Educational opportunity outreach program
- Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEARUP) College Day Program, motivate, mentor and support students in select Detroit Public Schools (7th – 12th grades approximately 1200 students)
- Motivate students to complete secondary education and enroll in post secondary education
- Facilitate and supervise workshops on test taking, financial literacy and post secondary preparatory
- Supervise college and university field trips
- Federal Educational opportunity outreach program
Applications & Architecture Analyst
UNISYS CORPORATION
08.2001 - 04.2007
- Company Overview: Worldwide Information Technology consulting services and solutions company
- Develop, test, implement and support the call center application used by 500 clients
- The call center application handles a volume of 250,000 calls per month
- Proficient in SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML) and Data Definition Language (DDL) as demonstrated by adding tables and customized functionality to the HelpTRAK (Remedy front end – Oracle back end) call center application
- Played a key role in supporting the Metaframe Citrix environment which streamlined the call center environment by eliminating servers in New Zealand and Australia saving the company $60,000 in hardware and $16,000 per year in housing, staffing and maintenance charges
- Maintained monthly server CPU and call statistics for US, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia servers for reporting to high-level management
- The reports were used to track monthly estimated call center revenue and also box strain in order to be proactive on possible outage trends
- Worldwide Information Technology consulting services and solutions company
Media and Technology Coordinator (MTC)
DETROIT ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES (DAAS)
09.1997 - 06.2001
- Company Overview: Edison Charter School for grades K though 8 approximately 750 students
- Set up, administered and analyzed student information system
- Created the standard database used in Edison schools nationwide to track the computer training workshops given to parents, teachers and other staff members
- Trained parents, teachers and other staff in computer workshops
- Pioneered data warehousing and data mining of student test results to help teachers better recognize and tract student weakness in order to target lesson planning
- Edison Charter School for grades K though 8 approximately 750 students
Math & Computer Instructor
DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL FOR FINE & PERFOMING ARTS (DSA)
11.1994 - 06.1997
- Company Overview: Detroit Public School for grades 9 through 12 approximately 500 students
- Educated youth in Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry and Pre-calculus
- One of the founding members of the DSA National Honor Society
- Taught 2 years of summer school at Northern High School (Geometry and Algebra)
- Taught 1 year of summer school at Central High School (Geometry and Algebra)
- Experienced in adding positive structure to classroom that have been deemed by administrators as out of control
- Established and maintained positive relationships with students, parents, and colleagues fostering an environment of open communication and support
- Responsible for maintenance of computer hardware and software
- Educated youth and staff to foster computer literacy
- Detroit Public School for grades 9 through 12 approximately 500 students
Education
Masters in Education - Mathematics, Computer Science
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI06-2013
Certificate for Computer Programming -
Oakland Community College
Farmington Hills, MI04-2003
BA - Mathematics
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI05-1994
Skills
Student Motivation
Projects
Cooperative Learning
Recruiting
Student Mentoring
Seminars and Workshops
Whole-Group Learning
Differential Instruction
Certification
Google Data Analyst Certification
Timeline
Academic Dean / Dean of Students
CORNERSTONE LINCOLN-KING HIGH SCHOOL
08.2022 - Current
Math & Microsoft TEALS Instructor
CORNERSTONE HEALTH + TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL (CHTHS)
08.2016 - 07.2022
Math Instructor
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
12.2013 - 07.2016
University Counselor II
TRIO PROGRAM WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
02.2008 - 11.2013
Applications & Architecture Analyst
UNISYS CORPORATION
08.2001 - 04.2007
Media and Technology Coordinator (MTC)
DETROIT ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES (DAAS)
09.1997 - 06.2001
Math & Computer Instructor
DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL FOR FINE & PERFOMING ARTS (DSA)
11.1994 - 06.1997
Masters in Education - Mathematics, Computer Science
Wayne State University
Certificate for Computer Programming -
Oakland Community College
BA - Mathematics
Wayne State University
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