R. Ryan Carlson

• Taught English and math to identified at-risk 5th graders from elementary schools in East Hartford.

• Taught PE and Life Skills to groups of juvenile offenders in a highly controlled learning environment.

• Worked 1-1 with students with extensive emotional/intellectual needs including but not limited to Autism, Down Syndrome, Asperger's and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Worked 1-1 with a 12-year old boy taking A.P
• Calculus and other advanced high school classes.

• Worked 1-1 with students with extensive emotional/intellectual needs including but not limited to Autism, Down Syndrome, Asperger's and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Worked 1-1 with a 12-year old boy taking A.P
• Calculus and other advanced high school classes.

• Supervised staff and monitor summer school program for high school students
• Managed logistical needs of the program such as providing snacks and other resources
• Collaborated with students, parents and staff to encourage student success.

• Supervised and led a team of 5 school counselors and 2 secretaries in a mid-sized high school
• Designed and implemented comprehensive developmental guidance curriculum
• Managed department budget, planned professional development
• Involved in the creation of the school master schedule
• Facilitated implementation of school-wide assessments such as the PSAT and AP tests.

• Served on the school Instructional Leadership Team (all 4 years)
• Created and led school-wide, virtual, 'Mindful Wednesdays' program to help alleviate staff stress and presented district-wide professional development on the theory and application of mindfulness (4 years)
• Received training in Civil Discourse and led sessions with staff and students to facilitate social justice.

• Started 'Mindfulness Group' for educators; participated in district-wide mindfulness group
• Facilitated the planning of Human Rights Day in spring of 2017 & led a workshop on mindfulness
• Coached Freshmen Boys' Baseball Team (3 yrs).

• Platoon Leader (Iraq), Battalion Adjutant
• Led a platoon of 40 Soldiers in a deployed environment
• Daily duties included personnel accountability, mission readiness, technical competency training, individual Soldier crisis management and counseling, inter-unit collaboration and correspondence, and additional unit trainings and safety briefs (was trained in Master Resilience).

• US Army Reserves; 334th Quartermaster Battalion; East Windsor, CT
• Led a platoon of 40 Soldiers in a deployed environment
• Daily duties included personnel accountability, mission readiness, technical competency training, individual Soldier crisis management and counseling, inter-unit collaboration and correspondence, and additional unit trainings and safety briefs (was trained in Master Resilience).

During two distinct year-long periods in 2002 and 2007-2008, I worked for various school districts in central CT as a substitute teacher. My roles included all kinds of teachers, K-12, and paraprofessionals.

• Taught English to Mongolian children and adults (ages 4 & up); administered oral placement tests
• Taught Tae Kwon-Do to students of various ages and administered a Yellow Belt Test
• Created, developed, and ran a high school foreign exchange program for Mongolian students to USA.