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RESUME

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Teaching
Experience
Dickinson College Farm, Sustainable Earth Education (SEED) Coordinator, Boiling Springs, PA

​2016 - present

  • Manage pedagogical development and conduct classes for one education program of the Dickinson College Farm for small groups of students ranging from lower school to high school.

  • Manage a large education volunteer pool, including educational training.

  • Mentor and supervise education volunteer staff.

  • Create original and place-based curriculum informed by learning standards

  • Coordinate with local teachers and youth group leaders to schedule programs.

 

Dickinson Norman M. Eberly Multilingual Writing Center, Peer Writing Tutor; Writing Associate,
Carlisle, PA

​2016 - present

  • Assist students with all parts of the academic writing process2016- Present

  • Work with professors to create class-specific writing workshops and lessons

  • Coordinate and facilitate large peer-tutoring sessions

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Education Intern, Edgewater, PA

​May-August 2018

  • Conducted daily place-based environmental programming in a coastal environment to ages 6-adult.

  • Coordinated with facility scientists to construct new curriculum based on both state standards and current research.

  • Led canoe and kayak educational tours of the local marsh and river.

  • Maintained daily facility upkeep.

 

Dickinson College Biology Department, Field Biology Teaching Assistant, Carlisle, PA

​August-December 2017

  • Assisted with lab set up and in-field activities

  • Oversaw data student data collection to ensure correct methods in labs such as forest transects, insect collection and identification, mammal trapping, stream chemistry and macroinvertebrates, and others.

 

Owl's Hill Nature Center, Summer Educator, Nashville, TN

​May-August 2017

  • Ran lessons and daily camp activities.

  • Received training for handling presentation animals including reptiles (snakes, turtles) and invertebrates and did so in presentations.

Eagle's Nest Camp, Camp Counselor, Pisgah Forest, NC

​May-August 2016

  • Worked as in-cabin staff for 6-9 year-old girls.

  • Taught whitewater and lake canoe, including co-leading river trips.

  •  Taught day time classes, including art, camping and outdoors skills, and natural history/field science.

Other
Experience​
The Dickinson College Farm, Farm Work Crew, Boiling Springs, PA

​2016 - present

  • Assist with tasks as needed including but not limited to harvesting, planting, sales, maintenance, and pest management.

  • Assist with the development of a new wool fiber product line at the farm, including product development and creation.

  • Manage campus compost pick-up

Education
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

Expected graduation May 2019

 

Double major: Environmental Sciences and Education Studies

Awards: Dean’s List, John Dickinson Scholarship, Baird Sustainability Fellowship

Current Cumulative GPA: 3.96

 

 

Skill-Based Coursework:
Teaching and Learning:

Educational Psychology

Environmental Education

Introduction to Educational Research

Curriculum Theory

Models of Instruction and Assessment

Ecology

Field Natural History

Ecology

Field Biology

Ornithology

Plant Systematics

Plant Physiology

Key Skills:
  • Informal and formal education

  • Mentorship

  • Quantitive and qualitative research

  • Lesson planning

  • Backcountry and field experience

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