Leads Living Environment and AP Biology curriculum aligned to State and National Standards accommodating for students with special needs

• Science Dept. Lead- Facilitates Department Team Meetings

• Provides academic and Social Emotional support through Advisory

• Communicates school-wide initiatives and best practices through Teacher Led Professional Development and restorative circles (see below)

• Created the UASGC Science Research Club

• Girl's/ Boy's Volleyball Assistant Coach

• Uses a variety of strategies to engage students and families.

Building Connections: Between the Content and their Community

As an educator, you are often more than just a “teacher”. You become a mentor, an advisor, and even a parental figure at times. Trips can be a great time to not only make the content real, but help build rapport and relationships with your students by sharing these experiences with them. Teach students that there is more to learning than just in the Classroom. Take them into their environment and expose them to the world of opportunities that surrounds them, and how what they are learning can translate into those opportunities. In New York City, students have all of these amazing institutions, corporations and programs at their fingertips, but without the help of teachers, they may never get to experience them.