Math with Daniel D.

Dodge City Community College

* Instruct English as a Second Language (ESL) and General Educational Development (GED) Preparation classes of various levels, both in-person and online * Assess students for class placement and progress using the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE); 89% of students who completed posttesting achieved educational gains during the 2021-2022 school year * Develop curriculum and integrate workforce development and digital literacy skills in all classes * Assist with administrative/office duties (interview/hiring committee, administrate Canvas LMS and Burlington English, student enrollment/orientation, data entry/records, supervise teaching assistants, reception desk) * Mentor new teachers

Dodge City Family YMCA

* Tutored students individually and in small groups in Reading and Math * Assisted students in completing homework assignments as needed

Spearville Middle/High School, USD 381

* Taught 5th-12th band and 6th-12th choir classes * Programmed and directed concert and contest performances * Directed pep band * Coordinated scheduling and paperwork for all-district and all-state events and helped students prepare for them

Lewis Elementary School, USD 502

* Taught beginning band (5th grade) and second year beginning band (6th grade) classes * Directed two all-school (PreK-6th grades) music programs/band concerts and several informal small group performances each year * Managed band program, instrument inventory, and music library * Taught elementary music classes (K-6th grade) * Taught 6th grade math using Go Math! and Moby Max resources

Dodge City Middle School, USD 443

* Assisted with updating curriculum documents and unit assessments * Provided instruction using a variety of instructional strategies * Trained on Engage New York curriculum and implemented in classroom * Taught after-school math intervention class * Taught summer school session of 7th grade science (simple machines)

Sacred Heart Cathedral Catholic School, Diocese of Dodge City

* Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas grant writer and recipient: “Class Piano” * Taught PreK-8th general music classes * Directed two to three music programs/performances per year, including Catholic Schools Week performances, school talent show, and Children's Mass Choir * Directed 7th/8th grade choir and prepared for music festival performances * Accompanied vocal musician(s) at school Masses approximately once per month * Recruited members for pep band, coordinated scheduling for performances, facilitated rehearsals

McCoy Elementary, Georgetown ISD ♦ Georgetown, Texas

* 2008 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) results: 93% passing math, 86% passing science * Coordinated student scheduling for first annual Science Extravaganza * Assisted in coordinating and preparing for the McCoy Elementary Science Fair * Georgetown ISD Education Foundation grant co-writer and recipient: “I Can See Clearly Now: A Different Perspective on Science”

Forest North Elementary, Round Rock ISD

* Planned appropriate lessons and activities to differentiate individual student needs * Used ongoing informal and formal assessments to evaluate student learning and used the information collected to plan for further instruction * Worked with struggling students through one-on-one instruction and small group instruction

Texas State University - San Marcos

Newman University - Wichita, Kansas

Texas State Board for Educator Certification

Classroom Teacher - Generalist (EC-4, 4-8), ESL Supplemental (EC-8)

Kansas State Board of Education

Early Childhood Education 0-8 (EC-3), English for Speakers of Other Languages (K-6), English for Speakers of Other Languages (5-8), English Language Arts (5-8), Mathematics (5-8), Music (PRK-12)

Native Proficiency