Los Angeles, California, United States
I have over fifteen years’ experience in secondary education in the United Kingdom and the United States. During this time, I have been Department Leader for History/Government & Politics and Assistant to the Head of the Upper School. In the summer I work as an Assessment Associate for Edexcel/Pearson, a leading examination board in Britain, grading Advanced Level papers for senior students of History. I am committed to a career that allows me to facilitate to young people the tools with which to understand, integrate with and actively participate in society and the wider world. I aim to apply the experience and improve the skills I have already gained from working in a range of demanding secondary schools in new and challenging environments.
10th grade History Teacher
I contribute to the formulation of an agreed rubric that determines the grading criteria for the ‘A’ Level in Government and Politics examination for one of the country’s leading examination boards Assessing approximately 1,800 ‘A’ Level papers, ensuring that the rubric is consistently applied.
Case Management, court and client liaison, translating for Spanish-speaking clients
I wrote articles for an online journal aimed at assisting students taking the ‘A’ Level in Government and Politics, specialising mainly on aspects of the British and American political systems.
Responsibilities: Teaching History to pupils between the ages of 11 and 18, and Politics to upper school classes. I designed and oversaw the implementation of the lower school schemes of work Member of the school’s Academic Committee and Staff representative on the Governors’ Committee Managing and regularly evaluating the performance of other members of staff, one full time and up to five others who were part time; overseeing the department’s administration, drawing up annual departmental objectives, and ensuring these were met and that standards were adhered to Achievements: Vastly improving uptake and attainment for students opting for History and Politics courses at upper school. In 2013, every student taking the ‘A’ Level (equivalent to the GPA and AP examination) passed, 74% of these scoring grades A*-C. At GCSE, the public examination sat at the end of grade 11, the figures were 100% and 81% respectively Establishing an annual overseas trip to a European city of historical interest, - Berlin, Krakow or Munich -, and arranging trips for Politics students to the Houses of Parliament and workshops held in conjunction with other schools Establishing links between the department and local universities, the Holocaust Educational Trust, Amnesty International and the National Archives Centre at Kew, London