Work Experience

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, Cambridge, MA 2024 - present

Technology Officer

• member of Senior Leadership Group, key voice as Senior Leadership Team formulates next Strategic Plan

• lead a key function of the school, responsible for setting a vision for the technology necessary to support the academic program and other programs of the school

• support the instructional vision of the school by partnering with the Chief Learning Officer and his team

• administer school-wide instructional technology vision and plan and implement new and existing technology initiatives

• oversee customer service and technical components of the technology department

• supervise and manage the instructional and operational technology team to support faculty, staff, and students

Wellesley Public Schools, Wellesley, MA 2022 - 2024

Director of Educational Technology

• Contributing instructional leader on district leadership teams: Superintendent’s Senior Team, Admin Council, and Academic Council

• Develop and manage $785K operating budget and $1.25M capital budget for the district

• Responsible for presenting 5-year technology capital plan with annual updates

• Recruit, hire, professionally develop, supervise, and evaluate technology team of 25, including manager of IT Operations, Systems Administrators, Network Administrator, Data and Web Team, Technicians, Technology Specialists, Help Desk Specialists, Instructional Technology Specialists, and Assistive Technology Specialists

• Oversee operations of and establish life-cycles/update schedules for devices, video equipment, telephone systems, security systems, Public Address systems and networks within and between buildings

• Oversee software, apps, and other online tools for the district, encompassing 5,000 students, 500 teachers, and 10 school buildings

• Coordinate and support district and state online assessments

• Serve as active member of Strategic Plan Steering Committee

• Acquired over 200 Student Data Privacy Agreements for software and apps used by students, created a software vetting process, and designed a Data Governance and Security Plan for the district

• Coordinated efforts across the district to design and implement a district Cybersecurity Plan, covering cyber incident preparedness and response, including adoption of multi-factor authentication and password policies; response to spam, phishing, spoofing, denial-of-service, and ransomware attacks and data breaches; and data storage and recovery

Prospect Hill Academy Charter School, Cambridge & Somerville, MA 2020 - 2022

Director of Academic Technology and Library Services PreK-12

• Promoted from Director of Technology for Academic Programs to Director of Academic Technology and Library Services, providing mission driven leadership and support to faculty and administrators in 4 schools across 3 locations

• Developed 3-year plan for creating a comprehensive and cohesive PreK-12 library plan and standards-based curriculum

• Responsible for academic technology budget and purchased, setup, and maintained over 20 pieces of software for about 1,200 students PreK-grade 12; responsible for rollout of classroom iPads PreK-grade 3 and teacher iPads PreK-grade 4

• Designed professional development materials for online teaching, active learning strategies, and concurrent teaching in support of school’s commitment to culturally responsive teaching, project-based learning, and universal design for learning

• Designed and led faculty professional development supporting targeted universalism, aligning research from Zaretta Hammond’s “Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain” with institutional goals and instructional priorities to create opportunities for expert learning

• In partnership with the Director of Blended Learning and Innovation, built an online bank of video interviews and podcasts, highlighting best teaching practicing within the community; member of Promising Practices and Innovation team

• Collaborated with PHA’s family ambassadors to host regular parent technology-related events

• As member of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, led professional development examining the characteristics of white supremacy culture and designing action-oriented approaches to anti-racism as well as planned and facilitated anti-racist professional learning groups for white employees in leadership roles aiming to dismantle systemic racism

• Member of MA DESE’s STEM Leaders, MA DESE Educational Technology Network, and MA DESE DLCS Network

• Taught weekly robotics classes to PreK students

Park School, Brookline, MA 2016 - 2020

Director of Academic Technology

• Promoted from Head of Academic Technology to Director of Academic Technology, providing mission driven leadership and professional development to PreK-8 faculty

• Ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives: Visions PACE training, SRI Leadership Academy fellow, Park School DEI committee member, SRI trained facilitator, white ally group leader 

• In overseeing academic technology program, including  1:1 program and technology scope and sequence, implemented coding/robotics PreK-8, a consistent learning management system for each division, and digital citizenship curriculum K-5, and helped design Park’s state-of-the-art makerspace

• Planned and provided ongoing one on one training and work sessions for faculty and staff

• Worked with coaches to coordinate the planning and delivery of small and large scale professional development opportunities

• Empowered faculty and staff to integrate technology in support of the school’s mission and curricular goals

• Partnered with Assistant Head of School for Academics to define and oversee faculty professional expectations and development and promoted and developed a culture of shared knowledge and purpose

• Demonstrated a consistent appetite for staying up to date on emerging trends in educational technology

• Collaborated with Park’s Parent Association to plan and facilitate regular parent technology-related events

• Formed relationships and maintained connections with outside organizations such as the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, the Scratch Team at the MIT Media Lab, Global Online Academy, and MEMSET 

• Taught students and teachers: Code-a-Pillar, BeeBot, Cubetto, KIBO, Scratch, Jr., Scratch, LEGO WeDo, Micro:bit, Makey makey, Edison robot, Seesaw, Google Apps for Education, Book Creator, Explain Everything, Lexia, IXL, Type to Learn, Qwertytown, Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship, Applied Learning, Project-Based Learning, Design Thinking, and more

• Campus Leadership and activities: SRI-trained PLC facilitator, white affinity group facilitator, Portrait of a Graduate Committee; Tech Charrette Planning Committee; Professional Development Planning Committee; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee; Park Ranger Onboarding Program; Facilitated Grade 1 Coding Club, Grades 2-3 Coding Club, and Grades 4-5 Coding Club; Coordinated and ran Girls Who Code Club for Grades 6-8

Global Online Academy, Seattle, WA 2015 - 2020

I worked for GOA in many capacities, including learning design coach, instructional designer, professional development facilitator, and online instructor.  

Lead Curriculum Developer and Course Facilitator

• Summer 2021 created and facilitated "Designing for Online Learning: Elementary/Lower School" for GOA based on one of their most popular courses, “Designing for Online Learning,” (which since March 2020 has served 35,000 educators from over 100 countries and helped prepare countless educators to teach remotely at the start of the COVID pandemic and resulting school closures as well as to teach in a hybrid model once schools began reopening) 

Learning Design Coach September 2017 - 2019

• Provided coached, collaborative, and connected professional learning at GOA by:

  • leading professional learning initiatives between and among schools as a GOA vision ambassador

  • serving as advocates and experts in modern learning design based on GOA’s Student Competencies and Catalyst Card strategies

  • designing and facilitating GOA professional learning workshops, courses, and events

  • increasing their coaching and leadership skills, thus growing a network of GOA coaches and school leaders

Instructional Designer and Professional Development Facilitator May 2015 - April 2017

• Assisted teachers around the globe with implementing blended learning strategies into their curriculum.

• As an online course facilitator, provided professional development to educators on blended learning, designing student experiences in online spaces, and taking best practices from online learning and applying them to the brick and mortar classroom to improve the student learning experience

• Taught the following courses online: 

• Online Learning Environments 1- Introduction to Blended Learning

• Online Learning Environments 2- Creating & Curating Content

• Online Learning Environments 3- Designing an Effective Blended Learning Environment

• Facilitated an online learning community

• Served as point person for Episcopal Academy’s Global Online Academy faculty cohort

• Member of team who designed and facilitated GOA’s inaugural summer Blended Learning Institute 

MIT Teaching Systems Lab, Cambridge, MA 2016-2017

Community Teaching Assistant and Volunteer

• Beta-tested EdX MOOC "Launching Innovation in Education” and performed review of Facilitator’s Guide for “Launching Innovation in Education” course

• Experience as learning circle facilitator highlighted in MIT EdX Facilitator’s Guides for following courses: 

  • Launching Innovation in Schools

  • Competency-Based Education- The Why, What, and How

  • Envisioning the Graduate of the Future

  • Design Thinking for Leading and Learning 

• Playtested and provided feedback on new interactive tools for teachers

• Community Teaching Assistant in Special XQ Edition of  MIT EdX SPOC (Small Private Online Course) "Launching Innovation in Schools"

MassCUE (Massachusetts Computer Using Educators) November 2016 - December 2017

Social Media Ambassador for the MassCUE Annual Conference 2017

• Selected through an application process to be one of eight Social Media Ambassadors who shared news of the conference throughout the day using a variety of social media channels

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, Cambridge, MA 2007 - 2016

During my nine years at BB&N I worked as an academic technology leader on both the elementary and high school campuses, teaching technology classes to students and helping faculty integrate technology into their classes and curriculum in meaningful ways

Upper School Academic Technology and Library Media Specialist 2014 - 2016

• Leadership and Collaboration: Developed positive morale, communicated departmental vision, identify and cultivate technology experts, plan and run meetings, document uses of technology, manage department budget, model effective uses of technology integration

• Teaching, Curriculum, and Assessment: Design and teach technology curriculum, meet with teachers and departments to plan curriculum and assessment, advocate for 21st century skills and meaningful integration of ISTE NETS into pedagogy, support and encourage uses of digital resources for differentiated instruction

• Professional Development Leadership: Train teachers to use our software and hardware; serve as technology coach and mentor to all faculty; develop and deliver faculty professional development; encourage and cultivate inquiry-based and project-based curriculum and technology integration, unit design and delivery aligned with learning objectives-based philosophy; stay current on recent technology through research, conferences and workshops and share new uses of technology and professional development opportunities with community

• Tech Support: Assist faculty, staff, students, and parents with technology-related issues, provide technology documentation and trainings, monitor campus technology tickets, assist with audio-visual needs

• Upper School Campus Leadership:

  • Cultural Proficiency Think Tank Member

  • Senior Spring Project Committee Member

  • Global Online Academy faculty cohort participant and faculty liaison

  • student tech group facilitator

  • Senior Spring Project mini course instructor

• Upper School Community Involvement: High school student advisor, Senior Spring Project advisor, attended weekly student S.H.A.D.E.S. group and student Gay Straight Alliance meetings, supported Muslim students in forming an MSA club

Lower School Academic Technology Specialist 2007-2014

• Taught technology classes to Upper Elementary students, including Digital Citizenship, LEGO WeDo kits, Scratch, and LOGO programming; ran multiple summer technology camps using Scratch

• Implemented Harvard Project Zero's "Out of Eden Learn" project, following journalist and National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek and his "slow journalism" Out of Eden Walk, retracing the migratory steps of human ancestors.

• Commitment to DEI: Cultural Proficiency Think Tank member, Connections Breakfast facilitator, Diversity Committee member, four-time SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) participant, attended AISNE Witnessing Whiteness workshop

• Designed and led faculty technology professional development, including adoption of SmartBoards,  introduction of iPads to teachers and students, and transition from FirstClass to Google suite

• Managed iPads and app deployment, oversaw Lower School and then Upper School academic technology budgets and well as our incentive-based technology professional development “Launch Grant” program

• Formed relationships with outside organizations such as the Scratch Team at the MIT Media Lab's Lifelong Kindergarten Group and Global Online Academy, also serving as BB&N’s GOA liaison in a faculty professional development pilot program

• Lower School Campus Leadership: 

• • BB&N Leadership Academy participant, 2012 – 2014

  • Cluster Leader for grades 5 and 6, 2012 – 2014

  • Educational Policy Committee member, 2008 – 2014

  • Diversity Steering Committee member, 2012 – 2014

  • Faculty Annual Fund Representative, 2012 – 2014

  • Faculty Annual Fund Committee member, 2011 – 2012

  • BB&N Teacher Training Institute instructor- taught "Technology in Math" class to Lesley University Masters in Education students interning at BB&N

• Lower School Community Involvement: Connections Breakfast Committee member, peer lunch facilitator, puberty educator, planned and hosted two dinners for the MEMSET (Massachusetts Elementary and Middle School Educational Technologists) group

BB&N Summer Camp, Cambridge, MA 2011 - 2013

Head of Technology Camp

• Planned, organized, and ran two different summer technology camps- Scratch programming and moviemaking. 

• Aided campers’ experiences programming using MIT’s Scratch environment with LEGO WeDo kits. 

• Taught campers various movie-making methods from stop-motion animation apps on the iPad to iMovie software.

Summer Camp Counselor

• BB&N Summer Camp counselor in computer lab, facilitated campers from all over the world in second grade through seventh grade with the Scratch programming environment.

MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA 2014 - 2016

Online Community Moderator & Scratch Team Member in the Lifelong Kindergarten group

As a member of the Scratch Team, I:

• Actively participated in the Scratch online community as a mentor and resource for youth

• Helped moderate projects, studios, and comments on the website

• Supported youth volunteer programs in the online community

• Promoted values and core ideas of the Scratch project

• Designed and led a virtual summer camp on Scratch website for programmers worldwide

Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge MA 2014

Consultant

• Performed a review of the Scratch Creative Computing Curriculum Guide for the ScratchEd team

King and Low-Heywood Thomas School (now King School), Stamford, CT 2003-2007

Technology Support Specialist

• Gave administrators, faculty, staff, students, and parents technical support with daily computing issues.

• Assisted with campus technology operations such as application level support, account maintenance, and school computer setup and repair.

• Community involvement: Middle School Yoga Club Faculty Advisor, Upper School Yoga Club Faculty Advisor, 7th Grade Robotics Club, varsity girls soccer coach, grades 7-8 co-ed ice hockey coach, head varsity lacrosse coach, summer lacrosse camp director and coach, chaperoned CAIS Student Diversity Leadership Conference

Easton Consultants, Stamford, CT 2002 - 2003

Research Associate

• Primary and secondary research including telephone interviews, data analysis, financial analysis, and gathering product and competitor information.

IT Director

• Responsible for internal network, server, Internet access, and email. 

• Troubleshot computing problems within the office.

Bryn Mawr College Computing Center, Bryn Mawr, PA 2000 - 2002

Head dorm network operator

• Oversaw dorm network tickets and assisted other dorm network operators

Dorm network operator

• Troubleshot student networking problems. Gave on-site and telephone networking support to students.

Systems support specialist

• Worked with system administrator in daily technical activities including setup and maintenance of servers and user accounts.

Computer operator

• Gave on-site and telephone technical support to faculty, staff, and students at help desk.

Bryn Mawr College Mathematics Department, Bryn Mawr, PA 2000 –2002

Teaching assistant and computer lab supervisor

• Acted as teaching assistant to professors with Introduction to Computer Science using C++ and Java

Kids Are People School, Boston, MA 1998 - 1999

Certified infant, toddler, and preschool teacher