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Other Duties as Assigned
Bet you didn’t know that I was the student activities coordinator in a past role? Bentley had me doing all sorts of things as they grew the school. I worked there during their Upper School’s years 4 through 7. Advisor Student activities coordinator Daily schedule committee 9-12 and later K-12 scheduling of students, courses, teachers…
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Early Attempts at Managing Workload
2002-03 Wow, teaching is a lot of work Planning out my week based on the schedule. These two artifacts are indicative of a career-long effort to keep busy, balance workload and somehow keep periods of intense effort down. I am far better at this now, and yet, it continues to be a challenge.
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Handling Split Roles
Many of us at EPS inhabit split roles. Part teacher, part something else. tl;dr; come talk to me; I would love to help you navigate this challenge It is hard. It is hard to feel responsible for a domain of the school and still make the necessary time for grading, lesson planning, and student meeting…
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Quotes: Professional Practice
Engaging assignments and willingness to change the class to fit the students needs. I think Mr. Briggs is a really great teacher, especially for this class. Data Science 1 Student 2022-23 It took a while for some of our assignments to be returned, so I would have been nice if things were graded faster. Data…
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Application to Eastside Prep
Cover letter, example syllabus, a challenging assignment and teaching philosophy.
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Year One: Self and Student Evaluation
Note, on the self/teacher evaluation 1 was high (pg 1) whereas, on the student evaluation, 5 was high (pg 2-6). Enthusiasm for material, subject knowledge and treating students with fairness and respect came easily to me in the classroom. Professionalism and other duties as assigned did as well outside of the classroom. Students and colleagues…