Whether serving as a public elementary school teacher or as an instructor at the university level, my approach to teaching and learning has always been centered around insights from critical pedagogies. I come to teaching with the understanding that we are all immeasurably impacted by issues of power and privilege, which persistently shape our individual and collective learning experiences.
By acknowledging the dynamic nature of learning and unlearning, my approach to teaching invites students to engage in a collaborative journey of critical self-reflection, dialogue, and deliberation that honors the knowledge and experiences that we collectively bring to the space while working to build on those understandings throughout our time together.
Teaching Experience
University of Delaware
EDUC 867: Working Within Local Education Systems (hybrid, EdD)
Instructor, Winter 2025
This doctoral-level course is designed to prepare leaders to understand and navigate complex relationships, systems, and conflicts within their individual organizational contexts and apply course learnings to solving organizational problems and conflicts through equity-driven solutions.
EDUC 828: Research in Educational Decision-making (hybrid, EdD)
Instructor, Fall 2024
This doctoral-level course develops concepts, practices, and data requirements of performance measurement and decision-making in schools at different levels (student, staff, program, school) and teaches appropriate uses of measurement results for purposes of professional and organizational improvement and accountability.
University of Southern California
EDUC 426: Educational Inquiry (in-person, undergraduate)
Instructor, Spring 2022
This course introduces students to educational inquiry and is guided by a skills-based approach that supports students in learning how to design and conduct educational research. This course is intended to be practically useful to students’ future in education both as practitioners and researchers, as well as informed and productive members of society. Understanding and applying various methods of inquiry in educational research offers students the opportunity to develop a more systematic understanding of themselves and specific educational experiences in a given context.
EDUC 681: Research, Policy, and Practice in Urban Education (online, PhD)
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2020
This course allows students to explore various topics and concepts related to the development of urban education through the various social, historical, and political lenses that have shaped its foundations. This course provides students with a rich understanding of how urban education has been conceptualized over time and the ways in which emerging researchers can explore implications for research, policy, and practice.
Fred A. Toomer Elementary School
Third Grade Teacher, 2018-2019
Brookhaven Innovation Academy
Second and Third Grade Teacher Leader, 2016-2018
KIPP Vision Primary School
First Grade Teacher, 2015-2016