Experience

• University of Pittsburgh

  Field Education Instructor

  To provide a broad range of learning experiences and direct service roles that are in keeping with the objectives and curriculum of the School of Social Work and the educational needs of the individual student. This includes assignment of professional responsibilities consistent with the student’s level of professional development.

• University of Pittsburgh

  Lecturer, School of Social Work

  Instructing four classes per semester in the spring and fall, and one course during the summer. Additional responsibilities include academic advising, liaison work in the field for student field placement’s, and committee assignments (Direct Practice, BASW, and Affirmative Action).

• The Forum for Youth Investment

  Summer Research Fellow

  Reviewing and coding research literature, videos, and frameworks on Positive Youth Development (PYD) and practices across sectors inclusive, but not limited to formal education, out of school time, maker spaces, juvenile justice, social work, libraries, museums, faith-based institutions, workforce development and health systems. The purpose is to assist with the launch of a “refresh campaign” of moving ideas to impact within the PYD field by utilizing the Science of Learning and Development (SoLD). The premise is that learning can happen in every environment and the goal is to ensure the people who support such practices are identified; how their practices inform Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and if such practices/programming are equitable for children and youth; and policy implications. Developing the research allows the Forum for Youth Investment to produce white papers, blog post, newsletters, convenings’, and design curriculum materials.

• Department of Human Services

  Strength Based for Family Worker's Instructor

  To provide a multi-faceted interagency training program designed with the goal of infusing strength-based, empowerment-oriented principles into the work of helpers across public, private and nonprofit service systems.

• California University of Pennsylvania

  Adjunct Instructor

  To provide knowledge, skills and values needed for students to engage in family work as a generalist social worker. This includes preparation of lessons and lectures, the facilitation of class instruction, assist with curriculum planning, development of syllabi and rubrics for course, create and implement assessment tools, as well as evaluate student performance. This course is designed to prepare students for work with families of various types and purposes appropriate to generalist social work practice. This course emphasizes methods for family work that are consonant with social work values and ethics and the purposes of the profession.

• University of Central Florida

  Instructor

  Teaching four classes per semester in the spring and fall. Additional responsibilities include liaison work in the field for student field placement’s, thesis chair for bachelor level research, committee assignments (BSW and CHOPA IE Assessment Team), and lead instructor for course development.

• Maynard Evans High School

  The university partner activates and connects institutional assets to support and sustain the Community Partnership School.