Dianne Houston-Hawkins

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Published professional with more than 10 years in the education and biomedical research fields. Utilize outstanding verbal and written interpersonal and communication skills and able to demonstrate success in academia and in scientific research as evidenced by students’ successes and published manuscripts in referred scientific journals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tutors on Call Houston, TX

Tutor 12/05 - Present

Create developmentally appropriate tutorials and lesson plans for individuals and small groups of students

Advise parents/guardians of learning methods that address the needs of their learners’ learning styles

Inform parents and students of content important to be emphasized during study times according to the learners’ challenges such as fraction in algebraic expression, exponential laws, relationships, and organisms and their relationship with their environment

Develop study plans of action to promote better performance of the students’ in classroom scenarios including class time, testing, and project development

Energized for Stem Houston, TX

Science Teacher 8/14 – 1/15

Taught and co-developed a research and design course for graduating seniors

Assisted in instruction for advance placement courses of Physics, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences

Accompanied more than 50 students form the central campus to the west campus daily by HISD busses

Girls and Boys Preparatory Academy Houston, TX

Math Lab Teacher 11/13 – 4/14

Designed tutorial activities to improve students’ summative and formative performance in assessments, for Science, Algebra I and Geometry and General Mathematics; Substituted for absent instructors in grades 6th-9th

Monitored behavior, attendance, and progress of grades 8th-11th in Math, Algebra, and Geometry

Houston Independent School District Houston, TX

Teacher/Teacher of Record/Biology 3/03 – 2/13

Taught various courses in Science and Math as an associate teacher, monitored attendance and behavior

Lectured Science courses to seniors that needed to pass TAKS-Science Assessment in order to matriculate; 98% of graduating seniors were successful

Taught the six science objectives during tutorials on several southeast high schools

Followed lessons provided by teachers of record to maintain continuity of instruction in their absence

Houston Community College System Central Houston, TX

Instructor 5/08 – 8/10

Taught more than 100 students prepare for testing for their Government Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.)

Maintained attendance records and progress in courses designed for successful completion of the G.E.D.

Completed more than 100 hours of Continuing Adult Education in content pedagogy and teaching according to students’ learning styles

Designed lesson plans to methodically improve knowledge and confidence in passing the G.E.D.

V.A. Hospital/A&M University/Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX

Research Assistant II 3/03 – 8/04

Interviewed by surveys pre/post medical visits with Veterans and their physicians

Lifestyles and pertinent perceptions from patients were recorded by survey and audio recording

Scheduled appointments to be a part of this study for data; provided theoretical input on data

EDUCATION

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN – Master of Science, Biological Sciences/Cell Biology

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ – Diploma/Atrium Baccalaureate, Psychology/Pre-Medical Studies

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