Teacher

Bryan Steven Olson, M.A.

**** ********* #* ******* ***** California 90277. ************@*****.*** 310-***-**** Objective: To bring my experience and passion for science and math education to our community and using it to motivate and inspire children to become lifelong learners in a school where civic values as well as education are taught together

Education:

Loyola Marymount University

Masters of Arts Elementary Education 2005

California State University Long Beach

Bachelors of Arts History 2001

Teaching Experience:

Compton Unified School District 2002-2020

Robert F. Kennedy August 2019-June 2020

K-1 Combo Teacher/Third Grade Teacher

• Instruct, guide and direct students in physical education with grade level and physically developmentally appropriate activities

• Provided online instruction to students during global pandemic via Google Classroom and other mediums

Dr. Ralph E Bunche Middle School 2009-2019

6th Grade Math, Science, Physical Education and Engineering Teacher

• Created and implemented a variety of teaching strategies to engage students in learning; placing an emphasis on practicality, relevance and relation to the students’ lives.

• Consistently organized, managed and directed students through a variety of Physical Education activities

• Performed duties as a liaison between The Alvin Ailey American Ballet Company and our school to provide world class dance instruction to physical education class

• Developed and implemented lesson plans that integrated Math and Science where students were encouraged to use multiple academic disciplines to work together and solve real world problems.

• In partnership with Project Lead the Way, introduced an engineering curriculum which emphasized problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration and communication.

• Organized classroom science competitions involving the principals of flight where students designed and built a rocket and used data to increase their flight times.

• Created a cross curriculum horticulture and agriculture program which integrated multiple disciplines while fostering students’ understanding of growing food and developing mindfulness of California’s ecology.

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School 2002-2009

4th and 5th Grade General Studies Teacher

• Design and construct safe and appropriate obstacle courses for School Field Days

• Contributed to the school’s overall academic state ranking that showed consistent growth in its AYP and API scores until school achieved Blue Ribbon School status.

• Acted as Grade Level Chairperson and mentor to new teachers, providing guidance on school policies, instructional tools and classroom management strategies.

• Partnered with the Teaching America History Project in which we developed vertical alignment of 5th, 8th and 11th grade state history standards. We created new methods to teach history by increasing student interaction through role playing and a critical emphasis on how students would have experienced life historically. Project involved participating in conferences at Colonial Williamsburg, The Thomas Day Education Foundation in North Carolina and The Boston Freedom Trail. Credentials and Certifications:

K-8 Multiple Subject Teaching Credential

Cross-cultural, Language and Academic Develop (CLAD) Certification Project Lead the Way Certifications: Design and Modeling, Robotics and Flight and Space Military Service: United States Air Force 1987-1991

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