Leah Johnson ** Van Leuven Drive South ■ Rensselaer, NY 12144

P: 518-***-**** ■ email to: adrwrc@r.postjobfree.com

● Experience and responsive profession with background and training .

● Passion for data, organization, safety, sustainability well suited to Environmental Health and Safety

● Belief that students and staff grow, thrive, and learn best in an environment that is set up for success. I possess knowledge and innate curiosity which drives me toward excellence in my work. Professional Background

WOODLAND HILL MONTESSORI SCHOOL, North Greenbush, NY 2006-PRESENT Head Teacher, Science, Health, Math, Mindfulness

■ Designed and Implemented Curriculum for Middle School Math, Science, Health, Community Service

■ Maintained science lab chemical storage, tool and equipment maintenance for the science program

■ Multi-age classroom teaching and curriculum planning, reaching individual students using multiple formats and allowing expression of knowledge learned in variety of outcomes

■ Design process, UDL, Backward design processes used to align curricular outcomes with learning process, Synchronous and asynchronous learning systems

■ Led community service projects, advisory curriculum, teacher advisor to competition teams including Math Counts, Future Cities, and Science Bowl

■ Lead and co-develop experiential trips to locations such as Puerto Rico, Cape Cod, Amsterdam, and a 4-state Civil Rights Journey in American South

■ Design Thinking Model Training, Summer 2014

■ Materials Science Summer Experience, RPI Hosted by ASM, Summer 2012, including chemistry, physics labs set-up and safety training

RADIANCE HOT YOGA, Glenmont, NY 2015-PRESENT

Studio Manager, Instructor, Trainer

■ Staffing: Hiring, Training, Communication of Expectations, and Instructor Support

■ Maintenance of facility coordination and implementation

■ Marketing and communication to clientele

■ Interact and develop relationships with strategic partners, clients, and related organizations

■ Conceive and design workshops, trainings, educational series for adult learners SUCCESS FOR ALL FOUNDATION, Towson, MD 2000-2010

Curriculum Developer, Teacher Trainer, New Staff Mentor

■ Lead developer in science & health curriculum module development for this non-profit organization utilizing adult learning

■ Developed and tested reading and mathematics benchmarking assessments utilized for schools demonstrating need under the NCLB act

■ Worked with graphic designers, videographers, photographer, copyright permissions, copy editors, creative and content writers for curricular units

■ Multidisciplinary curricular units with facets to accommodate all learning types. Authored multiple cross-curricular units, samples include “Food for Thought” (Nutrition, Physical and Mental Health, Chemistry, Biology), and “An Underground Solution” (Geology, Chemistry, Geography, Hydrology, Economics)

■ Traveled to school sites to monitor administration of curriculum materials, trained teachers to best utilize SFA materials, interact with users of manuals, and trouble-shoot materials issues in-situ

■ Trained new SFA staff in development process of curricular team MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER, Pikesville and Lansdowne, MD 1995-2000 Tenured Teacher, Baltimore County Public School System, Middle School Science

■ Instructional leader in middle school teaching team, demonstrated excellence in meeting needs of adolescents from a range of socioeconomic, cultural and religious backgrounds

■ Selected for Gifted and Talented Education Curriculum Development Task Team, Baltimore County Public School Representative

■ Safety and Maintenance of Science Labs training 1996. Equipment and Chemical Distribution, Storage and Maintenance Coordinator, 3 years

Education

Degrees

MEd, Montessori Education, Xavier University, 2014 Masters in Education, Montessori Education, Cincinnati, OH

■ Became an educator who guides humans toward maximizing their potential, who leads learners to discovering their capacity, skills and challenges, and who facilitates experiences Master’s Thesis: Role of Teacher in Recognizing Higher Purpose in Social/Emotional/Moral Development in Adolescents

MS, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Johns Hopkins University, 2003 Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, Baltimore, MD

■ Focus on sustainability and waste management: training in Hazardous Waste, Recycling and Trash Waste Streams, GIS, Water Testing and Pollution, Agriculture

■ Emphasis on working within organizations to meet or exceed policy standards for pollution/waste using a sustainability and systematic approach to management BS, Biology, Bucknell University, 1995

Major in Biology, Minor in Education and Psychology, Lewisburg, PA

■ Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Psychological Statistics

■ Division 1 Collegiate Athletics- Track and Cross Country

■ Resident Assistant, two years

Certificates and Trainings

First Aid Certified, AED Certified (continuously updated) Certified Mindfulness Educator, Mindful Schools, 2018

■ Completed year-long practicum and action-based research project: mindfulness in math and movement

Yoga Instructor, Experienced and Registered, Barkan Yoga and Yoga Alliance,

■ Initial 200 hr certification, 2013

■ 500 hr certification, 2019

■ Director & Coordinator, Radiance Hot Yoga Teacher Training School Instinctive Meditation Instructor, Radiance Sutras School, 2022 Lorin Roche and Camille Maurine

■ 200 hour meditation teacher training, including 12 guided practice sessions for practicum Health and Nutrition Coaching, Dr. Sears School, 2020 NASM Certified Personal Training Certification, 2018 American Red Cross First AId Teacher, 2000-2003

Honors and Presentations:

American Montessori Society, National Convention, Washington, DC 2018 Presenter, Talk entitled “Communication of Knowledge and Process through Math Presentations”

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