Education/Customer Service/Administrative Assistant

Amber M. Garland

Greensboro, N.C. ***** ********@************.***

Education

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

M.A. History/Museum Studies August 2021-May 2024

University of Texas at Tyler

M.A. History July 2011-August 2013

University of Texas at Tyler

B.A. History with a minor in Art History June 2010-July 2011

education experience

BLINN COLLEGE, Bryan, TX August 2017-July 2021

Adjunct History Instructor

Assisted students with achieving their goals through an exemplary education.

• Planned and facilitated student-centered classroom discussion

•Taught using face-to-face, blended, and online methods

• Developed and led lectures in History 1301 and 1302

• Encouraged discussion of subject matter with students as well as used primary documents.

• Created reading and writing assignments for optimal learning outcomes

• Generated assignments that emphasized the interpretation and analysis of primary source readings

• Provided additional support and mentor/tutor students outside of the classroom for continuous academic goal attainment

•Taught blended classes in conjunction with Texas A&M University

•Quality Matters Certification Fall 2019

LONE STAR COLLEGE, Tomball, TX August 2016-July 2021

Adjunct History Instructor

Assisted students with achieving their goals through an exemplary learning experience.

• Planned and facilitate student-centered classroom discussion

•Taught using face-to-face, hybrid, and online methods

• Developed and led lectures in History 1301 and 1302

• Encouraged discussion of subject matter with students as well as used primary documents

• Created reading and writing assignments for optimal learning outcomes

• Generated assignments that emphasized the interpretation and analysis of primary source readings

• Provide additional support and mentor/tutor students outside of the classroom for continuous academic goal attainment

•DEIA Certification Fall 2020

•A Student Success Institute Mentor

•Nominated for an Adjunct Teaching Excellence Award, Fall 2018

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Omaha, NE

Teacher of Record (Supervisor) / Reading Instructor August 2015-August 2016

Assisted students with their reading and writing skills to allow them to reach their academic goals

•Assigned reading groups to instructors and reviewed individual student goals

•Compiled and tracked attendance hours

•Facilitated student testing

•Facilitated student program entrance and exit

•Assisted with quarterly team meetings

•Tutored students in reading comprehension using Read Right program system guidelines and techniques

•Conducted quarterly team meetings

• Assessed students' daily performance and maintained student data within designated tracking systems

•Assigned grades in credit classes and Adult Education classes as Teacher of Record

public history/Museum experience

UNCG History Department’s History/Museum Studies Program

Digital Portfolio March 2022

Created personal digital portfolio

Oral History Project

Temple Emanual February 2022

Interviewer, Technical Coordinator, Researcher and Transcriber

Unsung Heroes Project/Oral History Project

http://libresearch.uncg.edu/unsung_heroes/ October 2021

Technical Coordinator and Researcher

Volunteer Experience

Durham Museum, Omaha, NE

Museum Educator December 2015-July 2016

o4th grade school tours

oSpecial exhibits

ohttps://www.ketv.com/article/celebrate-pioneer-day-at-the-durham-museum/7166888

Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX

Museum Educator November 2007-January 2010

oK-12th grade HISD tours

oSpecial exhibits

oInventory for exhibits

Assisted Dr. Brooks with inventory for an exhibit (Birds)

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX

Volunteer October 2008-January 2010

oTours

oArchive Project

Nat Hart Davis Museum, Montgomery, TX

Historic House Museum

Volunteer January 2007-August 2007

affiliations and leadership

AFFILIATIONS:

Webb Historical Society, Frank Smyrl Chapter – President, 2011-2012

oIncreased the club’s presence on campus as well as in the community

oCreated monthly speaker events on campus (they still do these)

Honors - Phi Alpha Theta, 2011; Alpha Chi, 2011; Sigma Alpha Pi, 2012

American Historical Association

oJoined 2018

Central Texas Historical Association

oJoined 2018

Southern Historical Association

oJoined 2020

Delta Zeta Sorority, 1996

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