History Department Chair at Leadership Public Schools College Park
San Francisco Bay Area
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- History Department Chair at Leadership Public Schools
- Past
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- History Teacher at Highland High School
- English Teacher at Highland High School
- Substitute Teacher at Antelope Valley Union High School District
- Canvass Director at Grassroots Campaigns
- Education
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- University of Phoenix
- University of California, Santa Barbara
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Dan Hess’s Summary
Urban Lead Teacher interested in collaborative and viral professional development, edtech, edublogs, interdisciplinary studies, curriculum development, and assessment methodology. Experience with Advanced Placement, ELL, and differentiated instruction. Focused on harnessing Web 2.0 Personal Learning Networks (PLN) for self directed professional development.
Dan Hess’s Specialties:
Curriculum Design, Portfolio Assessment, Technology Implementation, Collaboration
Dan Hess’s Experience
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History Department Chair
Leadership Public Schools
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Developed a standards based portfolio assessment method for World History.
Acted as staff advocate for teacher-administrator-human resources interactions.
First responder for staff technology issues. Early adopter of technology implementation.
Wrote and received DonorsChoose grants for classroom projects.
Interviewed potential teacher applicants in social studies as well as incoming administrative positions.
Reviewed and recommended departmental purchases (textbooks, resources) for inclusion of purchases.
Currently developing curriculum for US History, US History Honors, Civics, Economics, and Digital Journalism. -
History Teacher
Highland High School
(Education Management industry)
August 2006 — June 2007 (11 months)
Developed and implemented standards based lesson plans for Tenth grade world history and World History AP
Developed a digital curriculum archive of contributed social studies lessons and resources for departmental use
AP training certificated from University of San Diego and have experience as a proctor of AP tests
Member of the professional development team involved in advanced placement program decisions, the new teacher collaboration cohort, and the schedule development committee
Coached JV Wrestling for Highland High School: 15 times Golden League Champions, 4 time CIF champions
Proctored AP exams, Offered voluntary AP tutoring, and supervised Saturday School -
English Teacher
Highland High School
(Education Management industry)
September 2005 — June 2006 (10 months)
Developed and implemented standards based lesson plans for English grades nine, ten, and eleven using Holt materials
Mentored International Baccalaureate students and advised the Highland High School Chess Club
Instructed supplementary English Assessment Tutoring -
Substitute Teacher
Antelope Valley Union High School District
(Education Management industry)
January 2005 — June 2005 (6 months)
Substituted in a variety of secondary level subjects including: English, Social Studies, Math, Science, Health, Physical Education, Special Education, and various Electives for school sites throughout the district.
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Canvass Director
Grassroots Campaigns
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Political Organization industry)
June 2004 — September 2004 (4 months)
Oversaw the Democratic National Committee campaign fund raising operations for the Santa Barbara branch.
Hired and trained new staff and new field managers
Organized daily field operations
Managed fund raising efforts that exceeded $90,000 for the Democratic election campaign, in addition to personally canvassing funds in excess of five thousand dollars
Spoke with thousands of people about election issues, educating them about their responsibilities as voters and encouraged their active involvement with their party
Helped organize and participated in an in-office round table discussion with Congress-woman Lois Capps
Dan Hess’s Education
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University of Phoenix
M.A.Ed. , Secondary Education , 2004 — 2006
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University of California, Santa Barbara
B.A. , Religious Studies, Minor in Japanese , 1999 — 2004
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