I'm now finished with my mid-career Ed.M. degree in Education Policy and Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Can't believe how quickly this year went by! So glad for all that I have learned in and out of class, for the many fascinating colleagues I've been able to grow with this year, and also for the fun we've had along the way.
Over the last year, I've been able to be a part of many amazing student organizations and courses...
* Founder of the HGSE Early Childhood Student Group; maintained list of over 150 students to connect them with opportunities; organized multiple events, including informal get-togethers, an Early Math Research workshop, and two Design Thinking for Early Childhood Innovation workshops for over seventy participants; and consulted with the HGSE Development Office
* Officer of Academic Affairs for the HGSE Student Council; organized twenty get-togethers for students & professors and two evenings of EdTalks with twenty-three students sharing their new educational initiatives and ideas, as well as conducting surveys of student needs and supporting my committee in organizing additional student-run events
* Logistics and Sponsorship Chair for the HGSE Student Research Conference; fundraised over $5000 to provide more research resources for students; collaborated with facilities and catering for over 130 research projects & over 300 participants; and ran registration, including managing the creation, ordering, and distribution of name badges & promotion materials
Related early childhood research, policy, and management course projects:
* Generating & Using Evidence in Organizations with Prof Julie Boatright Wilson- Worked for the HGSE Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching to evaluate the implementation of HGSE non-credit Special Topics Workshops, gathering qualitative & quantitative measures through interviews, focus groups, & surveys; analyzing the data; and making change recommendations
* Science-Based Innovation in Early Childhood Policy & Practice with Prof Jack Shonkoff- Researched and drafted an intervention using design thinking with new parents
* Program Evaluation with Prof Tom Kane- Outlined a long-term difference-in-differences evaluation of the NYC Universal PreK expansion
* Teacher and Teaching Quality with Prof Erica Litke- Wrote a research proposal to explore preschool teachers' math content knowledge
* Science of Behavior Change with Prof Todd Rogers- Designed a nudge for the Sesame Street Go app to encourage parent-child interaction
* Multi-Level Modeling with Prof Luke Miratrix- Used hierarchical linear models to investigate parent stress & early math using ECLS-K 2011 in R
* Structural Equation Modeling with Prof Dana McCoy- Used EFA/CFA & mediation to investigate parent activities & child outcomes using Stata
Other coursework:
* Analytic Frameworks for Policy - HKS class with Prof Richard Zeckhauser
* Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Learning with Prof Monica Higgins
* Child Rearing, Language, and Culture with Prof Meredith Rowe
* Effective Implementation - HKS class with Prof Frank Hartmann
Over the last year, I've been able to be a part of many amazing student organizations and courses...
* Founder of the HGSE Early Childhood Student Group; maintained list of over 150 students to connect them with opportunities; organized multiple events, including informal get-togethers, an Early Math Research workshop, and two Design Thinking for Early Childhood Innovation workshops for over seventy participants; and consulted with the HGSE Development Office
* Officer of Academic Affairs for the HGSE Student Council; organized twenty get-togethers for students & professors and two evenings of EdTalks with twenty-three students sharing their new educational initiatives and ideas, as well as conducting surveys of student needs and supporting my committee in organizing additional student-run events
* Logistics and Sponsorship Chair for the HGSE Student Research Conference; fundraised over $5000 to provide more research resources for students; collaborated with facilities and catering for over 130 research projects & over 300 participants; and ran registration, including managing the creation, ordering, and distribution of name badges & promotion materials
Related early childhood research, policy, and management course projects:
* Generating & Using Evidence in Organizations with Prof Julie Boatright Wilson- Worked for the HGSE Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching to evaluate the implementation of HGSE non-credit Special Topics Workshops, gathering qualitative & quantitative measures through interviews, focus groups, & surveys; analyzing the data; and making change recommendations
* Science-Based Innovation in Early Childhood Policy & Practice with Prof Jack Shonkoff- Researched and drafted an intervention using design thinking with new parents
* Program Evaluation with Prof Tom Kane- Outlined a long-term difference-in-differences evaluation of the NYC Universal PreK expansion
* Teacher and Teaching Quality with Prof Erica Litke- Wrote a research proposal to explore preschool teachers' math content knowledge
* Science of Behavior Change with Prof Todd Rogers- Designed a nudge for the Sesame Street Go app to encourage parent-child interaction
* Multi-Level Modeling with Prof Luke Miratrix- Used hierarchical linear models to investigate parent stress & early math using ECLS-K 2011 in R
* Structural Equation Modeling with Prof Dana McCoy- Used EFA/CFA & mediation to investigate parent activities & child outcomes using Stata
Other coursework:
* Analytic Frameworks for Policy - HKS class with Prof Richard Zeckhauser
* Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Learning with Prof Monica Higgins
* Child Rearing, Language, and Culture with Prof Meredith Rowe
* Effective Implementation - HKS class with Prof Frank Hartmann
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