教师 & 工作人员

Ms. Smith comes to vip澳门贵宾会网址 with over 20 years in education.  She earned a bachelor's degree in History from Florida A&M大学和她的M.Ed. 卡布里尼大学.  Ms. Smith has been involved in a wide array of academic, 运动, 目前在vip澳门贵宾会网址教历史和排球.  She has experience working with middle and upper school students, 有学习差异的学生, 在城市和郊区都是如此.  不管她和谁一起工作. Smith believes that success comes in three forms: collaboration, 技能发展, 在实践中学习.  Ms. 史密斯家族的座右铭是“活着”, 生活, 爱和她的目标是在每一个与她一起工作的学生和人身上创造同样的渴望. 显示更少

Jerien Okoh-Tisch brings her passion for music education, 进行, and performing to the vip澳门贵宾会网址 school as the 合唱音乐总监. 她拥有约翰霍普金斯皮博迪学院的音乐学位和马里兰州音乐教育的标准专业教师证书. Her additional studies have taken her to the Royal College of Music in London, 新英格兰音乐学院, 范德比尔特大学. 突出的女士. Okoh-Tisch的表演生涯包括2005年与格莱美奖获奖艺术家Kanye West和2006年与格莱美提名福音艺术家的巡演, 乔的速度. She has since conducted and performed in several ensembles and choruses in the U.K. 与此同时，还保留着专门从事古典和当代声乐教学的私人教学实践. Having studied under the award-winning music pedagogue, 彼得•霍华德, 她还教和拉大提琴, 钢琴, 和小提琴.     显示更少

来自北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市的博士. 凯特于2021年开始在vip澳门贵宾会网址岛教西班牙语. 她在北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)获得哲学和西班牙语学士学位, a master’s degree in 女性的 Studies from Florida Atlantic University, 匹兹堡大学西班牙语文学硕士和博士学位. Dr. 凯特还拥有性别专业的博士学位, 女性的, and Sexuality Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. 显示更少

伊桑Abensohn于2021年秋季开始在vip澳门贵宾会网址岛执教，担任法语和西班牙语教师. 他得了个B.A. in French Studies from Colby College in 2007, an M.A. in French Literature from Middlebury College in 2008, and an M.A. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University in 2017. He has spent five years living in Francophone countries in Europe (France), 西非(喀麦隆), 北非(摩洛哥). 他有超过7年的教学经验，包括教法语和阿拉伯语. Mr. Abensohn很高兴加入vip澳门贵宾会网址社区，并期待教学归纳, 以类, 重视沟通的方法.  显示更少

Ms. 珀金斯于2021年7月来到vip澳门贵宾会网址岛. 她毕业于马萨诸塞州的一所独立寄宿学校——布鲁克斯学校. 她在康涅狄格州的三一学院(Trinity College)获得教育研究学士学位，在北卡罗来纳州的a大学(North Carolina a)获得成人教育硕士学位(学院管理和领导)&T州立大学. Ms. 帕金斯目前是东北大学高等教育管理博士研究生. Prior to vip澳门贵宾会网址, she served as a 大学 administrator for 13 years. 显示更少

来自匹兹堡, PA区域, 琥珀Saville-Andree于2009年在库兹敦大学(Kutztown University)获得海洋科学学位，主修生物学，辅修化学. She taught marine-based outdoor environmental education for K-12, 大学, 和弗吉尼亚州沿海的成年年龄组, GA, the FL Keys and the USVI for six years before moving into the classroom in 2015. 在她担任课堂教师的时候. 萨维尔-安德烈教授生物学、化学、海洋科学、环境科学和解剖学. 她于2020年加入vip澳门贵宾会网址大学，非常享受为游泳队做教练的时光，在南宿舍楼当一名成年人，还教科学.   显示更少

Ms. Scott joined vip澳门贵宾会网址 in 2018 as our 蒸汽专家. Ms. Scott has previous experience working in 3D printing and digital fabrication, 包括原型鞋类, 服装, 和实验纺织品. 

她的成绩是B.F.A in International Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and a Master Certification in Footwear and Leather Industries. 当被问及是什么让她来到vip澳门贵宾会网址时，她说. 斯科特回答说:“我选择在vip澳门贵宾会网址教书，是因为这里的学生和学校赋予年轻女性权力的方式. vip澳门贵宾会网址 graduates are so impressive and are the future leaders of this world. It’s inspiring and such a great honor to teach here.” 显示更少

作者安德鲁·夏普，历史系系主任

It is fitting that in the year that vip澳门贵宾会网址 is celebrating Co-Curriculum’s 50^th 周年纪念日, 拉里·普拉特, a teacher who shaped so many vip澳门贵宾会网址 students’ experiences on Capitol Hill, 重新加入vip澳门贵宾会网址学院，并向新一代vip澳门贵宾会网址女孩传授公民参与的重要性. Larry’s connection to the Co-Curriculum program goes back to 1998, when he began at vip澳门贵宾会网址 as a part-time teacher of Public Affairs, a class for juniors that met before they got on the bus to go their placements.   “《vip澳门贵宾会网址》是一门真正的课程，”拉里回忆说，“有初级期刊、测验和一篇研究论文. 这对学生来说是一项繁重的工作, 但当他们来到国会山的办公室时，他们知道这些问题和制度.拉里后来成为历史系的全职成员，并在2000年担任初级联合课程的负责人. When we sat down to talk, it was shortly after another 周年纪念日 – the 15^th 9月11日的纪念日. 拉里还清楚地记得，在接下来的几周里，继续大三的国会项目所面临的挑战. “虽然家长们看到了向世界展示vip澳门贵宾会网址不会被这些袭击所阻止的重要性, they were also concerned about their daughter’s safety.” Their concerns were heightened when 参议员 Tom Daschle’s office, 一个vip澳门贵宾会网址学生工作的地方, 在邮件中收到炭疽病毒. 这是对国会共同课程计划的承诺, 拉里和低年级学生一起去了国会山，并在那里度过了这一年剩下的一天. “I would spend my days stationed at the Senate Page School, (vip澳门贵宾会网址中学的家长凯瑟琳·维登当时是该校的校长)，她会到vip澳门贵宾会网址学校的办公室拜访女孩们，让她们知道有人在帮助她们.”

After years of teaching his students the importance of civic engagement, 拉里把他学到的东西付诸实践. In 2012 he left teaching to establish and run Win the Future, 年轻的美国, 一个致力于提高年轻一代公民参与和选民投票率的非营利组织. Although it meant he no longer was in the classroom working with his students, Larry was living his call to action and serving as a model for his students. 经过四年的工作, 赢得未来, 年轻的美国 was not building the wider audience it needed, and Larry was missing the conversations with students and teachers. In 2016, 拉里回到了教室, where he now shares experiences from his work with Win the Future, 年轻的美国. In addition to being an expert in voter turnout and participation, 拉里也学到了重要的一课. “The vip澳门贵宾会网址 School value of ‘Resiliency’ resonates with me,” says Larry. “I know what it means to devote a lot of hard work yet not quite reach your goal, 就像vip澳门贵宾会网址的学生偶尔经历的那样.”

拉里回到课堂时，vip澳门贵宾会网址正在努力教学生公民对话的重要性, 尤其是在2016年大选期间. 学校的负责人, 皮拉尔·卡贝扎·德·瓦卡, 让拉里在校园里担任青年共和党和青年民主党俱乐部的顾问, 并激励vip澳门贵宾会网址社区在表达不同观点的同时，以尊重的方式进行讨论. While civil discourse was not always evident on the national stage, vip澳门贵宾会网址’s lecture series on the elections produced widespread engagement, thoughtful questions and a connection to the historic 2016 election. As a truly passionate teacher of history and government, 拉里发现“每个选举季都很迷人. The 2000 election, like this year, had its own fascinating moments. vip澳门贵宾会网址有“挂查德”,’ the Supreme Court effectively determining the election’s outcome, 前第一夫人成为美国总统.S. 参议员.” 

Navigating the terrain of the passionate political discussion is truly hard, but Larry believes necessary for students to be truly engaged in their world. “你必须生活在一个你的一些价值观可能与其他群体的价值观不匹配的群体中. So, how do we avoid alienating some for their beliefs? We start by establishing we are all good, decent people, with good intentions.为了强化这一观点, 拉里在教室前面的白板上贴了一块牌子，上面写着“不要评判”,” a clear call for us to first seek to understand. In Larry’s view, the history classroom is the ideal place to learn these lessons. “There are plenty of people in history with views that challenge our own. We can practice what it is like to try to understand their views.”   

In 2011, 拉里是一个社区委员会的成员，该委员会的任务是将vip澳门贵宾会网址的使命宣言从几个段落中提炼出其真正的精髓. 结果, “推出改变世界的女性,” has been at the center of Larry’s work with vip澳门贵宾会网址 girls. Whether through Co-Curriculum or his history classes, 拉里帮助“发起”了无数年轻女性参与公民活动，知道如何参与公民对话——这正是世界此刻所需要的. 显示更少