Brooklyn College

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Hobart College

6th and 7th Grade Special Education Teacher at Quest to Learn Middle School, New York City Department of Education

Amplify

K-5 Curriculum Developer, Math Customizations

Grades 6-8 Curriculum Developer

•	Developed and implemented a reading intervention program and mentored/coached new Special Education Teachers by teaching and modeling evidence-based reading intervention practices, resulting in an average gain of 1.2 years in 6 months of the reading program 
•	Manage a caseload of 183 IEP’s and coordinate with 15 special education teachers and 8 related services providers to ensure that all students are receiving appropriate services that meet their educational needs
•	Exceeded target goal of 90% of services met 3 months ahead of schedule through collaboration with school administration regarding school-wide initiatives, teacher and student programming, progress monitoring, and data analysis

NYC Department of Education

IEP Teacher/Intervention Specialist 

•	Developed 6th grade math and science curriculums to be used in middle school special education classes
•	Facilitated 3 professional development sessions on tools to use during remote learning by sharing best practices, helpful applications, and strategies to engage students while at home
•	Achieved 100% meeting participation from parents of 21 students with IEP’s; disabilities include learning disabilities, autism, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, speech and language impairment, and emotional disturbance
•	Taught students who exceeded NY State Test target scores by 25% in math and 18% in reading

6th and 7th Grade Special Education Teacher

•	Supervised a staff team of 2-7 people and 25-40 teenagers on month long trips around the world
•	Oversaw day-to-day operations, accounting, and debrief meetings with staff team

Westcoast Connection

Trip Director

•	Developed 6th-8th grade remedial math curriculum, and worked on a team of teachers to develop a 7th grade honors math curriculum
•	94% of students met or exceeded standards on the New York State Math test, an 11% increase from previous year
•	Oversaw extracurricular activities including coaching Varsity Boys Soccer, Chess Club, and founded the Movie Club

7th Grade Special Ecuation Teacher

•	Worked collaboratively with school Administration to improve instruction through analysis of student data, leading to 3 straight years of an ‘A’ rating by the New York City Department of Education
•	Utilized state test and Measure of Student Learning data to develop a professional learning plan for monthly professional learning sessions aligned to school and district goals 
•	Planned agenda and facilitated weekly meetings for team of 6 teachers to collaborate and share best practices
•	Managed grade level calendar of events, projects, and deadlines, and disseminated weekly newsletters to families
•	Assisted school administration with management of the grade level budget of $10,000
•	Raised $7,000 for a week-long overnight trip for 7th grade students to participate in a team-building and hands-on learning experience at Nature’s Classroom

7th Grade Team Leader & Member of School Instructional Leadership Team

•	Outscored colleagues at the school by an average of 32% and NYC Teachers by 20% on a student perception survey that tabulated students’ feelings about classroom climate, classroom engagement, pedagogical effectiveness, rigorous expectations, teacher-student relationships
•	Raised NY State ELA test scores by 7% and Independent Reading Levels by an average of 1.1 years in 7 months 
•	Oversaw the Boys and Girls Soccer team and founded the school’s first Chess Team

•	Achieved 3-straight years of meeting financial success goals of the custom research team by routinely collaborating with clients and account managers to develop questionnaires based on client needs and/or industry trends
•	Analyzed behavioral trends of consumers and created succinct data reports for stakeholders detailing those trends and presented findings during quarterly meetings
•	Supervised the publishing of a weekly questionnaire to a sample of 40,000 US representative panelists

The NPD Group

Custom Research Specialist

Skills: Research · Organization Skills · Teamwork · Client Services · Interpersonal Skills · Microsoft Word · Microsoft Office · Problem Solving · Analytical Skills

Custom Research Associate

•	Researched potential buyers of upcoming book titles and prepared target lists of stores throughout the country for the sales team
•	Collaborated with the marketing team and brainstormed ideas to create promotions for books and their new E-Book platform
•	Created flyers and e-cards for authors and events to promote books in the upcoming Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 catalogue
•	Uploaded information onto Palgrave’s website to provide more information for potential buyers

Palgrave Macmillan

Intern

•	Maintained correspondence by e-mail and phone with members of the Internet industry to participate in marketing partnerships with a start-up travel website
•	Acted as part of a street team handing out information and discussing the company with targeted demographics
•	Raised site traffic 17% by establishing link exchanges and creating partnerships with local businesses in New York City
•	Managed online advertisement campaigns using Google Ad Manager

HopStop.com

Marketing Intern

•	Leading fundraiser out of staff of 50 in the fiscal year of 2007-2008; personally raised $60,000 to contribute to the colleges’ goal of $1 million. 
•	Work as part of a fundraising team as a telephone solicitor for the Annual Fund. Primary responsibility was to help alumna/alumnae reconnect with the Colleges.
•	Awarded salesperson of the month in April 2007 for outstanding sales
•	Awarded salesperson of the week in September 2009 and October 2007

Joshua Kahan