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PMP-Certified Educator with 10+ Years Experience (MAR & Ed.M.)
Katherine K.

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I am a highly organized PMP-Certified Education and Monitoring and Evaluation Professional with 10+ years of combined experience as an educator, data analyst, and project manager. I hold a BA from St. Olaf College, a MAR from Yale University, and an Ed.M. from Harvard University. I am currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D.) in Human and Organizational Learning (HOL) with a focus on learning, leadership, and change, particularly in neurodiverse contexts. I am also certified as a Direct Support...

I am a highly organized PMP-Certified Education and Monitoring and Evaluation Professional with 10+ years of combined experience as an educator, data analyst, and project manager. I hold a BA from St. Olaf College, a MAR from Yale University, and an Ed.M. from Harvard University. I am currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D.) in Human and Organizational Learning (HOL) with a focus on learning, leadership, and change, particularly in neurodiverse contexts. I am also certified as a Direct Support Professional (DSP) and have extensive experience working with children and adults with physical and developmental differences.

I have taught English literature, English language, French, humanities, reading, math, and social skills. I have worked with children, youth, and adults in the U.S. and overseas in volunteer teaching roles, private tutoring roles, small group instruction, and as a lead teacher at an all-girls International Baccalaureate (IB) school in Amman, Jordan (7th grade humanities and 10th grade English literature). I am also certified to teach ESL and have experience teaching English language to children, youth, and adults in the United States and abroad.

In addition to serving as an educator, I am an experienced international development professional with a background developing, leading, and analyzing education and mental health projects around the world. I speak English as a native language, French at an advanced level, and Arabic at an intermediate level. In my free time, I enjoy visiting museums, reading, going to theater productions, writing poetry, and learning about photography.

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Education

St. Olaf College
undergrad
Yale University
Masters
Harvard University
MEd

Additional Languages

French

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Career Development

Career Development

I am a PMP-Certified Doctoral Candidate in Human and Organizational Learning (HOL) with 6 years of experience leading career development programs for college and graduate-aged youth, managing junior staff in their career development, and researching career development in neurodiverse workplaces. I have a strong understanding of learning, leadership, and change as those areas apply to workforce engagement and organizational development. I am also highly organized and have experience supporting students and colleagues in the process of developing CVs and identifying meaningful work opportunities. I recently completed a career coaching program through my alma mater, St. Olaf College, that equipped me with up-to-date career development tools for today's job market.
Data Analysis

Data Analysis

I am a PMP-certified Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager with over 10 years of experience working on education, mental health, economic empowerment, and trade projects in the international development sector. I am skilled in project design, development, and implementation, including data collection and analysis for reporting purposes. I have experience managing staff and training teams on data practices. I hold an Ed.M. from Harvard University, with coursework specifically in applied statistics, microeconomics, and monitoring and evaluation. I am currently a doctoral candidate in Human and Organizational (HOL) with coursework and background in both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. My professional and academic background has included use of STATA, SPSS, and Excel for quantitative data analysis and Dedoose and NVivo for qualitative data analysis.
ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

I have been certified for 10 years by the International Language Institute to teach English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). I have provided private ESL tutoring for children and adults in the U.S. and abroad and have taught full ESL courses for children and adults at the classroom level. As someone with a professional background in international development, I enjoy connecting with students from around the world to learn about their cultures and experiences and help them to achieve their educational and professional goals.
Essay Writing

Essay Writing

I have experience as a 10th grade English literature teacher and as a private tutor of high-school level essay writing. I hold a MA from Yale University, an Ed.M. from Harvard University, and am currently a doctoral candidate in Human and Organization Learning (HOL) working on my dissertation proposal. I am highly organized and have expertise in outlining, writing, editing, and proofreading essays. I also have strong research skills and am particularly well-versed in MLA and APA reference formatting. I am passionate about writing for the purpose of enhanced communication and idea expression.
French

French

I have 8+ years of formal training in French at the K-12, undergraduate, and graduate levels. This education included a doctoral course in French at Yale University reading the canon of literature by Albert Camus and comparing and contrasting Arabic and French translations of Albert Camus' "The Stranger." In addition to this background studying French, I have professional experience teaching French in a fully-immersive residential environment at Concordia Language Villages (Lac Du Bois). I also translated French news media and other literature in my capacity as a Research Assistant at the Moroccan American Center for Policy in Washington, D.C. I have lived in Morocco and have worked on international development projects requiring the use of French at various points in my career. These projects have required me to speak French to connect with survivors of domestic violence in Morocco, to support an Oxfam project in rural northern Morocco, and to monitor and evaluate a women's economic empowerment project in Morocco. I have also traveled on multiple occasions to France, Belgium, and Switzerland, where I had an opportunity to interact in French with locals.
Grammar

Grammar

I have experience teaching grammar to children, youth, and adults in the U.S. and abroad in private tutoring and classroom settings. I am certified to teach English as a second language (TESOL) and have completed coursework in Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew, French, and Arabic. This linguistic background has equipped me to identify linguistic patterns in words, understand their roots and grammar, and teach children and young adults the fundamentals of language. I hold a BA from St. Olaf College, MA degrees from Yale University and Harvard University, and am currently completing my Ed.D. at The George Washington University. Exposure to these different learning environments, coupled with my professional background in education and international development, has informed my understanding of language, history, and culture.
Project Management

Project Management

I hold active certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute (PMI). I also have 10+ years of experience designing, implementing, managing, and evaluating education, mental health, economic empowerment, trade, and public-private partnership projects in the international development sector. In addition to my background and education specific to project management, I am currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D.) in Human and Organizational Learning (HOL). The program has equipped me to tutor in areas of learning, leadership, and organizational change.
Public Speaking

Public Speaking

I hold an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which included coursework in "The Arts of Communication for Educators." I have also worked in the international development sector for the past 10+ years in a project development, management, and evaluation role, which has required me to speak publicly about projects and goals with a wide range of donors. I am currently an Ed.D. candidate in Human and Organizational Learning (HOL) and have spoken publicly about my research at a variety of national and international conferences. I have continued to study coaching and communication in the course of the program.
Reading

Reading

I hold an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and have experience teaching reading on a private and group level to K-12 students and students with special learning needs in the U.S. and abroad. I also taught 7th grade humanities and 10th grade English literature teacher at a private IB school in Amman, Jordan. I love having conversations with students and empowering them expand their horizons and understanding of the world through the joy of reading.
Religion

Religion

I hold a BA in Religion from St. Olaf College and a MA in Religion from Yale Divinity School. Coursework at the BA level included: "God and Human Suffering," "Judaism," "History and Geography of the Bible and Holy Land," and "Old Testament" and "Medieval Monasticism" abroad at Oxford University. Coursework at the MA level included: "History of Christian Theology to 451," "God and Difference," "Ethics of St. Augustine," "Christian-Muslim Dialogue," and coursework in intermediate Biblical Greek and intermediate Biblical Hebrew. I have studied and subsequently lived in North Africa and the Middle East (Morocco, Jordan, and Israel/Palestine) and have personal experience in the Greek Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant (ELCA and Congregationalist) traditions.
Special Needs

Special Needs

I hold a Harvard-UNICEF certification in Child Protection and have received training as a Direct Support Professional (DSP) for people with special needs through the University of Minnesota. I have over 10 years of experience developing and leading education and mental health projects, with a particular focus on children and adults with learning differences. I worked as a Direct Support Professional (DSP) at True Friends Can, a residential center in MN for children and adults with physical and developmental needs. In that role, I provided personal care and designed needs-specific activities. I also taught children with special needs in my work at a school in Jordan and with an American nonprofit in the West Bank of Palestine. I am currently a doctoral candidate researching neurodiverse workplaces. In the course of that work, I have developed expertise in areas of disability policy, school-work transitions, and workplace support for youth and young adults.
Spelling

Spelling

I have experience teaching spelling to children and youth in the U.S. and abroad in private tutoring and classroom settings. I am certified to teach English as a second language (TESOL) and have completed coursework in Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew, French, and Arabic. This linguistic background has equipped me to identify linguistic patterns in words, understand their roots, and teach children and young adults the fundamentals of language. I hold a BA from St. Olaf College, MA degrees from Yale University and Harvard University, and am currently completing my Ed.D. at The George Washington University. Exposure to these different learning environments, coupled with my professional background in education and international development, has informed my understanding of language, history, and culture.
Study Skills

Study Skills

I am a PMP-Certified Educator with experience teaching children, youth, and adults in the U.S. and abroad. This work has required me to develop, exercise, and share a range of organization and project management skills. I have worked on organization and time management skills with students with specific cognitive learning needs to help them achieve academic success and have supported youth and adults as they prepare for English second-language examinations. In addition to this professional experience, I hold a BA from St. Olaf College, MA degrees from Yale University and Harvard University, and am currently a doctoral candidate at The George Washington University working on my dissertation proposal. My academic pursuits have required a high level of organization, planning, time management, and motivation. These are skills I share with my students. My current research on dis/ability policy has required a deep understanding of resources available to children and youth in academic and transition-to-employment spaces. I bring this knowledge to my work with students as well.
Thesis Writing

Thesis Writing

I am a doctoral candidate (Ed.D.) in Human and Organizational Learning (HOL). I have completed extensive coursework in thesis/dissertation writing, have published in a peer-reviewed journal, and am currently completing my dissertation proposal (winter 2025). I completed an undergraduate thesis on marriage in the Catholic Church and a MA thesis as part of my coursework on religion, gender empowerment, and nationalist movements in the Middle East.
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

I have experience teaching vocabulary to children, youth, and adults in the U.S. and abroad in private tutoring and classroom settings. I am certified to teach English as a second language (TESOL) and have completed coursework in Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew, French, and Arabic. This linguistic background has equipped me to identify linguistic patterns in words, understand their roots and grammar, and teach children and young adults the fundamentals of vocabulary. I hold a BA from St. Olaf College, MA degrees from Yale University and Harvard University, and am currently completing my Ed.D. at The George Washington University. Exposure to these different learning environments, coupled with my professional background in education and international development, has informed my understanding of language, history, and culture.
Writing

Writing

I have experience teaching writing to children, youth, and adults in the U.S. and abroad in Morocco, Jordan, Greece, and the West Bank of Palestine. This work has included private tutoring and classroom-level instruction in both formal and informal education environments. I worked as a 10th grade English literature teacher in Amman, Jordan and particularly enjoyed working on essay writing and poetry with my students. I am also certified to teach English as a second language (TESOL), which has involved coursework and teaching experience in areas of writing structure and clarity. I have gained experience with academic writing through my BA program at St. Olaf College, my MA programs at Yale University and Harvard University, and my current Ed.D. program at The George Washington University. I have also completed coursework in creative writing and studied Shakespearean literature abroad at Oxford University. I am currently working on my dissertation proposal for my Ed.D. in Human and Organizational Learning (HOL) and enjoy writing poetry in my free time. As a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) professional in the international development sector, I have professional writing experience preparing grants for a wide range of donors and reporting on project results. This line of work has required multicultural understanding as I seek to foster engagement with diverse groups through writing.
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