JacobyYoungExperience (PDF)

JY
Experience

Professional Development Trainer, Hawaii State Teacher’s Association
Honolulu, HI — January 2015 - present
● Developing and adapting a cross-content visual media professional
development course
● Training teachers in the development of media and technology
based-lesson plans
● Assisting educators with the application and usage of purposeful
technology in the classroom
● Promoting opportunities for teachers to recognize diversity in
expression and perspectives within their classrooms
After School Program Facilitator, Hawaii Children’s Foundation
Honolulu, HI — Oct 2014 - December 2014
● Creating lesson plans based on media messaging
● Assisting students with the creation of multimedia products
● Managing and maintaining media resources and required
technology
● Coordinating alongside media and industry professionals
Part-time Teacher, Dole Middle School
Honolulu, HI — January 2014 - present
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Assisting 7th and 8th grade English-language learners
Facilitating lesson plans created by the lead teacher
Administering language fluency tests and collecting data
Integrating technology into the classroom to promote digital
involvement

Tutoring Coordinator, Kapiʻolani Community College
Honolulu, HI — January 2014 - May 2014
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Tutoring students in college English language development courses
Organizing student tutoring activities
Scheduling to coordinate various student and tutee
Generating weekly reports regarding the center’s meeting of
tutoring needs

Customer Service, National Kidney Foundation of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, HI — March 2010 - January 2014
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Practicing quality customer service at all times
Scheduling clothing and car donations
Generating fundraising ideas and actions
Dispatching addresses to drivers

Web Editor, Kanu Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, HI — October 2009 - February 2010
● Generating content for a young non-profit
● Promotion of company ideas and commitments
● Working to engage communities to create a more sustainable
Hawaiʻi
● Video/image editing and article writing
Trainer, Institute for International Cooperation and Development
Williamstown, MA — June 2008 - May 2009
● Maintaining daily operations of intentional community
living/learning center
● Planning of courses, evening programs, practical/theoretical actions
● Coordinating extensive fundraising actions and outreaches
● Qualifying volunteers for sustainable development activities
● Providing English classes for international volunteers
Development Instructor, Humana People to People South Africa
Burgersfort, Limpopo, South Africa — November 2007 - June 2008
● Mobilizing community members to become involved in creating
development
● Educating youth about HIV/AIDS, nutrition, and healthy practices
● Media/content/promotional material creation
● Providing supplemental English classes in rural areas
● Practical work (ie: Latrine/Borehole/Garden/Playground/Fence
construction)

Education

University of Hawai‘i - Manoa
Honolulu, HI — Spring 2014
Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Second Language
Studies.

Kapiolani Community College
Honolulu, HI — Fall 2012, Spring/Fall 2013, Spring 2014
Maintained a 4.0 GPA.
Associates of Arts Degree and a Second Language Teaching Certificate.
This education focused on practical applications of Second Language
Acquisition theory and best practices for teaching language learners.
Madison Media Institute
Madison, WI — August 2003 - May 2005
Received an Associates of Arts Degree in Audio Engineering and Recording
Technology. This education focused on digital audio editing and recording
as well as music composition and fundamentals of music theory.

Conferences,
Workshops,
and
Professional
Development

Accomplishments

● 3/20 - 3/21/2015​
- EdTechTeam Hawaii Summit - Google for
Education
● 1/21/2015 - U
​H - College of Ed. - Dr. Ofelia Garcia: “Multilingualism in
Education:Reimaginings”
● 10/25 - 10/26/2014​
- Google EdTech Team - Google Geo Teachers
Institute
● 10/18/2014​
- Hawaiʻi Association of Language Teachers Fall
Symposium - “Creating Practical Language Teaching Tools: Forms,
Apps, and Tests”
● 6/30 - 7/26/2014​
- HSTA - ExTL Associate Program
● 4/12/2014​
- Hawaiʻi Association of Language Teachers 28th Annual
Spring Conference
● 1/18/2014​
- Hawaiʻi Educational Policy Center Conference: "The
Impact of Immigration and English Language Learners on Education in
Hawaii"
● 10/03/2013 ​
- UH - College of Ed. - Dr. Patricia Halagao: “Does Culture
Matter in Education?”
● 4/13/2013​
- Hawaiʻi Association of Language Teachers 27th Annual
Spring Conference
● Co-president of the Center On Responsive Education (C.O.R.E.)
Student Club at Kapiʻolani Community College
● 100+ hours of Service Learning logged at Central Middle School in

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an ELL classroom in 2013
Center On Responsive Education (C.O.R.E.) scholarship recipient
Ho Pang Endowed scholarship recipient
Recipient of Kapiʻolani Community College Academic Achievement
Awards in 2013 and 2014
Recipient of UH Manoa Academic Achievement Award and Dean’s
List in 2014
Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society Member