Isiana Rendón Escárcega (956)789-5320 [email protected]

Isiana Rendón Escárcega (956)789-5320 [email protected] EDUCATION University of Texas – Austin Matriculated in August 2017 Ph.D. Student in Educational Policy and Planning Program University of Houston Graduated in December 2016 M.Ed. in Educational Administration and Supervision Rice University Graduated in May 2013 B.S. in Electrical Engineering with Computer Engineering Specialization B.A. in Visual and Dramatic Arts, Film and Photography Track TEXAS CERTIFICATIONS Principal (EC-12) Computer Science (8-12) Math (8-12) Technology Education (6-12) EXPERIENCE University of Texas at Austin 08/2018 – present Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)Advising Office Graduate Assistant/Advisor Advise undergraduate students on course scheduling, graduation plans, and other degree requirements; Facilitate First Year Interest Groups which provide undergraduate students with structured meeting times to build community, learn about effective resource management, and adjust to campus life; Compile data about programs and student populations for internal use; Create documentation resources for students Summer Exploration Camp Director Created and will run the inaugural ECE Exploration Camp for rising 9th grades; Program serves as a pipeline to ECE careers and promotes math readiness through project-based learning; Developed program proposal for approval by ECE chair; Developed budget; Collaborated with Cockrell School of Engineering personnel to secure donor funding; Coordinated partnership with Breakthrough Austin to provide program for students in their summer program; Developed project-based curriculum involving basic circuitry and Arduino embedded programing; Interviewed, hired, and trained camp counselors; Organized camp logistics Breakthrough Austin Summer 2018 Summer Program Instructional Coach Observed teachers fellows as they taught middle schoolers in a summer academic program; Provided pedagogical feedback to teacher fellows to improve their teaching craft and prepare them to be effective classroom teachers; Planed and conducted professional development sessions centered around classroom management, building a positive classroom environment, teacher presence, and incorporating feedback; Breakthrough’s mission is to increase college attendance and completion by first-generation students TxEd Review Magazine 2017 - present Peer Editor Hello World 08/2017 – 01/2018 Lead Instructor and Curriculum Developer Taught grades 3-12 Data Science and Computer Science Fundamentals; Developed a 10- week curriculum covering predictive algorithms; Provided pedagogical feedback to industry professionals who took on teaching roles Heights High School Houston ISD (Formerly Reagan HS) 08/2014 – 05/2017 Computer Programming Track Leader Computer Programming and Engineering teacher; Taught: Principles of Information Technology, Computer Programming I, Computer Programming II, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles; Redeveloped the 4-year Computer Programming track and sequence; Consistently achieved the highest AP scores in the school; Computer Science UIL coach and sponsor; Professional Learning Community Leader; Lead department-wide professional development training Apollo 20 Math Fellow Houston ISD 2013 – 2014 Taught math at Sharpstown High School reinforcing skills and topics leaned in Algebra 1 as part of the district’s initiative to prepare all students for college or careers; Exceeded incentive stipend by more than twice the limit by increasing student STAAR math achievement scores; Students consisted of mostly immigrants from Latin America SKILLS Native Spanish speaker and basic French Public speaking and oratory Written communication Windows OS and Linux Webpage designing languages: HTML, PHP, JavaScript Computer programming languages: Java, Python, Bash Scripts, SQL, C++ General Software: Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Matlab Research Software: SPSS, Stata, QDA Miner, UCINET AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS Graduate School Fellowship Recipient (2017) Texas New Scholar Fellowship Recipient (2017) Voted Best Beginning Teacher of the Year for J.H. Reagan High School (2015) Gates Millennium Scholar (2008-present) .

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