Lindsay Howett

Lindsay Howett

Science Education Consultant

San Diego, CA
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Summary

Science Education Consultant with a background in industry and teaching. Skilled at auditing curriculum, identifying gaps, creating relevant material for inclusion and providing a logically sequenced, integrated product, that augments learning. Confident facilitator, adept in the development of PowerPoint presentations to meet training needs. Able to demonstrate with students and in teacher-centered trainings the application of scientific reasoning to find solutions to questions.

Experience

2020 Apr - Present
Volunteer
Online Tutor / Encinitas

Tutoring a 4th Grade Boy at a school in San Diego Unified School District. In April the school put its program online to enable its students to complete the school year. It ends in early June, a total of 10-weeks of full time lessons.

2016 Jan - Present
Science Education Consultant
Self Employed / Encinitas, CA

Science Education Consultant (Self Employed)

Expertise in SBE-Adopted Science Framework
Wrote PowerPoint summary: 2016 Science Framework for California Public Schools (K-G12)
Knowledge expert in materials submitted to the SBE county office in support of the adoption including; Discovery Education, Pearson, National Geographic, Carolina Biological, Twig and Great Minds.
Compared Montessori Science to CA Science Framework to identify opportunities to introduce supplemental practical instruction.

Education Consultant (Benchmark Education)

Expertise in SBE-Adopted English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework.
Wrote sequence of five PowerPoint presentations, with talking points and scripts, to support pilot of Benchmark ELA/ELD class materials in California Public Schools.

Small Business Owner (Math Materials K-G6)

Design and printing of low cost, high quality, hands-on math materials, to supplement class books and online instruction.

Online Course Manager and Editor/Publisher (Jyotish University)
Planned, implemented and managed online course platform for Jyotish Teacher with many international students.
Editor/Publisher for 16 books: proofreading, editing, page layout, cover creation and upload to Amazon and Kindle.

2020 Feb - 2020 Mar
Administrative Assistant
Nasella Mathis and Associates / La Jolla

Primarily collated tax reports

Record filing; both paper and electronic

Answered phones and redirected calls appropriately

Greeted clients

2019 Jul - 2019 Nov
Academic Manager
San Diego Spine Foundation / San Diego, CA

Main contact for spine surgery research project scheduling, defining project deliverables and monitoring task status.

Identified research areas for increased focus and suggested appropriate methods of investigation.

2012 Oct - 2016 Jan
Elementary Teacher
Encinitas Country Day School / Encinitas, CA

Supplemented Montessori curriculum materials to meet Common Core State Standards for English and Math to align with WASC.

Implemented curriculum outlining the principles of E=MC2 using practical experiments to investigate the harmonics of sound and light.

Field-based instruction to discover mathematical patterns in nature, including identification of the Fibonacci sequence.

Created alternative geometry templates, enabling practical exercises, to accommodate the school-wide safety ban on student use of pairs of compasses (sharp implements).

2005 Feb - 2009 Nov
Manager Toxicology, Development
Anadys Pharmaceuticals / San Diego, CA
Support of Investigational New Drug candidate submissions to Federal Drug Administration.
2001 Oct - 2005 Feb
Scientist, Research and Development
Anadys Pharmaceuticals / San Diego, CA
High-throughput Screening (Robotics) and Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1998 Jun - 2001 Aug
Associate Scientist, Research and Development
GlaxoSmithKline / Hertford, UK
Enzymology Group / High-throughput Screening (Robotics)
1997 Jul - 1998 Jun
Associate Scientist, Research and Development
Rhone Poulenc-Rorer / Dagenham, UK
Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1995 Jul - 1996 Jul
Intern Scientist, Research and Development
GlaxoWellcome / Greenford, UK
Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics

Education

2012 - 2014
American Montessori Society
Teaching Credential: Elementary I-II (Grades 1-6)
1993 - 1997
University of Hertfordshire - United Kingdom, UK
Applied Biology: Biochemistry

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