KISHA TABIOLO TAROG

Boston, MA ○ (619) 900-5260 ○ kttarog@gmail.com

Education
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA
Masters of Education, Secondary Education in Mathematics July 2021 – Present
Donovan Urban Teaching Scholar

University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

Bachelors of Art, Cognitive Science Jun 2014 – May 2018
Concentration in Cognitive Psychology

Work Experience
Boston Public Schools Boston, MA
Gardner Pilot Academy, Math Teaching Intern Aug 2021 – Present
 Assists and teaches in middle school math classes through whole class, group, and individual support.
 Co-facilitates a math enrichment block of 15 7th and 8th graders to improve math fluency, preview
future math lessons, and review material with students.
 Supervises before school programming for 2nd and 3rd graders by providing enriching activities and
utilizing the Playworks curriculum.

San Diego County Office of Education San Diego, CA

Madison Middle, PASS AmeriCorps Youth Development Mentor Aug 2019 – June 2021
 Mentored a caseload of 30 high needs middle school (6th - 8th grade) students each year at Madison
Middle School in Vista Unified School District to provide academic and social-emotional support.
 Planned monthly National Days of Service projects to reach out and to perform service to the school
community of over 1000 students.
 Led the Member Recognition Committee by recognizing all 39 PASS AC members for their birthdays
and service through specialized certificates signed by each member.
 Collaborated with several groups on campus through the Positive Learning Community (PLC)
committee by creating virtual resources through PASS’s research-based curriculum (RBCs) and NDS’s
to be pushed them out weekly for all Madison students to use in their daily PLC classes.
 Participated in the AC COVID response initiative by volunteering at the Vista food bank monthly and
Sharp Vaccination Sites as well as distributing food/textbooks/Chromebooks at various school sites.

Axiom Learning Los Altos, CA

Instructor Aug 2018 – June 2019
 Piloted LEAP 3.0 at Summit Preparatory Charter to improve the way that 6 low-performing ninth
graders learn through cognitive-intensive/executive-functioning modules.
 Tutored 4th-11th graders in 1:1 settings in various academic subjects to help them form better study
habits and develop their cognitive-processing/executive-functioning skills.
 Recorded students’ growths through trackers that detail their progress qualitatively and quantitatively
and lesson-plan for future sessions.
 Created general adjustments for the LEAP curriculum as well as specific activity adjustments to give
instructors insight on how to accommodate for children with ADHD and/or on the spectrum.
 Edited the EF curriculum to include adjustments for students who primarily use electronic devices
such as laptops or iPads as a means for taking notes and doing school work.
 Created and presented an Algebra PD to the Summit team to help them re-learn and develop a better
understanding of the topics that our ninth graders were learning in classes.

Leadership and Volunteer Experience

Kuya-Ate-Ading (KAA) Mentor, Pilipinx American Alliance (PAA) Jan 2016 - May 2018
Historian, Pilipinx Association of Scientists, Architects, and Engineers (PASAE) Jan 2015 - May 2018
Undergraduate Researcher, Berkeley Social Interaction Lab Sep 2016 - Feb 2017
Public Relations Officer, Campaign Team for ASUC Senator Danielle Miguel Jan 2016 - Apr 2016