Dr. Andre CARTER

Instructs English language learners by integrating technology and diverse resources to enhance pedagogical methods and student learning outcomes.

• Fostered significant student growth across reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills through targeted instruction and personalized feedback.
• Designed and implemented engaging learning environments by integrating unique multimedia materials, including music videos and poetry, to enhance student comprehension and retention.
• Cultivated an inclusive, multicultural classroom environment, empowering students to confidently express their authentic voices and perspectives.
• Maintained meticulous records of attendance, grades, and learning outcomes, ensuring accurate progress reporting and effective communication with students.

Delivers exceptional English instruction to diverse student populations, consistently achieving high evaluation scores and facilitating strong academic outcomes.

• Achieved a near-perfect evaluation score from participating students by delivering exceptional instruction tailored to diverse student needs and learning styles.
• Developed and implemented engaging lesson plans that integrated grammar instruction with visual materials, significantly enhancing cultural and media literacy among students.

Co-founded and lead editorial operations for an educational journal, overseeing content quality, strategic partnerships, and financial sustainability.

• Secured significant annual funding for the journal through successful grant writing, establishing its academic home at the USF School of Education.
• Directed comprehensive editorial processes, ensuring all content was meticulously researched, well-written, and compliant with journal guidelines, maintaining high academic standards.
• Managed and mentored a team of editors, overseeing article assignment, review, and publication to ensure a cohesive and engaging final product.
• Cultivated and maintained strong collaborative relationships with a diverse network of authors and artists, enriching content contributions and expanding reach.

Managed campus operations and academic standards, promoting diversity and optimizing processes to enhance language education and student support.

• Championed immersive and innovative language education initiatives, fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within a global education framework.
• Collaborated cross-functionally to optimize admissions processes and workflow, streamlining operations and enhancing efficiency.
• Recruited qualified instructors, maintained rigorous academic standards, and fostered a creative, supportive environment for both English learners and staff.
• Streamlined student data management by introducing new records management processes and procedures, significantly improving data storage and retrieval efficiency.

Managed a specialized university preparatory program and delivered advanced English courses, significantly improving student acceptance rates into top institutions.

• Achieved a high acceptance rate of students into their first-choice universities, demonstrating program effectiveness and student readiness.
• Directed the University Preparatory Program, successfully guiding advanced learners through the application process for domestic and international higher education institutions.
• Developed comprehensive lesson plans and evaluated outcomes for core general education courses, including Academic Writing, Advanced Grammar, and Speaking.
• Delivered advanced English and specialized courses focusing on American Culture and Media Literacy to diverse student cohorts.

Managed a specialized university preparatory program and delivered advanced English courses, significantly improving student acceptance rates into top institutions.

• Achieved a high acceptance rate of students into their first-choice universities, demonstrating program effectiveness and student readiness.
• Directed the University Preparatory Program, successfully guiding advanced learners through the application process for domestic and international higher education institutions.
• Developed comprehensive lesson plans and evaluated outcomes for core general education courses, including Academic Writing, Advanced Grammar, and Speaking.
• Delivered advanced English and specialized courses focusing on American Culture and Media Literacy to diverse student cohorts.

Served as a traveling English teaching fellow, delivering exceptional instruction to middle and high school students in Mexico and developing local instructor capabilities.

• Provided exceptional English instruction to middle and high school students across a network of schools in Monterrey, Mexico, enhancing language acquisition.
• Designed and delivered comprehensive grammar instruction across all proficiency levels (beginning, intermediate, advanced) using multi-media and kinesthetic techniques.
• Developed and delivered impactful pedagogy and praxis seminars, empowering local instructors with advanced teaching methodologies.

Mentored individuals within the Black Literacy & Achievement Club, fostering literacy and academic success.

• Provided guidance and support to mentees, contributing to their literacy development and academic achievement.

Provided literacy tutoring services at the Berkeley City Library, enhancing reading and comprehension skills for learners.

• Delivered individualized literacy instruction, helping students improve reading comprehension and language proficiency.

Awarded $14,000 in funding to support the production of the Journal of Black Educolgoy for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Received a $5,000 mini-grant to fund the Black Educology Mixtape Journal proposal for 2023-2024.

Received a $5,000 mini-grant to fund the Black Educology Mixtape Journal proposal for 2021-2022.

Co-authored an upcoming publication examining the experiences of Black adults in suburban educational contexts.

Co-authored an upcoming publication on innovative pedagogies and informal learning environments.

Co-authored an article exploring systemic insights within educational contexts, published in the Black Educology Mixtape Journal.

Co-authored a foundational article for the inaugural issue of the Black Educology Mixtape Journal.

Co-authored a critical analysis on film and Black embodiment, published in the Black Educology Mixtape Journal.