Tyler Christopher Sharp

About Tyler Christopher Sharp

I have the honor of serving as an English language arts and history/social science educator in San Diego. My praxis utilizes universal design for learning, arts integration, and a justice/equity lens to provide engaging, real-world, high-quality instruction to all students. My current professional aims are to continue enhancing my teaching craft and to earn an educational leadership degree.In my current work, I serve as teacher, intervention leader, and union representative at a world-class public magnet school for the arts. Prior to this placement, I earned a Master\'s degree in political science from the top-ranked University of California, San Diego, where I also gained research skills as well as college teaching experience in undergraduate politics courses. Prior to UCSD, I served as a corps member with Teach for America in Houston, TX, teaching high school advanced and IB English classes, where I built the sophomore and junior IB-track English curricula. I earned my undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with majors in Global Studies and Political Science and a minor in Education. My education and career choices are functions of my passion for people, communities, and the meaningful change they can create. I hope to lend my talents, sharpened through an array of educational accomplishments and service-oriented work, to building innovative learning communities and crafting rigorous educational experiences for young adult learners.

Experience

1. Teacher

   San Diego Unified School District

   Aug 2023 — Present

   Design and deliver rigorous, arts-integrated ELA and history/social science instruction to middle and high school-Employ universal design for learning (UDL), arts integration, and inquiry- and project-based learning-Spearhead the creation of the school’s new middle school reading intervention program, using qualitative and quantitative literacy data to diagnose needs, set goals, monitor progress, and raise reading proficiency for targeted students-Serve on the site’s Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Team, evaluating and planning schoolwide evidence-based instruction and intervention strategies-Collaborate with district partners in the History Through the Arts curriculum design team, co-creating an innovative arts-integrated, ethnic studies–aligned history course for middle schools in the district-Lead Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) initiatives after formal training with UC Irvine and SDUSD Ethnic Studies, guiding students through civic engagement research cycles to investigate, analyze, and address community issues-Organize and advocate for certificated colleagues as the San Diego Education Association (SDEA) site representative, facilitating communication between faculty and union leadership, advocating for educator needs, and supporting contract implementation-Awarded the “New to SCPA Teacher Award” in the first year for exceptional instructional practice, collaboration, and contributions to school culture

Education

• UC San Diego

  Master's degree, Political Science and Government

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), Global Studies, Political Science, minor in Education

  2013 — 2017

Skills

• Team Building
• Community Outreach
• Spanish
• Multicultural Education
• Event Planning
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Campaigns
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Communication
• Public Speaking
• Youth Engagement
• Social Media
• Organization
• Microsoft Office
• Education
• Project Management
• Teamwork
• Teaching
• Activism
• Parliamentary Procedure
• Social Justice
• Writing
• Experiential Education
• Research
• Leadership