Marvin Robinson

About Marvin Robinson

8/4/99Columbia University Fu Foundation for Engineering Press ReleaseCity College, Columbia Mentors Build Enthusiasm For Math At Harlem High School, Despite HeatIrene Gee, summer school principal at A. Philip Randolph Campus High School in Harlem, was pleased to hear the anecdote: A student had been caught working on math problems while on a field trip to Lincoln Center. In spite of oppressive temperatures at uncooled Harlem schools this summer, engineering students from City College of New York and Columbia University helped to instill unprecedented enthusiasm for fractions, decimals and algebra problem-solving in math-challenged high schoolers.Though the students are entering the ninth grade, it\'s not too soon to start grooming them for college, said Gil Lopez, project director for the program, called the Harlem School/College Network.\"Study after study shows that students who do not master algebra in the ninth grade do not take or complete the advanced math and science courses necessary for engineering college consideration,\" Mr. Lopez said.\"This is the appropriate time for intervention.\". The student engineers worked under the supervision of regular summer-school teachers, who broke classes up into teams of two to five students, each assigned to a teaching assistant. On most days, there was a quiz, and until the entire class mastered a topic, the entire class continued working to understand it.\"The students have math problems in front of them all the time, and their attention to the subject has to be undivided,\" said Marvin Robinson, a math teacher at Randolph High who worked with the most-challenged students.\"They need the kind of discipline this small group relationship provides.\"Randolph High enrolls about half of its incoming first-years in the summer program.In Mr. Robinson\'s class one July morning, four groups of students wrestled with homework problems, and the teacher moved among them, conferring with the four

Experience

1. Summer Teacher of Mathematics Concurrent W City of Boston Academic Year Long-term Subtitute Teacher

   NYC Public Schools

   Jul 2009 — Present · US

   Current Career Services during Retirement)NYC Summer in the City Program at: Manhattan Valley Academy @ HS for Health Professions & Human Services, Gramercy Manhattan Liberty HS for Newcomers, Chelsea ManhattanJane Addams HS, Morrisania BronxFreedom Academy, Metro Tech Brooklyn.BPS Sub-Central Academic Year-Long Term Assignments at: Excel South Boston HSMary Lyons Upper School, BrightonBoston Community Leadership Academy, Hyde ParkJohn D. O\'Bryant Mathematics and Science HS, RoxburyHenderson Upper School, DorchesterNew Mission Pilot School, Hyde ParkBPS Sub-Central Academic Year-Per Diem Assignments at:Community Academy of Science and Health (CASH), DorchesterBurke HS, DorchesterProvide professional support to the classrooms needing a short or long term teacher in secondary mathematics, English and other subject areas. Handle effective classroom management. Plan and implement lessons in regular comprehensive education, emotionally and learning disabled education and English as a Second Language (ESL) settings. Experience with students of various cultural and national backgrounds: Thailand, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Egypt, Mali, Senegal, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Italy, Vietnam.Instruct preliminary mathematics, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, fundamental probability and statistics and advanced mathematics and creative writing in long-term substitute teaching capacities. Prepared students for successful results on the New York State Regents Examination. Assisted school\'s certified social worker/therapist with interventions to help students redirect behavioral and learning obstacles for managing daily success.

Education

• Harvard University Graduate School of Design

  Special Program Certificate

• Virginia Commonwealth University

  BA

• Université de Paris

  Customized Columbia GSAS/UPENN/Diderot Paris MA Studies/AUP Professional Certificate

• The City University of New York

  Teacher Professional Development courses of study; Mathematics, English, Literacy, the Internet.

• New York University

  MA Education Organizational and Administrative Studies

Skills

• Educational Research
• Educational Technology
• Coordinating Special Events
• Public Speaking
• Teaching
• Pedagogy
• Curriculum Design
• Educational Assessment
• Program Development
• Teacher Training
• Staff Development
• Career Development
• Working Abroad
• Lesson Planning
• Geometry
• Career Education
• Higher Education
• International Negotiations
• Technology Integration
• University Teaching
• Curriculum Development
• Mathematics Education
• International Education
• Educational Leadership
• College Teaching
• Tutoring
• Common Core State Standards
• Instructor-Led Training
• Curriculum Mapping
• Classroom
• Nonprofits
• Assisting Executives
• Intercultural Relations
• Operations Management
• Classroom Management
• Assistant Directing
• Education Reform
• Sales Management
• Non-Profits Organizations
• Operating Budgets