Ashlyn Teather

Experience

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  ROSS DRESS FOR LESS

  Sept 2012 - May 2014

  Sales Associate

  -Delivered quality and friendly customer service in a very fast paced work environment

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  Half Pints Children Consignment

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2015

  Sales Associate

  -Worked independently to manage all daily store functions on the weekends. -Delivered friendly customer service to regular costumers at the store to ensure a return of consigners for the small business.

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  Metropolitan Family Service

  Sept 2015 - Aug 2016

  AmeriCorps Member

  -Served as a Community Engagement Specialist at Lynch Wood Elementary (LW), now Powell Butte Elementary in the Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) program. -Taught after school service learning classes on art, female empowerment, and sustainability-Coordinated hunger relief services with community partners-Managed high school and parent volunteers

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  Northwest Youth Corps

  Sept 2016 - Sept 2017

  Natural Resources Specialist- AmeriCorps Member

  -Served as a Natural Resources Specialist for the City of Gresham within the Natural Resources Program. -Maintained and restored city owned natural areas. This included; conducting biodiversity surveys, invasive plant removal, and helping coordinate work crews, -Coordinated volunteer restoration events (mostly native plantings or invasive plant removal activities),. Groups ranged from 15 to 150 people, children to adults. coordinating/leading volunteer restoration events, and other community outreach. -With People-Places-Things, taught free environmentally focused English classes to Portland area immigrant and refugees. Show less

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  Impact NW

  Sept 2017 - Jun 2018

  SUN Extended Day Program Coordinator

  -Coordinated the daily operations of free after school enrichment classes at Woodmere Elementary, including; assisting 5-6 staff members and overseeing 75+ students. -Used quick thinking to manage behavioral issues, student conflicts, and unexpected problems.-Engaged parents and school staff in programming and special events through regular communication. -Managed activity data of participants, including personal information and attendance, in online system ServicePoint.

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  Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District

  Dec 2017 - Jun 2018

  Environmental Education Instructor

  -Taught environmental education lessons for groups of 8-12 kindergarten through eighth grade students in topics such as birds, bugs, animal adaptations, and other natural science themes. -Operated the front desk: greeted guests, handled nature center sales transactions, answered summer camp questions, and closed the nature center

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  University of Minnesota Duluth

  Aug 2018 - Dec 2020

  -Worked part-time with Dr. Julie Etterson and the Institute on the Environment to study sustainability trends at UMD and create new systems to promote sustainability at the university. -Helped raised UMD’s AASHE STARS (a university sustainability rating system) score to Gold through research on faculty sustainability-related courses and research.-Designed a study (with IRB approval) to measure sustainability attitudes, behaviors, and values of undergraduate at UMD. Published results in the Journal of Sustainability Education. Show less -For my studies at UMD I was awarded a Graduate Teaching Fellowship, therefore I was a Graduate Assistant for my time there working on community engagement and teaching undergraduates in the outdoor education major.-I was a co-instructor for two semester-long undergraduate courses; Foundations of Environmental Education (Spring 2020) and Outdoor Recreation (Fall 2019). Teaching Assistant for one course Introduction to Environmental and Outdoor Education (Fall 2018 and Spring 2019). -Strengthened community engagement of undergraduate program through connecting instructors and students with local organizations (schools, non-profits, etc.) for course activities. Show less

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    May 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Graduate Assistant

    Aug 2018 - May 2020
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  Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment

  Dec 2020 - Nov 2022

  Environmental Education Project Coodinator

  -Coordinated two large grants related to environmental education with PI Dr. Charlotte Clark. Other partners included NAAEE, Pisces Foundation, Antioch University New England, and Karyl Askew Consulting. -Assisted with project management of the development of an online evaluation resource for the environmental education field, eeVAL-Managed a team of part-time remote employees to produce summaries of academic articles for eeRESEARCH

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  NYC Department of Parks & Recreation

  Apr 2023 - Nov 2023

  Volunteer Projects Assistant

  -Worked seasonally for Partnerships for Parks, a partnership between NYC Parks and Recreation and the non-profit City Parks Foundation-Collaborated with non-profit volunteer groups and NYC Parks staff to organize volunteer projects in NYC Parks-Oversaw volunteer training and management at each project, focusing on safety and education. Projects included painting, clean-up, and horticulture tasks.