City College of San Francisco - Business Department

The Business Department offers vocational programs to prepare students for employment. The department also offers business classes (both credit and non-credit) for students interested in learning business principles and procedures used in today’s offices.

I teach Photoshop, Flash and DreamWeaver at the Downtown Campus through the noncredit program. I also teach Intro to Computers and Microsoft Word at the Mission Campus. I have also taught Excel and Access through City College's Weekend College.

In Spring 2008, I created online classrooms for each of my classes using the open source course management software Moodle. Guests may enter the classroom upon request. Send email if interested. To see my current teaching schedule, click here.

New College of California

New College of California is a progressive, activist college commited to providing education for social change.

I created and taught a 15-week course called Introducton to Desktop Publishing & Web Production. This course focused on the following applications: Photoshop, InDesign, DreamWeaver.

I also taught an Intro to Sound Design course focusing on ProTools and Ableton Live.

I created an online classroom at New College's Digital Theater though an open source course management system called moodle.

Career Resources Development Center

Career Resources Development Center (CRDC) helps newcomers, adults, youths, and children of a diverse, low-income population of San Francisco and the East Bay to realize their dreams of socioeconomic opportunities, human dignity and prosperity.

In the Spring of 2005, I taught Keyboarding at the Career Resources Development Center (CRDC) through a partnership with City College of San Francisco.

Express to Success Employment Centers

The Express to Success Employment Centers partner with progressive, innovative and socially conscious employers to assist the Welfare to Work participants in San Francisco through work and career transitions.

In Spring and Fall 2004, I taught 15 hour weekend courses in Access and Excel to adult students enrolled in courses at the center.

Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center

LYRIC is a community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth 23 & under.

LYRIC offers peer-based education, advocacy, recreation, information, and leadership opportunities while bringing youth togther to build a peer-based community that empowers them to end isoation.

I taught Microsoft Word and Excel to student interns in LYRIC's Employment Training Program in 2004 - 2005.

Positive Resource Center

PRC assists people living with HIV/AIDS with comprehensive counseling for obtaining essential financial and medical benefits combined with a full spectrum of vocational rehabilitation and employment services.

As the Computer Training Coordinator, I was responsible for creating, scheduling and teaching First Step I (Mouse Basics, Email Basics, Typing), First Step II (Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Next Step (6 week Microsoft Office course) to PRC clients.

The San Francisco Public Library

As a Volunteer, I taught a 45 minute Basic Mouse Skills class every Saturday morning at the 5th Floor Training Center. This course taught patrons how to handle the mouse so that that they would be better able to navigate the Library's website.

The New School - Computer Instruction Center

I taught Web Design & Construction, a 29 hour course that is part of The World Wide Web Page Design Certificate at the Computer Instruction Center. This course offers a brief History of the Internet, Web Site Analysis & Production Issues, HTML Basics, Tables, Frames, Forms, CSS, Domain Name Registration, Hosting, and Site Promotion.

Long Island University - Computer Technology Institute

I taught Excel 2002, Access 2002 and PowerPoint 2002 to students in the Microsoft Office User Specialist Certificate Program.

This course used Thompson Learning / Course Technology materials that provided a direct relationship between the subject matter and MOUS exam objectives. I also used SAM / TOM online materials to provide additional testing and training opportunities.

Borough of Manhattan Community College

I taught Fundamentals of Web Design, a 72 hour hands-on course developed by Adobe and offered through Cisco's online Academy platform.

This course covered Photoshop 7, Illustrator 10, GoLive 6, LiveMotion 2 and Premiere.

The Department of Business Services

As a consultant to the Micro Enterprise Division of the Department of Business Services, I taught Business Basics and Internet Basics at The One-Stop Career Center in Jamaica, Queens and at the Beacon Center - P.S. 269 in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

Each course was 2 hours long and meets for 7 weeks. I used Launching Your First Small Business from CCH, Inc.

Technology & Learning Center

The Technology and Learning Center @ the Armory is a national model and the largest free computer center in Washington Heights. I taught Publisher, Word, PowerPoint, Photoshop 6, Intro to Internet, and Keyboarding.

I was also responsible for creating instructor level curriculum outlines and exercises for each class.

Jacob Riis Settlement House                     [back to top]

Jacob Riis Settlement House is a community-based non-profit based in Queensbridge Public Housing in Long Island City. The organization's mission is to provide comprehensive educational, cultural, recreational and social services to youth, families, adults and senior citizens.

As the Teen Computer Instructor at Riis's Aferschool Teen Program, I taught HTML and Web Design Basics to 4 groups of 12 teens (ages 16 and 17).

Fund for The City of New York                  [back to top]

The Fund for the City of New York is a private operating foundation launched by the Ford Foundation in 1968 with the mandate to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers. Through centers on youth, government and technology as well as core organizational assistance, the Fund introduces and helps to implement innovations in policy, programs, practice and technology in order to advance the functioning of government and nonprofit organizations in New York City and beyond.

I taught HTML, Web Design Fundamentals, and Photoshop.