Randi Howell
Analyst | Learner | Creator | Reader
- LOCATION : Greater Charlotte, NC Area
- EMAIL : randi.howell.09@gmail.com
- RESUME
- Teaching & Learning Philosophy
- Leardership & Management Philosophy
A thriving leader interested in cross-discipline approaches to analyze and further a more holistic attitude regarding education policy and equity change. Strong understanding and ability to analyze data to effectively interpret, communicate, and implement data-driven changes with results. Maximize time-management to maintain a work-life balance while pursuing repsonsibilities Safe'N'Clear, Inc. and teaching. Highly values building teams by developing people through mentoring, guiding, and providing on-going professional development. Co-lead a working think tank for research and publication where collaboration and sharing resources produces results, including: doctoral seeking leaders, conference papers, competitive presentations, refereed journal publications, popular audience publications, scholarly podcasts, and book manuscripts.
I love coffee - a lot. We have two cute pups named Rocky and Bentley. We enjoy gardening and the challenge of keeping the veggies alive. I am a reader. I have fallen in love with audiobooks to make commuting more productive. As a life-long learner, I am truly enthusiastic about growing intellectually and personally across a variety of disciplines. My goal is to complete my graduate work in mathematics before transitioning to a doctoral program.
Through my work with Safe'N'Clear, I collaborate with the team to manage and update Safe'N'Clear Website.
Although a work in progress, The Classroom Equity Project is designed to develop a process where faculty can develop project proposals with guidance and oversight to promote equity within their classes.
In a team effort, we built webite to examine Unsolved Murders in America since 1979. I was responsible for the web design, including images and color scheme, as well as the HTML and CSS coding.
Using a variety of libraries, data was cleaned, read into python, broken down, analyzed and visualized. Although the we often want to understand the data, usually a visualization of the outcomes is more consumer friendly. Projects with python included: Academy of Py, an example of school district analysis; PyFinance, a financial analysis; The Power of Plots, an visualization of data; and What's the Weather Like?, a deeper dive into weather patterns and visualization.
The Belly Button Biodiversity Dashboard uses Flask to design an API for a given dataset on belly button bacteria. This interactive dashboard was deployed through Heroku.
Mac and PC oriented.
G Suite/Drive, Dropbox, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat Pro.,
Zoom, Panopto, Webex, Skype.
I have done additional work with Python in/inconjunction with SQL, Tableau, and Excel/VBA.
Manage 25 - 50 direct reports, including hiring, scheduling, and training. Acting payroll manager for five different position numbers. Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and pro forma. Coordinate with marketing to ensure Math Division and Math Emporium website is up-to-date and student-facing content is on brand. Oversee development and ITS interfacing for six student lab locations with more than 500 thin client/cloud-based machines.
Implemented and piloted iPad-based math courses as a part-time employee through the development of interactive student technology. Teaching experience in both mathematics and history.
Assisted the lead math instructor with classroom management, student technology issues, and course content questions. Ensured students stayed on task and on pace with the coursework. Encouraged an environment free of cheating.
Actively work with leadership team to solidify company branding and messaging, in addition to helping lead the marketing strategic plan. Create company’s profile, and documents related to shareholders and board of directors’ meetings. Oversee social media outlets and posting to ensure they are on brand and support company goals and vision. Assist the president with publications through editing, cowriting, and graphic designs that support the company image for increase revenue and traffic. Coordinate with nationwide network of healthcare workers to ensure The Communicator is properly used, advocated for, purchased, and promoted.
Thesis: "'That much-maligned monster - new math': an examination of teacher preparedness and training in the era of new math, 1950 to 1975"