REBECCA HOLBERT

Environmental Educator with Anthropology Background

4450 Blakely Ave. NE * Seattle, WA 98110 * rebecca.holbert@gmail.com * (760) 216-8537



Education
University of Washington M. Ed: Science Education, 2015
IslandWood- Education, Environment and Community graduate program, Class of 2014
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A. Physical Anthropology, 2007
Awarded Distinction in the major Anthropology- only one award given per major
GPA: 3.77, member of Lambda Alpha Anthropological Honors Society; Deans Honors
Undergraduate Thesis: Distance and time men spend from home positively correlates with higher testosterone levels.


Work Experience

Graduate Instructor & Garden Classroom Assistant, IslandWood, Bainbridge Island, WA 09/13-present
Residential science educator for environment and community with 4
th
-6
th
grade students in the greater Seattle area
Design and plant an educational medicinal herb garden, and create informational signs to support EE curriculum
General garden maintenance- planting, weeding, watering, composting
Kindergarten Associate Teacher & Middle School VB Coach, The Brearley School, New York, NY, 09/12-06/13
Design and implement developmentally appropriate lesson plans with the Kindergarten Room Teacher in Math, Social
Studies, Language Arts, Handwriting and Work and Play.
Member of the service learning committee to connect lower school in community outreach with the All Souls Soup
Kitchen, Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, canned food drives and local charities.
Attend professional development workshops and meetings
Attend weekly volleyball games and facilitate practices with strategic drills during the volleyball season
2
nd
Grade Associate Teacher, The Brearley School, New York, NY, 10/11-06/12
Served as the Associate Teacher to two 2
nd
grade classrooms
Design and implement developmentally appropriate lesson plans in Math, Language Arts and Social Studies
Collaborate with the two 2
nd
grade room teachers and associate teachers to maintain continuity across subjects
Instructional Aide- Special Education, Carlsbad Unified School District, Carlsbad, 08/10-06/11
Assist credentialed teachers in reinforcing instruction to special education students in the classroom
Perform clerical duties in support of classroom activities-typing, grading, duplicating, note-taking
Employment Training Specialist, Partnerships With Industry, Oceanside, 12/09-08/10
Provide vocational support, counseling, and training for adults with developmental disabilities
Collaborate with social workers and an interdisciplinary team of specialists to help meet client vocational goals
Database management of caseload, recordkeeping and ongoing documentation submitted monthly
Clinical Research Assistant, UCSF Department of Endocrinology, San Francisco, 10/07- 10/08
Attended weekly laboratory meetings headed by the Chief of Endocrinology
Data entry and analysis from clinical research in diabetes patients
Patient screening and assistant in patient recruitment process
Anthropologist, UCSB Tsimane Health and Anthropology Project, Bolivia, 06/06-06/07
Designed an independent research study granted by NSF and the Human Subjects Board conducted
with a group of indigenous Amerindians in the Amazonian lowlands of Bolivia named the Tsimane
Traveled to 5 Tsimane villages interviewing locals to collect cultural and epidemiological data
Reported results to Professors of Anthropology and Endocrinology at UCSF, UCSB, UNM and Yale


Skills
Certified yoga teacher- Three Sisters Yoga, Winter 2011
Certified Healthcare Provider by American Heart Association- First Responder, Wilderness First Aid, CPR
Technical: Proficient in Windows, Macintosh, MS Office Suite, PowerPoint; WPM 50
Language: Spanish: conversational; studied in French, Latin and the indigenous language of Tsimane