Teaching

EDUC 243: The Policy Environment of Teaching

Teaching Assistant

Summer 2025

Instructor: Emily Penner

Course Description: 

Examines research and public perceptions about school-based educational processes, the influence of institutional structures and educational policy on the lives of teachers, and the challenges of school reform at the local and classroom levels.

Teaching evalautions

EDUC 230: History and Culture of Schooling

Teaching Assistant 

Summer 2025 

Instructor: Barry Goldenberg

Course Description: 

Considers the historical, cultural, and structural processes that contextualize American schooling. In particular, examines the roles of race, class, and gender in the context of public education in the United States.

EDUC 140: Courts, Classrooms, and Controversies in Education Policy

Guest Lecturer 

Fall 2024, Winter 2026 

Instructor: Emily Penner

Course Description: 

Examines policies and laws defining the K-12 U.S. education system and the politics and controversies surrounding the political decision-making process at the federal, state, and local levels. Discusses original intent versus effects on organization of schools and educational equity.

Equipo Academy College Prep - Las Vegas, NV

Middle school math teacher

2021-2022

Clark County School District - Las Vegas, NV

Clyde C. Cox Elementary School

Third grade teacher

2019-2021