Curriculum Vitae
Karrin Burns
1125 North Lombard Avenue Oak Park, Illinois 60302
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karrinburns.com
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Profile
I am a curious, forward-thinking educator with a focus on connecting learners and community to identify problems and create solutions.
Experience
Founder/Owner, Flying Start, LLC - 2019-current
Online small group math education for learners ages 4-14 (via Outschool).
Curriculum Specialist (contractor), Apple; Sacramento, California - 2019-2020
Worked with Fortune School District in Sacramento, California to develop and assist in implementing a Coding with Swift curriculum.
Teacher, River Forest SD 90; River Forest, IL – 2012-2019
Kindergarten teacher (2012 - 2016) and Third Grade teacher (2016 - present) at Lincoln Elementary. I create, align, and follow curriculum based upon Common Core State Standards in my 1:1 iPad classroom.
Substitute Teacher, River Forest SD 90 and others – 2009-2012
K-12 educator, all subjects. Several long-term assignments in primary grades and a gifted education classroom.
Pre-service teacher, Oak Park SD 97; Oak Park, IL – 2010
Student teaching in a Fourth Grade classroom at Irving Elementary. I led an innovative recycling project with my students for which we were featured in the local press.
Administrator, Chicago Conservation Center – 2007-2008
Art intake, client services, web development and client communications
Additional work experience includes Hotel Management, Culinary Arts, and Hospitality Management.
Education
National-Louis University; Chicago, IL – M.A.T., 2010
Elementary Education, Type 09 Certification
University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL – B.A., French; minor in Art History 2006
Member of Honor’s College; graduated Magna cum laude and with Departmental Honors.
Studied abroad in Paris, France (2005)
Additional Graduate-level Coursework in Gifted Education, Technology Integration, and Art History
Skills
Swift, HTML, Xcode, public speaking, instructional design and implementation, professional development creation and delivery, project management, Apple Books author, iOS app development, web development, classroom management, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, iMovie, GarageBand, Universal Design for Learning
Leadership
Apple Distinguished Educator, Class of 2017
District 90 Math Leadership Team, 2018-2019
Grievance Chairperson, River Forest Education Association, 2015-2019
Grade Level Team Leader, 2014-2016
Google for Education Certified Trainer, 2017-2019
West Suburban Chapter Leader, Illinois Digital Educators Alliance (IDEA) 2019
iOS Apps Developed
Mood Monster’s Yoga Workshop, 2018
Mood Monster’s Yoga Workshop was created with my Third Grade students to help children manage their emotions. (available on App Store; for iPhone and iPad)
Mood Monster’s Exercise Workshop, 2019
Mood Monster’s Exercise Workshop was created with my Third Grade students to help children get and track sixty minutes of exercise daily. (available on App Store; for iPhone)
Learn, Draw, Share: Illinois Native Plants, 2019
Learn, Draw, Share: Illinois Native Plants is an app that teaches about native plants, then allows users to draw the plants they see and save or share the illustrations via social media or Air Drop. (available on App Store; for iPad)
iBooks
Mandala in Place (2020)
A hand-drawn mandala coloring activity book for learners of all ages (available on Apple Books)
Accommodating All Learners: Everyone Can Code Curriculum for All (2019)
Accommodating All Learners focuses on the use of iPad's accessibility features to help all learners learn to code with Swift Playgrounds and the Everyone Can Code curriculum. (available on Apple Books)
Cultivating a Culture of Collaboration and Creativity in the Classroom (2018)
Cultivating a Culture of Collaboration and Creativity in the Classroom is a guide for facilitating a positive, student-centered community by developing a creative, engaged classroom team. (available on Apple Books)
Literacy (2018) co-author
Kurt Klynen, Christine Klynen, Karrin Burns, Christina Carbone, Richard Colosi, Katie Gardner, Kerry Guard, Jake Lee & Sara Malchow
This book was designed by a team of global elementary school educators to help teachers learn how to use iPad to support literacy. (available on Apple Books)
The Lincoln Native Garden: Creating and Maintaining a Successful Native Habitat (2017)
The students at Lincoln School in River Forest, Illinois created a native garden in 2016, with the assistance of staff and various community members and organizations. Read about the mission, objective, action plan, and lessons learned through the process of creating and maintaining the Lincoln Native Garden. (available on Apple Books)
[email protected]
karrinburns.com
Download Karrin Burns's CV
Profile
I am a curious, forward-thinking educator with a focus on connecting learners and community to identify problems and create solutions.
Experience
Founder/Owner, Flying Start, LLC - 2019-current
Online small group math education for learners ages 4-14 (via Outschool).
Curriculum Specialist (contractor), Apple; Sacramento, California - 2019-2020
Worked with Fortune School District in Sacramento, California to develop and assist in implementing a Coding with Swift curriculum.
Teacher, River Forest SD 90; River Forest, IL – 2012-2019
Kindergarten teacher (2012 - 2016) and Third Grade teacher (2016 - present) at Lincoln Elementary. I create, align, and follow curriculum based upon Common Core State Standards in my 1:1 iPad classroom.
Substitute Teacher, River Forest SD 90 and others – 2009-2012
K-12 educator, all subjects. Several long-term assignments in primary grades and a gifted education classroom.
Pre-service teacher, Oak Park SD 97; Oak Park, IL – 2010
Student teaching in a Fourth Grade classroom at Irving Elementary. I led an innovative recycling project with my students for which we were featured in the local press.
Administrator, Chicago Conservation Center – 2007-2008
Art intake, client services, web development and client communications
Additional work experience includes Hotel Management, Culinary Arts, and Hospitality Management.
Education
National-Louis University; Chicago, IL – M.A.T., 2010
Elementary Education, Type 09 Certification
University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL – B.A., French; minor in Art History 2006
Member of Honor’s College; graduated Magna cum laude and with Departmental Honors.
Studied abroad in Paris, France (2005)
Additional Graduate-level Coursework in Gifted Education, Technology Integration, and Art History
Skills
Swift, HTML, Xcode, public speaking, instructional design and implementation, professional development creation and delivery, project management, Apple Books author, iOS app development, web development, classroom management, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, iMovie, GarageBand, Universal Design for Learning
Leadership
Apple Distinguished Educator, Class of 2017
District 90 Math Leadership Team, 2018-2019
Grievance Chairperson, River Forest Education Association, 2015-2019
Grade Level Team Leader, 2014-2016
Google for Education Certified Trainer, 2017-2019
West Suburban Chapter Leader, Illinois Digital Educators Alliance (IDEA) 2019
iOS Apps Developed
Mood Monster’s Yoga Workshop, 2018
Mood Monster’s Yoga Workshop was created with my Third Grade students to help children manage their emotions. (available on App Store; for iPhone and iPad)
Mood Monster’s Exercise Workshop, 2019
Mood Monster’s Exercise Workshop was created with my Third Grade students to help children get and track sixty minutes of exercise daily. (available on App Store; for iPhone)
Learn, Draw, Share: Illinois Native Plants, 2019
Learn, Draw, Share: Illinois Native Plants is an app that teaches about native plants, then allows users to draw the plants they see and save or share the illustrations via social media or Air Drop. (available on App Store; for iPad)
iBooks
Mandala in Place (2020)
A hand-drawn mandala coloring activity book for learners of all ages (available on Apple Books)
Accommodating All Learners: Everyone Can Code Curriculum for All (2019)
Accommodating All Learners focuses on the use of iPad's accessibility features to help all learners learn to code with Swift Playgrounds and the Everyone Can Code curriculum. (available on Apple Books)
Cultivating a Culture of Collaboration and Creativity in the Classroom (2018)
Cultivating a Culture of Collaboration and Creativity in the Classroom is a guide for facilitating a positive, student-centered community by developing a creative, engaged classroom team. (available on Apple Books)
Literacy (2018) co-author
Kurt Klynen, Christine Klynen, Karrin Burns, Christina Carbone, Richard Colosi, Katie Gardner, Kerry Guard, Jake Lee & Sara Malchow
This book was designed by a team of global elementary school educators to help teachers learn how to use iPad to support literacy. (available on Apple Books)
The Lincoln Native Garden: Creating and Maintaining a Successful Native Habitat (2017)
The students at Lincoln School in River Forest, Illinois created a native garden in 2016, with the assistance of staff and various community members and organizations. Read about the mission, objective, action plan, and lessons learned through the process of creating and maintaining the Lincoln Native Garden. (available on Apple Books)