brendan kavanagh

* Monitored water flow through collection ponds and seine-netted salmon for capture and spawning. * Captured, weighed, counted, and loaded fish and eggs for transfer. * Entered data into excel spreadsheets.

Fostered positive working relationships with students at-risk for dropping out of high school and developed a safe classroom environment which encouraged interest in learning. Implemented a consistent discipline plan including positive reinforcement and conscientious mentoring, successfully increasing student accountability and performance. Developed essential laboratory exercises with limited funds and resources, ensuring school compliance with state laws and regulations while positively influencing student participation and engagement.

* Assisted teaching zoology and human anatomy labs. * Organized, prepared, and set up laboratory exercises for classes of forty to fifty students. * Facilitated student engagement, fielded inquiries, and guided student learning. * Proctored tests, graded assignments, and submitted final grades to laboratory instructor.

* Prioritized, organized, and conducted fieldwork necessary to meet company goals and timelines. * Assessed road culverts for their impact on the passage of anadromous fish. * Conducted state-protocol single-pass electrofishing surveys. * Mapped streams and wetlands using handheld GPS units, GIS software, and aerial photos. * Conducted small mammal and amphibian surveys. * Used Microsoft Access and Excel to organize and summarize data.

Project manager/Crew Leader on study assessing habitat use and movement patterns of Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frogs in Northern portion of their range.

* Composite science certified and currently teach PAP biology, PAP chemistry, and AP biology. * Implemented Cornell notes and Interactive Notebooks as tools to assist students in organizing complex content and to develop self-motivated learners who ask high level questions and think critically. * Developed and implemented science curricula to promote higher level thinking and student focused classrooms with foundations rooted in six instructional strategies: collaborative group work, writing to learn, questioning, scaffolding, classroom talk, and literacy groups. * Performed statistical analyses and summaries on student testing data and used information to drive curriculum development. * Coached teachers across various disciplines on integrating high impact instructional strategies and successfully improved engagement and learning in multiple classrooms. * Managed departmental budgets, timelines, performance requirements, and submitted reports to supervisor. * Mentored new teachers and interns, providing the support and experiences necessary to successfully begin fulltime teaching careers.

* Conducted surveys for various wildlife including reptiles, amphibians, aquatic invertebrates, and fish. * Collected skin swabs from amphibian populations across East Texas as part of a survey for Chytrid fungus. * Collected morphological data and tissue samples from captured reptiles and amphibians. * Analyzed tapes of breeding frog choruses. * Trapped, radio-tagged, and tracked aquatic turtles. * Photographed wild reptiles and amphibians for the Stephen F. Austin University digital herpetology database. * Organized and analyzed data using Microsoft Excel, R statistical analysis software, SAS statistical software, and ESRI Geographic Information System software. * Prepared manuscripts, posters, and abstracts for publication in scientific journals or presentation at conferences.

Thesis Title: Sexual Dimorphism, Movement Patterns, and Diets of the Razorback Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus) and Community Characteristics of Turtle Populations Inhabiting Two Small Streams of East Texas