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KIMBERLY NELSON HALL

KIMBERLY NELSON HALL

Educator
St. Augustine,FL

Summary

Creative educator who engages diverse populations with innovative instruction and methodologies. Multifaceted professional with experience in teaching, writing, research, and program development.

Work History

Education Coordinator

Matanzas Riverkeeper
Saint Augustine, FL
  • Designs environmental education modules (water quality, birding, plastic pollution) for adults and high school students that reflect the mission of Matanzas Riverkeeper through education, engagement, and advocacy.
  • Collaborates with St Johns County educators to create content based on state curriculum and teacher need.
  • Creates partnerships with educators, non-profits, and local businesses to promote student engagement to protect the Matanzas Watershed.

Educational Consultant

Renaissance Learning
  • Conducted onsite and virtual professional development for global school districts and non-profit organizations.
  • Demonstrated program features and functions with connection to established curriculum.
  • Reviewed data and created reports to assist with district goals and expectations.
  • Developed educator resources including reference materials, newsletters, curriculum-based projects, and educational blogs.

Program Manager

Columbia Reads
Columbia, MO
  • Managed a community-wide reading program for Columbia Public School District.
  • Established community partnerships to increase student engagement in preschools, afterschool programs, and elementary schools.
  • Obtained donations and grants for program expansion.
  • Collected and analyzed data to guide decision-making and implementation strategy.

Professional Tutor and Mentor

University Of Missouri
Columbia, MO
  • Assisted with study skills, learning strategies, and educational planning.
  • Tutored multiple subjects including geology, environmental science, and classical studies.
  • Stressed fundamental English composition including strong thesis development and paper structure.
  • Aided students with test-taking strategies, time-management, and public speaking skills.
  • Utilized interactive technology to increase student engagement and learning.

English as a Second Language Instructor

Hillsborough County Public Schools
Ruskin, FL
  • Taught English (ESOL) to adult learners in a multi-level classroom.
  • Integrated technology, community speakers, small-group activities, and activities to increase student engagement.
  • Substitute instructor for GED classes.

Biological Science Technician

Virgin Islands National Park
St. John, USVI
  • Assisted with buoy management tasks including SCUBA diving to install, maintain, and repair moorings and buoys.
  • Led geology field trips, aided pelican surveys, utilized SCUBA to verify groundings and illegal activities, assisted archaeological surveys, catalogued artifacts, conducted water quality analyses, and operated NPS boats for scientific research projects.
  • Collaborated with USDA – Wildlife Services for development and implementation of a new program designed to reduce non-native species.
  • Responsible for feral animal program planning and development including biological and ecological research, species distribution and food preferences, field collection, necropsy, and purchasing.
  • Researched and developed educational materials for public distribution.

Coastal Geologist

National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division
Lakewood, CO
  • Researched coastal and natural resource management issues and aided in construction of educational website for National Park Service.
  • Initiated development of biannual coastal geology newsletter and co-authored NPS Coastal Geology Knowledge Center.
  • Wrote scoping summaries and geologic reports for professional publication.
  • Assisted in development of coastal mapping units and program.
  • Responsible for interagency (NOAA, USGS, NASA, etc.) contacts and correspondence.

Teaching and Research Assistant

University Of North Carolina
Wilmington, NC
  • Responsible for organizing and teaching Environmental Field Methods (honors), Physical Geology, and Historical Geology courses.
  • Transplanted oyster reefs for habitat restoration and water quality improvements in coastal environments, emphasizing ecology, sediment transport and tidal creek hydrodynamics.
  • Conducted wetlands and coastal research including sediment transport and habitat restoration studies.
  • Conducted scientific presentations at national and international meetings.
  • Research and Nitrox diver.

Education

M.S - Geology

University of North Carolina
Wilmington, NC
08.2000 - 05.2002

B.A. - Comparative Religion, Art History and Archaeology

University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
08.1989 - 05.1992

Skills

Creativity

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Additional Information

  • Virtual meeting software including Zoom, WebEx, and MS Teams.
  • Social Media including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.
  • MS 365 and Google Suite.
  • Basic French and Spanish.
  • Grant writing.

Publications

  • Hall, K. and K. KellerLynn. 2010. Virgin Islands National Park: geologic resources inventory report. Natural Resource Report NPS/NRPC/GRD/NRR—2010/226. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. Accessed 2021, November 29.
  • Nelson, K., and R. Beavers, 2002. National Park Service Coastal Geology Newsletter. Accessed 2021, November 29.
  • Nelson, K.A., L.A. Leonard, M.H. Posey, T.D. Alphin and M.A. Mallin. 2004. Transplanted oyster (Crassostrea virginica) beds as self-sustaining mechanisms for water quality improvement in small tidal creeks. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 298:347-368.
  • Kelley, P.H., Crump, M.A., Huntley, J.W., Key, HM., Nelson, K.A., and J. A. Pierson, 2002. Paleoecology of the Waccamaw formation (Plio-Pleistocene) near Old Dock, Columbus County, North Carolina, North-Central Section and Southeastern Section, GSA Joint Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky.
  • Nelson, K.A., L.A. Leonard, M.H. Posey, T.D. Alphin, M.A. Mallin and D.C. Parsons, 2002. Created oyster reefs as self-sustaining mechanisms for water quality improvements in small tidal creeks: a pilot study, Environmental Quality of Wilmington and New Hanover County Watersheds 2000-2001, Center for Marine Science Report 02-01, p.78-94.
  • Nelson, K.A., L.A. Leonard, M.H. Posey, T.D. Alphin, M.A. Mallin and D.C. Parsons, 2002. Created oyster reefs as a bioremediation tool in small tidal creeks, 16th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, St. Petersburg, Florida.
  • Nelson, K.A., L.A. Leonard, M.H. Posey and T.D. Alphin, 2002. Water quality improvement from transplanted oyster (Crassostrea virginica) beds in small tidal creeks, Earth System Processes (GSA), Edinburgh, Scotland.

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