Teaching Experience
Semester | Role | Courses | Spring 2014 | Teaching Assistant | PHYS017:
Climate Change and Policy |
Fall 2010 | Instructor | METE1200: Oceans and Climate |
Spring 2010 | Co-Instructor Co-Instructor Instructor Instructor |
METE1300:
Climate awareness and education METE3500: Bioclimatology W.M.O. Mid-Level Technician's Climatology W.M.O. Senior-Level Technician's Climatology |
Fall 2009 | Instructor | METE1200: Oceans and Climate |
Spring 2009 | Instructor | W.M.O. Mid-Level Technician's Climatology |
Fall 2008 | Instructor | METE1200: Oceans and Climate |
Spring 2008 | Instructor | W.M.O. Mid-Level Technician's Climatology |
Fall 2007 | Co-Instructor Instructor |
METE1010: Introduction to
Meteorology W.M.O. Mid-Level Technician's Statistics |
Spring 2007 | Co-Instructor Co-Instructor Instructor |
METE3410: Applications of
Meteorology ENVT 6141: Climatology and Agrometeorology W.M.O. Mid-Level Technician's Climatology |
Fall 2006 | Co-Instructor Instructor |
METE1010: Introduction to
Meteorology W.M.O. Mid-Level Technician's Statistics |
Spring 2006 | Teaching Assistant | COMP 1115: Introduction to
Computer Programming II COMP 2115: Information Structures |
Fall 2005 | Teaching Assistant | COMP 1105: Introduction to Computer Programming I |
Spring 2005 | Teaching Assistant | COMP 1115: Introduction to Computer Programming II |
Fall 2004 | Teaching Assistant | COMP 1105: Introduction to Computer Programming I |
Spring 2004 | Teaching Assistant | COMP 1105: Introduction to Computer Programming II |
Oct 2003 - Jul 2004 | Part-time secondary (high school) school teacher | Geography and Mathematics |
Course held at Howard University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Course held at University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
Course held at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), Barbados
Courses held at Queen's College, Husbands, St. James, Barbados
W.M.O. = World Meteorological Organization
Other pedagogical activities
§ Co-mentored four students (undergraduate to graduate students) in various Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summer Internship programs, in summer 2015.
§ Co-mentored a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Physics student at Howard University, in summer 2014
§ 4-week Weather and Water Summer school at CIMH – a summer program focused on increasing the awareness of the Earth Sciences in young persons in the Caribbean. The course involved introducing the discipline, some theory and many practical sessions illustrating the applicability of the disciplines in the Caribbean region. The course started in Summer 2007 and has an average enrollment of 10 -12 students.
§ Guest lectured various topics in Meteorology and Climatology following the Caribbean Council Examination (CXC) syllabi at various secondary schools in Barbados.
Curricular materials
§ Shared the responsibility of revamping the Climate Change and Policy course offered at Howard University.
§ Shared the responsibility of developing new courses and altering existing courses in the Meteorology undergraduate program offered at UWI.
§ Developed, with another colleague, a syllabus and materials (including a handbook) for the summer course aimed at secondary-school students (older than 15 years) and trainers alike.