Alison Childers
Developer and Educator

About Me:
Welcome! I'm a web/software developer and former teacher. I am a lifelong learner who excels at communication and collaboration, and I'd love to talk about joining your team!
See below for my Education and Work Experience
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Work Experience
Contract Web & Google Apps Script Developer
Pav*r (Google Calendar Add-on)
August 2022 - December 2022
Worked on a variety of Web Development, Google Apps Script.
List of Accomplishments:
- Created a live stats dashboard web app for use internally and to show to investors, included a sortable user table and user search using data from Firebase and Stripe APIs.
- Created cloud functions that interacted with Stripe and Firebase to keep users’ data current.
- Created cloud functions that sent transactional emails to clients triggered by certain events.
- Helped create new Google Calendar reports that populate to Google Sheets and added features to make them re-sync to Google Calendar later.
- Made ES6 refactoring changes to add-on codebase, and abstracted out functions to help keep code more D.R.Y. and maintainable.
- Removed redundant database calls to help improve the add-on’s speed.
- Reworked UI/UX of add-on, and improved adherence to branding guidelines.
- Created a Funnel Chart using Google Charts to display live user data.
- Created a design in Figma to begin visualizing the future Chrome Extension setup page
Freelance Web & Software Developer
January 2022 - Present
Worked on a variety of Web Development, Google Apps Script, and Airtable solutions.
List of Accomplishments:
- Collected user stories from clients.
- Pioneered an EdTech app GroupCheck using Google Apps Script that will help 20,000 teachers
- Created tutorials for GroupCheck app to demonstrate setup to users.
- Created automated workflow solutions in Airtable to collect contact information and track status.
- Collected feedback from users and used it to improve application.
- Designed the UI of a consulting business website using Figma.
- Developed a mobile-responsive front-end for 3 websites in VS Code using HTML/CSS/JS.
- Designed and developed personal website and 5+ projects using React, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS/Bootstrap.
- Enhanced efficiency and accessibility of personal website by performing audits with W3C and Lighthouse.
Mathematics Teacher
Carmi-White County High School
August 2013 - Present
Taught cohorts of 100-120 high school students at various levels of Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Pre-Calculus topics. Collaborated with the rest of my department to ensure continuity across grade levels and courses.
List of Accomplishments:
- Automated (Google Sheets) manual report generation for state testing results for over 200 students and families.
- Mentored over 200 students through color guard and math team programs.
- Trained 150+ staff in adoption of various EdTech platforms and how to enhance their classroom use.
- Collaborated with a 3 person math department to restructure and improve student outcomes by 50% over 3 years.