Houseparent Boys Home of Virginia

• Jul 2019 - Present

Lead Teacher

• Feb 2006 - Jul 2019

Running a small residential school that meets in a house overlooking Craig Creek and surrounded by 88 acres of forest. Taught English (6-12), Creative Writing, Personal Finance/Economics, World Geography, Ancient World History, Modern World History, G.E.D. Prep, VA/US History, US Government, and WW II in Film. Created and maintained the master schedule. Attended quarterly, service plan, admissions, IIP, and IEP meetings. Created IIP’s for non-IEP students. Monitored resident behavior on a daily and weekly basis. Created coursework and monitored independent study students. Maintained and ordered textbooks. Participated in several successful VAISEF and DOE reviews. Planned/participated in 27 camping trips in and around Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Washington, DC, and North Carolina. Show less

Teacher/Coach

• Aug 1985 - Jan 2006

Taught English (9-12) at Patrick Henry High School (1986-2006); Taught English (7-9) at Breckinridge Junior High (1985-1986); Taught advanced English in Center for the Humanities (2001-2006); Sponsor for creative writing and online literary magazine (2005-2006); Co-Coordinator, Center for the Humanities (2005-2006); Director, Center for the Humanities (2004-2005); Honor Scholar Mentor (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005); Ran after-school, computer-instructed G.E.D. program (1998-2001); Worked with the Teen Outreach Program (1996-1998); Implemented Tech-Prep curriculum for Gibboney Tech. (1991-1998); Edited The Gibboney Gossip, technical center’s newspaper (1992-1993); Coached boy’s baseball (1987-1994) and girl’s basketball (1987-1989); Coached girl’s tennis and boy’s wrestling (1985-1986) Show less

Grad Assistant

• Jan 1985 - May 1985

Taught freshman composition Taught freshman composition