Experience

Nashville State Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• English Instructor

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Teaches college composition, writing/reading support, literature, and ESOL courses. Focuses on curriculum and instruction; language acquisition; workplace writing; technology and media skills. Appreciates studying the literatures of marginalized communities and American Literature after 1865. Participates actively with committees, student advising, and professional development.

• ESOL Instructor

  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2021

  Teaches preparatory college-level reading, writing, grammar, listening, speaking, and academic skills for developing English language learners. ● Designs syllabi and course content based on department’s curriculum and texts. ● Courses include writing, reading, grammar, listening/speaking and college prep for ESL. ● Works successfully with immigrant and former refugee populations from dozens of cultures. ● Develops students’ technology and academic literacies, utilizing campus… Show more Teaches preparatory college-level reading, writing, grammar, listening, speaking, and academic skills for developing English language learners. ● Designs syllabi and course content based on department’s curriculum and texts. ● Courses include writing, reading, grammar, listening/speaking and college prep for ESL. ● Works successfully with immigrant and former refugee populations from dozens of cultures. ● Develops students’ technology and academic literacies, utilizing campus tools and resources. ● Utilizes the Writing Process, SIOP, differentiated instruction, and other current strategies.



Volunteer State Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• English Instructor

  • Aug 2019 - May 2021

  ● Designs and delivers lessons for English Composition I & II, Writing Support, Introduction to Literature, including Dual Enrollment in Sumner County schools. ● Takes student-centered, culturally responsive approach in serving diverse student needs. ● Develops trusting relationships with students by coaching and referring to campus resources. ● Collaborated to build a 7-week online Composition II course that was parodied by department. ● Committees and Service: focus on Writing… Show more ● Designs and delivers lessons for English Composition I & II, Writing Support, Introduction to Literature, including Dual Enrollment in Sumner County schools. ● Takes student-centered, culturally responsive approach in serving diverse student needs. ● Develops trusting relationships with students by coaching and referring to campus resources. ● Collaborated to build a 7-week online Composition II course that was parodied by department. ● Committees and Service: focus on Writing Support, technology, and curriculum & instruction. Show less ● Designs and delivers lessons for English Composition I & II, Writing Support, Introduction to Literature, including Dual Enrollment in Sumner County schools. ● Takes student-centered, culturally responsive approach in serving diverse student needs. ● Develops trusting relationships with students by coaching and referring to campus resources. ● Collaborated to build a 7-week online Composition II course that was parodied by department. ● Committees and Service: focus on Writing… Show more ● Designs and delivers lessons for English Composition I & II, Writing Support, Introduction to Literature, including Dual Enrollment in Sumner County schools. ● Takes student-centered, culturally responsive approach in serving diverse student needs. ● Develops trusting relationships with students by coaching and referring to campus resources. ● Collaborated to build a 7-week online Composition II course that was parodied by department. ● Committees and Service: focus on Writing Support, technology, and curriculum & instruction. Show less



Nashville International Center for Empowerment

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher, Pre-HiSET Reading & Writing

  • May 2018 - Oct 2019

  ● Led and designed lessons: Reading and Writing skills catered to ESL/refugee adult learners. ● Differentiated instruction for various proficiency levels and scaffolded content appropriately. ● Wrote practice test questions based on HiSET, CASAS, and, TABE, and OPT models. ● Assisted with program upgrades: in-take and completion requirements, textbook selection. ● Led and designed lessons: Reading and Writing skills catered to ESL/refugee adult learners. ● Differentiated instruction for various proficiency levels and scaffolded content appropriately. ● Wrote practice test questions based on HiSET, CASAS, and, TABE, and OPT models. ● Assisted with program upgrades: in-take and completion requirements, textbook selection.



Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• English Coach (ESL)

  • Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

  ● Designed and delivered interactive lessons: language, technology and civic participation. ● Mentored adult learners from myriad languages and cultures in large, multi-level classes. ● Reorganized curriculum to align content topics, grammar points, and real-world language tasks. ● Designed and delivered interactive lessons: language, technology and civic participation. ● Mentored adult learners from myriad languages and cultures in large, multi-level classes. ● Reorganized curriculum to align content topics, grammar points, and real-world language tasks.



The Princeton Review

• United States
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Test Prep Instructor: MCAT CARS (Critical Analysis & Reasoning Skills)

  • Mar 2017 - Jun 2017

  ● Led group of 30+ pre-Medical students through TPR's branded sequence of test-taking strategies. ● Focused on language, logic, practice questions, study skills, and testing assumptions. ● Led group of 30+ pre-Medical students through TPR's branded sequence of test-taking strategies. ● Focused on language, logic, practice questions, study skills, and testing assumptions.



Silverchair

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2016

  Client-facing Project Manager for web development and publishing, supporting STEM and medical education websites hosted on Silverchair's semantic web platform.

• XML Specialist (Contractor)

  • Nov 2011 - Jun 2012

  For the Content Management team at Silverchair Information Systems, Specialist prepared intake XML content for medical journals served up on Silverchair's SCM6 platform.



Piedmont Virginia Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Instructor, English as a Second Language

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

  Instructor: Pre-composition/ developing English course for ESL learners, focusing on academic reading and writing. ● Designed syllabus for pre-Freshman ESL writing, based on COMPASS and department rubric. ● Selected textbook and readings for course with successful scaffolding and lesson design. ● Prepared students for college composition: rhetorical writing modes and critical reading. ● Explored advanced grammar, tone, idiom, American and international popular… Show more Instructor: Pre-composition/ developing English course for ESL learners, focusing on academic reading and writing. ● Designed syllabus for pre-Freshman ESL writing, based on COMPASS and department rubric. ● Selected textbook and readings for course with successful scaffolding and lesson design. ● Prepared students for college composition: rhetorical writing modes and critical reading. ● Explored advanced grammar, tone, idiom, American and international popular cultures. www.pvcc.edu Show less Instructor: Pre-composition/ developing English course for ESL learners, focusing on academic reading and writing. ● Designed syllabus for pre-Freshman ESL writing, based on COMPASS and department rubric. ● Selected textbook and readings for course with successful scaffolding and lesson design. ● Prepared students for college composition: rhetorical writing modes and critical reading. ● Explored advanced grammar, tone, idiom, American and international popular… Show more Instructor: Pre-composition/ developing English course for ESL learners, focusing on academic reading and writing. ● Designed syllabus for pre-Freshman ESL writing, based on COMPASS and department rubric. ● Selected textbook and readings for course with successful scaffolding and lesson design. ● Prepared students for college composition: rhetorical writing modes and critical reading. ● Explored advanced grammar, tone, idiom, American and international popular cultures. www.pvcc.edu Show less



Speak! Language Center

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tutor: TOEFL & Workplace English

  • 2011 - 2012

  ● Individualized intensive lessons with Italian student studying for TOEFL exam. ● Customized ESL lessons with native Urdu and Spanish speakers, focusing on workplace English. ● Individualized intensive lessons with Italian student studying for TOEFL exam. ● Customized ESL lessons with native Urdu and Spanish speakers, focusing on workplace English.



Rosetta Stone

• United States
• Software Development
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Publications Manager

  • 2008 - 2011

  Managed team of technical writers, alongside educational materials and localization for leading language-learning software company. Managed team of technical writers, alongside educational materials and localization for leading language-learning software company.



Switch Language School and Talk Business English School

• ESL Teacher, Independent Contractor

  • 2008 - 2008

  • Held course responsibility for 17 different EFL groups at various proficiency levels. • Instructed Business English for executives, HR and marketing directors, financial analysts, software developers, project managers, and general office workers. • Developed listening and speaking lessons using current news and popular culture. • Consolidated spoken production of grammatical forms in contextualized exercises. • Utilized topic-based vocabulary and American/British expressions. • Held course responsibility for 17 different EFL groups at various proficiency levels. • Instructed Business English for executives, HR and marketing directors, financial analysts, software developers, project managers, and general office workers. • Developed listening and speaking lessons using current news and popular culture. • Consolidated spoken production of grammatical forms in contextualized exercises. • Utilized topic-based vocabulary and American/British expressions.



Kaplan International Languages

• United Kingdom
• Language Schools
• 500 - 600 Employee

• ESL Teacher

  • 2008 - 2008

  • Taught ESL courses to L2 adults, including intermediate and high proficiency levels. • Upheld school curriculum guidelines while infusing classes with creativity. • Conducted classrooms of 15 students from Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Spain, Germany, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Thailand. • Instructed grammar, integrating speaking, listening, writing, reading and culture. • Maintained student-centered pedagogy in interactive lessons using… Show more • Taught ESL courses to L2 adults, including intermediate and high proficiency levels. • Upheld school curriculum guidelines while infusing classes with creativity. • Conducted classrooms of 15 students from Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Spain, Germany, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Thailand. • Instructed grammar, integrating speaking, listening, writing, reading and culture. • Maintained student-centered pedagogy in interactive lessons using stimulating contexts. Show less • Taught ESL courses to L2 adults, including intermediate and high proficiency levels. • Upheld school curriculum guidelines while infusing classes with creativity. • Conducted classrooms of 15 students from Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Spain, Germany, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Thailand. • Instructed grammar, integrating speaking, listening, writing, reading and culture. • Maintained student-centered pedagogy in interactive lessons using… Show more • Taught ESL courses to L2 adults, including intermediate and high proficiency levels. • Upheld school curriculum guidelines while infusing classes with creativity. • Conducted classrooms of 15 students from Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Spain, Germany, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Thailand. • Instructed grammar, integrating speaking, listening, writing, reading and culture. • Maintained student-centered pedagogy in interactive lessons using stimulating contexts. Show less



LexisNexis

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Content Manager

  • 2003 - 2007

  Managed an editorial team that produced print and online publications: secondary, analytical content for an attorney audience.

• Editor

  • 2000 - 2003

  Maintained editorial workflow of product line: southern states´ civil procedure law. Edited, cite-checked, and proofed manuscript for timely print and online publishing.



Diablo Valley College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct English Instructor (part time)

  • Jul 2002 - Dec 2004

  • Designed course syllabi to meet departmental curriculum guidelines, including text selection for Freshman Composition, Critical Thinking, and Creative Writing courses. • Bolstered the Writing Process: idea development, supporting detail and research, style, grammar, sentence structure, and mechanics. • Planned and delivered daily lessons, invoking discussions, organizing interactive group work, and integrating formal and reflection writing assignments. • Challenged students to think… Show more • Designed course syllabi to meet departmental curriculum guidelines, including text selection for Freshman Composition, Critical Thinking, and Creative Writing courses. • Bolstered the Writing Process: idea development, supporting detail and research, style, grammar, sentence structure, and mechanics. • Planned and delivered daily lessons, invoking discussions, organizing interactive group work, and integrating formal and reflection writing assignments. • Challenged students to think critically through the use of multicultural and traditional literary reading assignments paired with American popular culture texts. • Developed and maintained online and hybrid-online classrooms including posting boards for guided discussion threads, live chat discussions, and online draft workshops. • Tutored ESL students beyond expectations and conducted student-teacher conferences for term paper advisement. Show less • Designed course syllabi to meet departmental curriculum guidelines, including text selection for Freshman Composition, Critical Thinking, and Creative Writing courses. • Bolstered the Writing Process: idea development, supporting detail and research, style, grammar, sentence structure, and mechanics. • Planned and delivered daily lessons, invoking discussions, organizing interactive group work, and integrating formal and reflection writing assignments. • Challenged students to think… Show more • Designed course syllabi to meet departmental curriculum guidelines, including text selection for Freshman Composition, Critical Thinking, and Creative Writing courses. • Bolstered the Writing Process: idea development, supporting detail and research, style, grammar, sentence structure, and mechanics. • Planned and delivered daily lessons, invoking discussions, organizing interactive group work, and integrating formal and reflection writing assignments. • Challenged students to think critically through the use of multicultural and traditional literary reading assignments paired with American popular culture texts. • Developed and maintained online and hybrid-online classrooms including posting boards for guided discussion threads, live chat discussions, and online draft workshops. • Tutored ESL students beyond expectations and conducted student-teacher conferences for term paper advisement. Show less