Experience

St. Paul's School (MD)

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education

• English Teacher

  • Aug 2021 - Present



Golda Och Academy

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

• High School English Teacher

  • Sep 2020 - Aug 2021



Western Reserve Academy

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• High School English Teacher

  • May 2017 - Sep 2020

• English Teacher

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2020



Wayland Academy

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

• Coordinator of Curriculum and Faculty Development

  • Apr 2015 - May 2017

  -Observe, supervise, and help evaluate the faculty in the development and implementation of curriculum and to review and evaluate academic programs.-Cooperate with and coordinate development and implementation of departmental scope and sequence, horizontal and vertical integration, and formative assessment.-Establish programs for orientation of new teachers, in-service, and evaluation.-Consult with teachers in matters of classroom management, teaching methods, and general pedagogy.-Coach and mentor teachers.-Assist faculty in developing a uniform, detailed curriculum.

• English Teacher and English Department Chair

  • Jul 2011 - May 2017

  • Developed curriculum and enhanced departmental instruction, reading comprehension, composition, and critical thinking – especially concerning final assessments and expanded use of technology in the classroom.• Evaluated and mentored departmental colleagues to grow in their teaching vocation, through written and oral feedback.• Created vertical integration of departmental scope and sequence that includes learning goals and teacher objectives for descriptive, personal, and critical writing and the study of literature within and between grade levels.• Planned and instructed English I (world literature): college preparatory (CP) and honors (H); English II: (American Literature) CP and H; AP English Language Composition• Established and ran the Writing Center – a peer-editing hour in which older students tutor younger ones.



Marianapolis Preparatory School

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

• Teacher of English

  • Aug 2008 - Aug 2011

  • Instructed English II and English IV college preparatory classes in literature, grammar, composition, and vocabulary. • Served as a dorm supervisor to boys in a multicultural environment, solving conflicts, role modeling, providing a safe environment, and building community. • Taught summer school English. • Coached developmental and girls’ junior varsity tennis teams. • Reinvented, facilitated, and maintained the resident advisor program as co-advisor in which boarding student leadership fosters teamwork and quality of residential life through intrapersonal relationships.



AmeriCorps NCCC

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Team Leader

  • Aug 2005 - Aug 2006

  • Led eight 18-24 year olds throughout southeastern region of the United States, doing service projects in the areas of public safety, the environment, education, unmet human needs, and disaster relief.• Received training and certification in diversity, leadership and supervision, defensive driving, financial management, CPR/first aid, disaster relief operations, and crisis intervention.• Maintained paperwork concerning the progress, completion, and success of service projects and corps member and AmeriCorps duties and responsibilities.



AmeriCorps VISTA

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Volunteer and Literacy Coordinator

  • Jul 2004 - Jul 2005

  • Recruited, trained, and placed community and parent volunteers in various positions. • Wrote numerous grants to support the Professional Practice School at Patrick Henry High School• Edited and coordinated publication of Professionalism in Practice, a teachers’ academic journal.• Wrote and received reading grants and co-led literacy initiative to start five after-school book clubs. • Tutored Spanish individually and in small groups. • Recruited, trained, and placed community and parent volunteers in various positions. • Wrote numerous grants to support the Professional Practice School at Patrick Henry High School• Edited and coordinated publication of Professionalism in Practice, a teachers’ academic journal.• Wrote and received reading grants and co-led literacy initiative to start five after-school book clubs. • Tutored Spanish individually and in small groups.



F+W Media, Inc.

• United States
• Media Production
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Editorial Intern

  • Jun 2003 - Aug 2003

  • Wrote and edited articles from interviews and compiled research—print and online.• Maintained reader and contributor communication through email, letters, and phone.• Selected and rejected proposed art and articles.• Assisted design and production of text and art layout with Quark and other programs. • Wrote and edited articles from interviews and compiled research—print and online.• Maintained reader and contributor communication through email, letters, and phone.• Selected and rejected proposed art and articles.• Assisted design and production of text and art layout with Quark and other programs.



Institute for Central American Studies

• United States
• Movies, Videos, and Sound

• Editorial Intern

  • Sep 2002 - Dec 2002

  • Wrote and edited monthly articles for select Latin American countries.• Wrote main feature article for Nov. issue on pesticides affecting banana plantations.• Researched news, political, military, and environmental issues in Spanish. • Wrote and edited monthly articles for select Latin American countries.• Wrote main feature article for Nov. issue on pesticides affecting banana plantations.• Researched news, political, military, and environmental issues in Spanish.