Experience

Johnson County Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• English Connection Instructor

  • Aug 2013 - Present

  • Assess reading and language levels of adult ESL students using TABE. • Help students improve critical reading, academic vocabulary, grammar, and writing skills. • Tailor individual, group, and class activities for effective language acquisition. • Pilot programs, including The Developmental Language Process and Reading Horizons. • Incorporate CCRS (College & Career Readiness Standards) into curriculum. Mentor other instructors in CCRS. • Develop CCRS enriched curriculum for JCCC’s ABE/GED/ESL students. Show less



Renasis, LLC

• Marketing Director

  • Sep 2007 - Dec 2012

  • Develop and implement marketing strategy.• Coordinate marketing and sales personnel and collateral materials.• Assess needs of customers and clients and provide feedback to technical team.• Write case studies and garner third party endorsements.• Guard corporate brand and foster brand recognition.• Pitch editors with stories and product reviews.• Edit and publish user guides and manuals.• Write and issue press releases.

• Controller/Acting CFO

  • Sep 2003 - Dec 2012

  • Manage accounts payable/receivable.• Manage monthly, quarterly, yearly tax and payroll requirements.• Supervise bookkeeping, including A/R, A/P, reconciliations/reports.• Coordinate bank and other financing, including lines of credit, SBA/term loans.• Prepare financial statements.• Update Duns and Bradstreet and other financial reporting systems.• Manage GSA schedule accounts.



Chun Family Home School

• Provo, Utah Area

• Home Educator/Teacher

  • Aug 1999 - May 2012

  • Established a pre-school co-op using “Joy School” with other moms. • Taught a total of 8 pre-school years. • Learned of 5 Pillars of a classical education from Oliver DeMille in 1998. • Mentored 5th graders twice using 5 Pillars program, including classics, research, journal writing, discussion, presentation, field experience, and Saxon math. • Mentored 2nd and 4th graders together, twice, using 5 Pillars program and W.H.E.N. (Wasatch Home Education Network) members’ weekly co-op while incorporating Ken and Teri Ebert’s Four-Year Plan, and Saxon math. • Mentored an 8th grader using the 5 Pillars program and studied Euclid’s Elements intensively. Emphasized essay and journal writing. Student went on to become Lehi High School’s first ever State Debate Champion, in Oratory. • Mentored a 3rd grader using the 5 Pillars program and helped her develop individual courses of study on specific topics, including Incan life, our solar system and galaxy, Greek and Roman mythology, writing poetry, and Saxon math. • Mentored a 7th and 9th grader along with K12 courses and online charter school. Show less



Brigham Young University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor, Advanced Writing

  • Jan 1994 - Apr 1995

  • Taught English 315 – Advanced Writing for Social Sciences. • Used portfolio writing method to help students improve critical reading and thinking, enhance cultural and global awareness, improve in multi-modal written and verbal communication, and learn to use current research tools. • Taught students research and writing skills to enhance their major studies. • Directed both primary and secondary research efforts including proper documentation. • Incorporated personal conferencing and peer review to assist individuals. • Evaluated writing skills and progress of students. • Taught students to use techniques of argument and persuasion, to be critical, focused, logical, supportive, and mechanically correct in their writing, to be more concise, to vary sentence length and structure in order to emphasize key points, to be aware of the use and misuse of passive constructions, and other advanced writing skills. Show less



University of Maryland

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Faculty - Composition

  • Mar 1992 - Aug 1993

  • Taught ESL, novice, and advanced students writing skills, including basic grammar, mechanics, advanced style, argument and persuasion, description, definition, process, illustration, technical, and narrative. • Motivated and directed writing projects. • Evaluated student writing and progress. • Traveled to distant outposts to accommodate military personnel. • Taught ESL, novice, and advanced students writing skills, including basic grammar, mechanics, advanced style, argument and persuasion, description, definition, process, illustration, technical, and narrative. • Motivated and directed writing projects. • Evaluated student writing and progress. • Traveled to distant outposts to accommodate military personnel.



Holt, Rinehart, and Winston

• Provo, Utah Area

• Research Assistant & Writer

  • Jan 1988 - Dec 1988

  • In association with Dr. Sally T. Taylor, Researched biographical information about authors of anthologized pieces and wrote bios. • Designed appropriate discussion questions for most selections in The Critical Eye: Thematic Readings for Writers, which became the text for BYU freshman English classes. • Typed readings onto disc. • In association with Dr. Sally T. Taylor, Researched biographical information about authors of anthologized pieces and wrote bios. • Designed appropriate discussion questions for most selections in The Critical Eye: Thematic Readings for Writers, which became the text for BYU freshman English classes. • Typed readings onto disc.



Brigham Young University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• College Reading/Writing Instructor

  • Sep 1987 - Dec 1988

  • Taught English 115 – Freshman Reading & Writing. • Designed a portfolio-oriented course based on the BYU English Dept. requirements. • Utilized the personal conferencing method throughout three semesters. • Taught English 115 – Freshman Reading & Writing. • Designed a portfolio-oriented course based on the BYU English Dept. requirements. • Utilized the personal conferencing method throughout three semesters.