Experience

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  East Orange Board of Education

  • Essex County, New Jersey, United States

  • Long Term Substitute Teacher

    • Sep 2015 - Dec 2023
    • Essex County, New Jersey, United States

    Certified teacher subbing for teachers & teacher assistants since year after retired from teaching. Rapport formed easily with many students whether substituting short term or long, regular ed or special ed, as I inspire a higher percentage of them to get work done than most & help them w...

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  Newark Public Schools

  • Newark, NJ

  • Retired Social Studies Teacher

    • Jan 1990 - Dec 2014
    • Newark, NJ

    -Founder & director: Cultural Ecology Club. tree grant from NJ Tree Foundation for Arbor Day Event; developed community organization partnerships, press releases, & resolution passed by district for Adopt-a-Lot Gardening Project; recycling education. Initiated Go Green; interdisciplinary ...

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  W.E.B. DuBois Scholars Institute-Princeton Univ...

  • Adjunct Professor & Residence Counselor-Coordinator

    • 1996 - 1997

    Africana History Top-notch evaluations earned consistently from students & administrators 2 summers. Wayne, NJ

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  Plainfield, New Brunswick, & Newark Public ...

  • NJ

  • Substitute Teacher

    • 1988 - 1993
    • NJ

    Reached countless youth given up on by others through presentations after persuading most to complete regular teacher's work

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  Topps Appliance City

  • Edison & later, Secaucus, NJ

  • Major Appliance Saleswoman

    • May 1988 - Jun 1990
    • Edison & later, Secaucus, NJ

    I was one of their top sellers of white goods (refrigerators, washers, dryers, freezers) and service contracts, regularly winning weekly sales contests. Note: This company went out of business.

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  NJ Citizen Action

  • New Brunswick, NJ

  • Field Canvasser (Fundraiser) and Trainer

    • May 1986 - Aug 1986
    • New Brunswick, NJ

    NJ Citizen Action. First Place fundraiser on a daily basis for environmental and social laws sponsored by a lobbyist organization. Door to door residential canvassing in various NJ towns. (New Brunswick office was later closed)

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  Nyerere Education Institute

  • New Brunswick, NJ

  • Volunteer Tutor & Teacher's Assistant

    • Sep 1985 - Jun 1986
    • New Brunswick, NJ

    voluntarily assisted teachers & staff at a private Africentric school (now closed) & applied it as a field study within African Studies major