Experience

Nettelhorst Elementary School

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

• Language Arts and Humanities Teacher

  • Aug 2009 - Present

  • Teach language arts (reading and writing) and social studies to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.• Draw on editing experience to coach 70+ beginning writers through the writing process: brainstorming, pre-writing, drafting, revision, editing, and publishing.• Teach narrative, expository, and persuasive writing for varied audiences: formal, informal, print, and web. • Collaborate with colleagues on cross-curricular unit and lesson planning—language arts and social studies, including developing an 8th grade Humanities class to teach social studies through reading and writing. • Participate in region’s teacher-leader inquiry program, investigating optimal inquiry unit design.• Teach after-school Response to Intervention (RTI) reading class, identify individual student needs, create remedial reading lessons, and track student growth.• Organize and implement Family Literacy Night and other community events.• Led Nettelhorst’s Boundless Readers professional study on fundamental reading and research strategies. Show less

• Office Clerk

  • Aug 2006 - Aug 2009

  • Acted as Assistant to the Principal.• Wrote all in-house and public correspondence and newsletters for principal.• Managed school’s daily attendance, monitored 30 teachers and solved all attendance issues.• Managed before-school care program with staff of three and up to 35 children. Developed registration and check-in systems and bookkeeping system.• Acted as liaison with school’s international community.• Acted as initial point of contact and problem solver.



Terra Corp.

• Tokyo, Japan

• Editor & Rewriter

  • Aug 1990 - Aug 2009

  • Edited monthly corporate newsletter for Sumitomo 3M Corporation. • Rewrote technical automotive manuals for Sumitomo Wiring Systems. • Collaborated with translators to ensure integrity of documents. • Edited monthly corporate newsletter for Sumitomo 3M Corporation. • Rewrote technical automotive manuals for Sumitomo Wiring Systems. • Collaborated with translators to ensure integrity of documents.



Eight13 LLC, Online Education Systems

• Tokyo, Japan

• Partner & Curriculum Developer

  • Jan 1997 - May 2003

  • Co-founded online education company in 1997. • Co-wrote @ttain Online, an email writing skills textbook, which became the content for The OnEd Engine (a complete e-Learning platform including LMS and authoring tools). • Helped raise seed capital from a large Japanese corporation. • Developed elearning curriculum for The OnEd Engine, targeting non-native English speakers. • Developed and maintained partner and customer relations. • Co-founded online education company in 1997. • Co-wrote @ttain Online, an email writing skills textbook, which became the content for The OnEd Engine (a complete e-Learning platform including LMS and authoring tools). • Helped raise seed capital from a large Japanese corporation. • Developed elearning curriculum for The OnEd Engine, targeting non-native English speakers. • Developed and maintained partner and customer relations.



3M Japan

• Tokyo, Japan

• Corporate Trainer & Curriculum Developer

  • Jan 1996 - May 2003

  • Coached top executives in all aspects of working in English with Americans: negotiations, cross- cultural issues, presentations, etc. • Taught presentation skills, cross-cultural skills, negotiation skills, e-mail writing skills, meeting skills, reading skills, and conversation. • Researched and wrote all textbooks used for in-house English-skills training. • Managed and trained other training staff. • Coached top executives in all aspects of working in English with Americans: negotiations, cross- cultural issues, presentations, etc. • Taught presentation skills, cross-cultural skills, negotiation skills, e-mail writing skills, meeting skills, reading skills, and conversation. • Researched and wrote all textbooks used for in-house English-skills training. • Managed and trained other training staff.



Hitachi, Ltd.

• Tokyo, Japan

• Corporate Trainer & Editor

  • Jan 1996 - Dec 2000

  • Edited all business correspondence (letters, brochures, contracts, proposals, etc.) for the International Business Department. • Wrote bi-monthly newsletter called Tips for Effective English, offering practical advice in response to common problems I saw in written English. • Grew Tips for English into Hitachi’s first email writing class and the textbook @ttain Email Writing Skills. • Coached executives in working in English with Americans: negotiations, cross-cultural issues, presentations, etc. Show less