Experience

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  Global-LT

  • Troy, Michigan

  • Educational Consultant

    • Mar 2013 - Present
    • Troy, Michigan

    --Seek out and develop new client relationships--Plan, design, and provide personalized, effective oral and written ESL instruction for auto/manufacturing executives and their families, with a focus on business communication, general conversational skills, grammar, reading comprehension, and writing--Evaluate student growth and development--Successfully closed every new client referral in 2014-2015--A frequently requested consultant

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  Detroit Public Schools

  • Renaissance High School and Martin Luther King High School

  • Advanced Placement English Teacher

    • Sep 1988 - Aug 2013
    • Renaissance High School and Martin Luther King High School

    Duties--Developed and taught Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition and other college- preparatory courses--Mentored colleagues in effective instruction techniques--Managed student teachers--Created and led staff in-service programs--Researched and developed innovative instructional and testing materials--Coached students for the Academic Decathlon and Great Books Seminars--Served as faculty sponsor for the National Honor Society and coordinated fun-raising and philanthropic activitiesHighlights--Enthusiastic public speaker and presenter--Exceptional written and verbal communicator--Exemplary Teacher (rated Highly Effective)--Respected mentor of junior teachers and student teachers--Effective user of multi-media teaching tools--Innovative Curriculum Developer and Designer--Creative Lesson Planner--Successful marketer of the Advanced Placement Curriculum --Successful Advanced Placement Instructor with consistently high student scores using: Differentiated Instruction/Formative Assessment Literary and Textual Analysis Rhetorical/Grammatical/Stylistic Skills 6+1 Traits of Effective Writing Socratic Method of Facilitating Instruction Thematic/Project-based evaluation--Concise Editor--Committed to cultivating student leadership--Dedicated to developing and maintaining excellent rapport with students, faculty, staff, and administrationAccomplishments--Rated a Highly Effective Teacher by State of Michigan standards--Guided students to consistently achieve high scores on the Advanced Placement Test

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  Mercy High School

  • Farmington Hills, Michigan

  • English Teacher

    • Sep 1981 - Jun 1986
    • Farmington Hills, Michigan

    --Taught college-preparatory English courses including English Literature, Research Writing, Mythology, Poetry and Short Story Writing--Co-moderated the Human Relations Council