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• Coordinate production and dissemination of email newsletters, web pages, social media posts, and other information about library services and events; work closely with City colleagues to coordinate communications and information distribution; maintain library calendar information and facilitates distribution to external partners and interested parties; develop and maintain library graphic design standards and publication style guides.• Create brochures, flyers, posters, and book displays; create promotional materials for programs and supplies content for website and social media platforms; coordinate collection and dissemination of community resource information.• Coordinate department outreach activities; evaluate and recommend opportunities for mutually beneficial partnerships with other agencies, organizations, and groups. • Represent library on consortium’s Innovation & Marketing Committee.• Prepare and maintain statistical and other reports; create customized reports for a variety of operational and analytical purposes.• Manage all library technology, including troubleshooting and acting as library liaison with City and County IT departments. • Act as lead worker for library technology & reference department and responsible for day-to-day coordination of departmental activities and work, oversight and coordination of departmental projects and initiatives, and ongoing monitoring and reporting of departmental performance.

Library Assistant I, Reference/Special Projects• Serve as On-Call Reference Desk and Circulation Library Assistant.• Assist patrons with finding library materials. Help patrons use resource searches and library materials to locate information of interest. • Charge out and check in library materials. Collect service charges on overdue, lost, or damaged materials. • Sort and file books. Maintain routine files related to Library operations. Accept applications for library cards.• Special Project: Maintain social media accounts (Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram) for library, posting relevant information about the library, local news, and literacy-related events.• Special Project: Weeding of materials and handling, transportation, and inventory of storage items.

Adjunct Composition and General Studies Instructor• Teach material from approved curriculum and develops daily lesson plans to include instructional aids.• Assists student in achieving completion of course objectives. Provide regular and timely feedback to students.• Participate in school retention initiatives by maintaining productive contact with students and by getting in touch with and offering assistance to absent students.• Advise students in matters related to academics, attendance and behaviors. Motivate student to actively participate in all aspect of the educational process.• Maintain and report student grades and attendance in accordance with company policies.• Complete professional development and in-service activities in accordance with college standards. Participate in department curriculum meetings.• Also served as Associate Dean of General Studies and Library Assistant.

Provided instruction in online, undergraduate General Education courses (e.g. Composition, Philosophy, Adult Development).

Instructed undergraduate students in the following four-week courses:EN 1101: Composition IEN1102: Composition IIEN2000: Introduction to LiteratureComposition course principles emphasized the construction of clear, coherent, expository essays employing various strategies of pre-writing, thesis development, support, organization, and revision.Literature course provided students an examination of various works of fiction, poetry, and drama with emphasis on the analysis of character, plot, and language as a means of discovering the writer's purpose. Lectures blended course materials with lesson plans that emphasize writing, editing, and revising practices, which also effectively develop students’ critical thinking skills.Served as editor for student generated monthly newsletter, The Brown Mackie Express. Also served as eCollege, APA, and iPad champion, as well as Library Assistant.

Instructed undergraduate students in the following courses:ENGL 1301: Composition 1SPCH 1318: Interpersonal CommunicationCS 102: Student Success

Worked with the creator of this site to manage the blog. Reported breaking news on the Dallas Cowboys and maintained the integrity of comment boards. Posted 6-10 times per week and have more than 250 articles published, including four in the Maple Street Press Cowboys Annual 2010.

8th grade Language Arts. Also taught two ESL (English as a Second Language) classes mixed in with the regular reading and writing courses. After school, I tutored students in reading and writing (2006-2007)8th grade Language Arts. Had the privilege of teaching two honors classes along with two AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) English courses. Assisted with fund raisers and after-school study sessions. Sponsored and conducted a chess club for a group of at-risk boys (2005-2006)7th grade Language Arts (5 periods of Reading and Writing courses). Tutored Algebra for the afterschool program (2004-2005).Attended Magnet and AVID training summer seminars at Princeton University and Long Beach State.