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Sarah Greenwood K-8

I teach Middle School (grades 6-8) Humanities in Spanish at the dual-language Sarah Greenwood School. I love the creative, language-rich challenge of creating space for my students' particular ideas, cultures, and self-expression to flourish. My areas of growth as a teacher in this role include: writing language and cultural objectives for curriculum, differentiating instruction for multi-lingual learners and special needs students, and analyzing assessment data in order to adjust instruction for group and individual interventions.

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

• Managed and taught in-person and virtual English language learning programs for more than 50 active learners at Waltham Public Library.• Created and maintained the Literacy Classroom, an interactive, multilingual, and welcoming space dedicated to English language learners at the library to access materials, build community, and inspire new language.• Supervised intern and volunteers including 15-20 undergraduates from Brandeis University’s Language Empowering Action Project (LEAP) and 1 summer intern from Waltham High School (through Waltham Partnership for Youth). • Led Waltham ELL Forum to cohere and inspire strategic partnerships in support of English language learners in Waltham.• Started Equity Subcommittee of regional Literacy Coordinators to promote action toward building more equitable, accessible programs and libraries for English language learners.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Designed and implemented university prep curriculum in grammar, composition, conversation, and reading comprehension courses for international students seeking undergraduate and graduate admission.• Taught three classes per semester of approximately 12-20 students per class from wide range of countries (Colombia, Saudi Arabia, and China having the largest enrollment) and educational backgrounds.• Regularly published student writing in new media and print resources to foster pride in their work and community.• Choreographed, filmed, and produced annual “Fun > Fear” Halloween music videos to give international students a playful way to connect and be creative outside the classroom.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Created and taught courses "The Language of Illness" and "The Art of Storytelling" to undergraduate students in interdisciplinary Honors program at UMass Boston.Collected and published original student poetry and prose writing at the culmination of "The Language of Illness"; guided students in producing and performing a live storytelling event on campus at the culmination of "The Art of Storytelling."

Brookline, Ma

• Led creative writing projects for patients (ages three to mid-20s), families, and staff at Boston Children’s Hospital to provide outlets for expression, authorship, and joy.• Collected patient writing for publication in The View from Here: Volume 2.• Originated playful storytelling encounters, including weekly “Word Nerd” program on the hospital’s internal TV channel and the Seriously Silly Superhero Stories workshop.

Boston/Brookline

Server in restaurant specializing in Caribbean-Andean cuisine.

Wrote and edited web and communications content including press releases, community emails, and project proposals.Oversaw and conducted all community programming, including Story of Stuff film screenings and Pathways-to-Action activities.

Wrote, edited, and adapted content for children’s literature anthologies, workbooks, and teacher’s guides for first, second, and third graders in the SABIS® school system.

Improvised a 17-month walkabout through Latin America with the objective of living among and learning from its diverse peoples and communities.Worked jobs as construction assistant (Nicaragua), book translator (Peru), English teacher (Venezuela), ceramics workshop assistant (Argentina), and kitchen staff/waiter (Venezuela and Peru).Volunteered for an anti-poverty NGO (Nicaragua) and visited children in hospitals with group of volunteer clowns (Venezuela).Author of Wonder/Wander: 522 Days in Latin America, a literary scrapbook (self-published, Dec 2008).

Directed non-profit shelter repair program teaching carpentry, painting, and other trade skills to volunteers; organized projects to offer these services at homeless shelters, public schools, low-income homes, and social service agencies.Wrote all grants, press releases, web content, and email communications.Engaged in workshops on grassroots organizing, activism, lobbying, poverty analysis, non-profit management, diversity, fundraising/grant-writing, and related topics.

Mfa, Fiction Writing

Activities and Societies: Write on the DOT readings in Dorchester, MA.

B.A. English, English, Spanish, Writing

Activities and Societies: Core Curriculum, Community Service Center, Hillel, Admissions, CAS Honors, Study Abroad: Madrid.