ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCEEnglish Department Chairperson7/06-6/11 Hired and mentored new teachers. Created department class schedules. Observed teachers. Created departmental budget. Inventoried and ordered books and supplies for department. Lead department in administering NYS ELA 7,8, and 11 (including scoring ELA 11). Planned and facilitated department meetings. Co-chaired with the Assistant Superintendent the ELA K-12 Internal Review initial stages of recording and evaluation of English course curricula. Facilitated incorporation of rubrics into grading of essays across grade levels. Spear-headed ELA K-12 review for Tri-State Consortium. District eliminated academic chair positions in June 2011.TEACHING EXPERIENCE English Language Arts Teacher 9/97 – present Teach or taught English 7, 8, 9, 9 Humanities, 10, 10 Honors, 11 Regents, AP Literature and Composition, Reading-Writing 7, Creative Writing, What's That You Say, & Public Speaking. Advisor for senior high literary arts magazine (1999- present). Varsity Field Hockey Assistant Coach (2000-2005). Active in supervising sports competitions. Active member of School Improvement Team (2004-2005), Professional Development Committee (2004-2009 and 2016-present), Curriculum Instruction Team (2006-2009),and National Honor Society Faculty Council (2003-2009)—assisted in re-vamping application procedure. Participated in Staff Talent Show, 2002, 2005, 2009. Awarded tenure, Spring 2000.

English and French TeacherTaught Honors English 8, 10, 11, 12; English portion of American Studies; Creative Writing 7 & 8; French 7. Mock Trial Team Coach, 1994-1996; Heritage Day Co-Coordinator, 1994-1995; Faculty Advisory Committee member 1993-1995; Middle School Boys’ Basketball Trainer, Champions 1994; 1994 Nationwide Insurance Prom Promise Campaign Coordinator—M.L.K. won championship and $3,000.00. Awarded tenure, Spring 1996.