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• Primary role is as a grade 9 – 12 English, Response to Intervention English, English Honors and Advanced Placement (A.P) English Language instructor; also teach Composition I and II courses to students seeking college credit. • Successfully created curriculums for the Composition I and II college-level courses, along with the A.P. English language courses, providing completely new course offering for students.• Seamlessly utilize a variety of teaching strategies and techniques to appeal to all learning styles and to motivate students to meet lesson learning objectives.• Creatively design curriculums to optimize learning and ensure that language arts standards from the state, the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum, national College Board and Common Core are met.• As part of the Composition I course, teach students the process of writing, help them transition an initial idea to paper, share the intricacies of effective editing and also how to bring a paper to the publication stage. • Leverage expertise in the Composition II course to teach students to research with integrity, utilize scholarly sources and polish their works through effective editing.• Partner one-on-one with students to facilitate the editing process, maintaining the integrity of the writer’s style and voice, while also enhancing the overall quality of the work; also encourage peer-to-peer feedback sessions.• Leverage Google Applications to assign projects, share documents across the classroom and create presentations.• Seamlessly leverage proficiency with a variety of technologies to facilitate learning, including through utilizing e-learning platforms such as D2L, Blackboard and Schoology.• Strong familiarity with various documentation styles, including MLA, Chicago and APA.• Proactively continue professional development through successfully completing courses in teaching to the various learning styles and to learners with diverse backgrounds, interests and skill levels.

• Primarily taught English, American Literature and Reading to students in grades 7 – 12, including courses for those performing below grade level.• Collaborated with a team of teachers to develop individual intervention plans to facilitate a struggling student’s progress toward goals; acted as liaison to the school-wide problem-solving team for extra assistance, if needed.• Quickly gained proficiency with iCue, leveraging knowledge to teach colleagues how to access this application to analyze student data, more effectively plan curriculums and identify intervention needs.• Strong contributor to the Content Literacy Team, helping the school obtain new resources and strategies to raise achievement scores; trained teachers on the new methods, facilitating the integration of them into curriculums.• Active on the Advisory Committee, helping to plan curriculums for the school on topics such as character-building, note-taking and organizational skills.• Proactively became the Assistant Volleyball coach, providing strong leadership and support to the team, including teaching them volleyball skills, good sportsmanship and teamwork.