Bryce Ormson Email & Phone Number

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

I currently work remotely as an English Language Arts (ELA) Curriculum Designer for the Edtech company Edpuzzle, known as the platform where teachers can create or upload videos and embed question that assess student understanding and hold them accountable while watching. On the Curriculum team, we create "Edpuzzle Originals," standards-aligned videos with questions already embedded. As one of the two original ELA team members, I helped develop our current two curricula, Elementary Grammar and Middle/High School Poetry, by researching Common Core State Standards, planning units of standards-aligned lessons, and creating and testing lesson structure prototypes through user research practices. I played a pivotal role in creating three lesson structures, one for Elementary Grammar, which uses two playful characters to teach a grammar concept through the Gradual Release of Responsibility method, and two for Middle/High School Poetry, which provide scaffolded close readings of poems. My daily responsibilities include writing lessons and embedded skills-based questions, developing storyboards for lessons, and collaborating with colleagues through virtual meetings and editing. In this role, I exhibit and continue to develop knowledge and skills associated with ELA content expertise, instructional pedagogical theories, concise instructional composition, visual design, voice acting, large and small-scale project management, and participation in a cyclical feedback process.

Mill Creek High School

Over five and a half years of teaching, I taught 9th and 10th grade Language Arts at the CP, Honors, and Gifted levels and team-taught AP Literature & Composition during my final semester. I am certified to teach 9-12th Grade English Language Arts, 9th-12th Grade Latin, AP Literature & Composition, AP Seminar, and AP Research. I passed three required GACE exams, completed all certifications, including my Alternate Teaching Certification, while teaching five classes with at least three different preps each year. I also earned my Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, Online Teaching Endorsement, and Gifted Teaching Certification during this time. Alone, I developed fully online courses for eight semester-long classes (one Fall Semester and one Spring Semester course for 9th-12 Grade Language Arts) for Mill Creek's School Plus program, a Credit Recovery opportunity for at-risk students, and ran the program after school for six weeks each semester. I also helped bring the AP Capstone program to my school, helping us become one of only three schools in the county to offer the program, and I taught AP Seminar for three and a half years. I was the only teacher at the school certified to teach the course, which I taught in conjunction with Honors and Gifted 10th Grade Language Arts, so I developed and implemented the curriculum on my own. My AP Seminar students had over a 95% pass rate on the exam, and after leaving the classroom, I continued to support my students and the colleague who took over the course, resulting in a 100% pass rate for the 2020-2021 school year. Teaching so many different levels while also accomplishing so much professional development speaks to my diligence, organization, and flexibility. I also am able to work well both on teams and on my own. I exhibited patience and innovation in the classroom and successful organization and clerical skills outside the classroom on a daily basis.

Charleston, South Carolina Area

I exhibited professionalism and interpersonal communication in greeting current residents and answering telephone calls at the front desk of a local apartment complex. I provided current and prospective residents and families with information regarding the property, leases, and rent while maintaining and promoting positive living and work environments.

Charleston, South Carolina

I assisted with new student and family orientation for over 3,000 students and 3,200 family members, working cooperatively with a team of twenty-eight interns in a collaborative setting. I attended training for two weeks in order to develop my knowledge of campus resources and their respective applications prior to running ten orientation sessions through which I developed verbal and nonverbal communication skills and demonstrated personal responsibility by meeting deadlines, completing tasks, and maintaining professionalism. Though new student orientations ended in August, I fulfilled the same roles during various events, such as Accepted Students Weekend and Winter New Student Orientation, throughout the following year.

Charleston, South Carolina

I enrolled in a semester-long peer facilitator training course and became responsible for leading article, assignment, and book discussions for a group of eleven first-year student Honors College students. I also served as an academic advisor and peer mentor for the group members.

Master Of Education - Med, Curriculum And Instruction, 4.0 Gpa

While teaching full-time at Gwinnett County Public Schools, I earned my Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction in Accomplished.

Artium Baccalaureatus, English Language And Literature, General, 3.98 Gpa

I attended the College of Charleston in South Carolina and completed all Major requirements in six semesters. I completed a final.