Joseph Lockett Email & Phone Number

Katy, Texas, USA

Taught middle- and high-school Latin I and Latin II classes, using the Cambridge Latin Curriculum with self-written vocabulary quizzes and tests. Developed new pre-Latin curriculum for seventh graders, incorporating English grammar, vocabulary, and connections to history and science, which visibly improved students’ performance in next year’s Latin I..

Houston, Texas Area

• Advise undergraduate students, answering questions and offering suggestions.
• Write school or professional recommendations for students based on supervisory experience, including several who have obtained government positions or graduate-school appointments.
• In every year since 1988, I have participated in Rice's annual Shakespeare festival as (at various times) actor, dancer, puppeteer, musician, stagehand, publicity supervisor, program designer, voice or verse coach, set.
• Received Rice University's Baker College Distinguished Service Award (2001, 2003) for work in directing college undergraduates in Shakespeare plays; frequently chosen as a Distinguished Associate for recognition by.

Houston, Texas Area

• Highlights:
• Writing Coach: through regular one-on-one sessions, honed a professional cancer researcher's style and presentation for popular communications as well as journal articles. The researcher has made several well-regarded.
• Professional Editor: Edited papers for a professional teacher-trainer for clarity and completeness. The trainer was recognized at the national level in Montessori education.
• Program Designer: Created audience leaflets for multiple theatrical productions, editing material for space and content, including actor headshots and biographies and director's notes. Leaflets were favorably compared.
• Logo Artist: Worked on multiple print/online logo designs for a new local film-production company, a flower importer, and a local restaurant.
• Computer Tutor: Assisted multiple elderly computer users with selection, purchase, and transition to new desktop computers, including tutoring and troubleshooting of upgrades to operating system (OS X) and productivity.

Houston, Texas Area

• Contracted as paid director three times by Rice University campus-wide theatre group to direct their fall production in 500-seat Hamman Hall auditorium: David Auburn's *Proof* in 2007, Oscar Wilde's *The Importance of.
• Ran auditions; cast actors and chose production staff; created rehearsal schedules; worked with student performers to create meaningful stage movement and compelling performances; worked with student and professional.

Houston, Texas Area

• Taught a mixed-age class (ages 9-12) of 25-30 children, using the AMI Montessori curriculum (plus independent personal inventions) to plan and deliver all subjects (English, mathematics, social studies, computers.
• Served on or led school committees ("Portrait of a Teacher" document, employee retreat, social networking technology) to develop school presentations, activities, or policies. Served as an ambassador for the school in.
• Planned and chaperoned outings (both local day trips and multi-day excursions to San Antonio, Austin, Colonial Williamsburg), planned and participated in school activities (book fair, field day, Cinco de Mayo dance.

Houston, Texas Area

• Redesigned student record form to streamline annual updates; rather than requiring parents to re-enter identical information each year, individual forms were pre-printed using the school's database to drive Adobe.
• Reduced time and effort required for finalizing the annual parent handbook by implementing Adobe InDesign features such as nested styles, auto-generation of table of contents, and automatic indexing.
• Improved school directory: school database fed to a custom-written Python program, which merged into Adobe InDesign for automatic generation of directory — including, for the first time, cross-references for parents.
• Redesigned and relaunched school newsletter (8-16 pages weekly, to several hundred families and staff), then promoted digital delivery via PDF, generating large savings in paper, toner, and machinery use.
• Expanded school web pages, using xCatalyst tags and custom CSS to automate indexing and display of several years' back issues of school newsletter. Also composed most public-facing content.
• As school photographer, was invited presenter at national conference (AMI-USA 2008, Atlanta GA) on use of visual media for parent education and publicity.

Houston, Texas Area

• Taught pre-algebra and language arts; occasionally co-taught algebra, science (biology, chemistry, physics), humanities.
• Planned and participated in annual community-building high-ropes challenge course, field trips, retreats, out-of-state trips (Cortez, CO; Washington, DC), MS 150 two-day bicycle ride from Houston to Austin.
• Wrote for and proofread school newsletter, took photographs (with several reprinted in local newspapers). Appeared as speaker in nationally distributed video (NAMTA’s *Doorway to Life-Long Learning*).
• Served on faculty council (advising on hiring and policy), as faculty captain for Annual Fund campaign (with 100% staff participation), and on self-study committees for school accreditation by ISAS (Independent Schools.
• Under separate contract, completely redesigned school’s web page and several print pieces.

Houston, Texas Area

• In an upper elementary (ages 9-12) classroom, presented some Montessori lessons, coached students in math and test-taking, edited student writing, taught singing.
• For end-of-year class play, designed and built sets, supervised painting, performed dance choreography.
• Outside formal job function, created new teacher-assistant evaluation form and teacher reporting forms.

Houston, Texas Area

• For two summers (2006 & 2008), served as Language Arts mentor teacher to high-school and college students presenting both basic skills and enrichment programs to academically motivated but under-served middle-school.
• Lectured on educational philosophy (Maslow’s hierarchy, etc.), reviewed all teachers' lesson plans, acted as problem-solving resource for both curriculum and behavior issues, regularly observed classroom presentations.

Houston, Texas Area

• Founded Middle School (grades 7-8) which grew steadily from 7 to 22 students in its first three years. Wrote articles for school newsletter; presented to prospective and current parents at school events. Designed.
• Designed and implemented school's first web site, including selection of hosting service and composition of all public-facing content.
• Planned and installed cables for classroom computer network; assisted in implementing initial network setup and Internet access for entire school building. Created databases for student assignment records and class.
• Cast, directed, choreographed, and designed annual musicals. Planned and chaperoned retreats and out-of-state trips. Planned, pre-cut lumber, and supervised carpentry for student-constructed lockers.

M.Ed., Montessori Education

Attended three-summer teacher training by the Washington Montessori Institute at Loyola College in Maryland, followed by a fourth summer.

B.A., English

Activities and Societies: Hanszen College, Rice Thresher, Rice Players, Baker Shakespeare TheatreCompleted 2.5 years of an undergraduate.