Award-winning, talented, effective instructor. Successful in the teaching of the writing process, grammar, literature, public speaking and communications. Creative in the delivery of content, providing for differences in learning styles, skills levels, and ability levels. Experience working at both the secondary and post-secondary levels. Engaging presenter in the classroom and with teacher presentations such as workshops, staff development courses, and seminars. *Experience presenting such topics as Teaching and Evaluating Writing, Creating Rubrics, Quick-Turn Around Evaluation, Using the Computer in Language Arts Classroom, Vertical Teaming, and Teaching Poetry.) Varied evaluative techniques using a variety of rubric-based assessment tools with clearly defined criteria. Masters studies have engendered the integration of other humanities' topics into the teaching of literature and writing. Mentor experience as lead instructor and department chair. Involved students in such extracurricular activities as National Honor Society, Art Club, and literary magazine. Also experience as an educational consultant, writer of curriculum on the post-secondary level, and evaluator of writing for the National Boards and SAT writing.
Listed skills include Classroom Instruction, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Adult Education, and 44 others.
