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I teach children how to draw cartoons and comics to develop their skills, confidence, and unique creative voice.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

-Online Teacher on Outschool, offering courses in Cartooning, Comics, Creature Design, English, Philosophy, and Spanish-My artwork was selected as a finalist and installed in Downtown Chattanooga as part of the River City Company and City of Chattanooga's ArtSpark challenge, an initiative to enhance the aesthetics of shared public spaces in the city by decorating utility boxes with the works of local artists-Designed cover art for musician Michael Stewart Pope’s single “Alive in Me”-Manage my own Etsy store and sell original art grissomdart.etsy.com

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

-Design and teach a balanced literacy curriculum that combines student choice with explicit skill instruction, independent reading and book clubs with whole class novels, contemporary world literature with classics of the Western canon, creative writing with expository writing-Utilize student-led, teacher-supported Socratic seminars and targeted literacy instruction to build engagement, confidence, and independent literacy habits-Managed a literacy and storytelling partnership between my students and a local elementary school

Greater New York City Area

-Designed and taught student-centered Reader’s and Writer’s workshop curriculum aligned with Common Core standards and led my students to regularly outperform their district peers on standardized tests-Regularly assessed individual reading levels using the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment system and provided remedial small-group instruction with the F&P Leveled Literacy Intervention system to help many students make several grade levels of reading growth in less than a year-Taught social and emotional-development and mindfulness activities in daily advisory classes-Designed and taught interdisciplinary courses on Spanish language, geography, world history and cultures

Greater New York City Area

Part-time position directing peer tutoring program for academic writing and remedial reading strategies in Harlem middle school

Kampala, Uganda

Taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade English Language ArtsDesigned and taught media high school electives: Intro to Digital Storytelling and Intermediate Video ProductionDeveloped and implemented English Language Arts curriculum for the international accreditation of the school, using the best of Common Core Standards and British StandardsHead Coach of Track and Cross Country teams

Oxford, Nc

Led team to Granville County Championship three consecutive yearsEstablished funding and stability for previously struggling program, growing team from 2 to 18 runners in two yearsRace Director for Warrior 4 Mile and 2 Mile Fun Run, community event that raised funds for cross country program and donations for local food pantry. Directed, publicized, and fundraised for event. Coordinated training of volunteers.

Oxford, Nc

Selected as one of 3,615 out of 24,713 applicants to serve in Teach For America, a national service corps that recruits college graduates committed to teaching in under-resourced communities and becoming life-long leaders to expand educational opportunities for all children. Fully licensed in ESL (K-12), Middle Grades Language Arts (6-9), and Spanish (K-12)Led all classes to year-long goals- achieve at least 80% content mastery as measured by TFA-designed cumulative exam Designed resource kit for TFA Spanish teachers, consisting of class goals, assessments, unit plans, and lesson plans Developed innovative curriculum for Honors Spanish 3 and 4 classes focusing on social justice and human rights through comprehensive study of Latin American historyImplemented literacy and cultural learning partnership between my students and ESL students at a local elementary schoolUsed technology in classroom to maximize student engagement and language proficiency with video production, international e-mail pals, Google Earth, film analysis, podcasting, extensive online research, etc.Taught online Spanish for Granville County Online Schools

Supervised 21 tutors of various subjects. Observed tutoring sessions, made critiques, and led tutors in self-reflection and improvement plans. Led staff meetings. Tutored students in college Spanish courses.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Teaching Of English

Ba, Spanish Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi member Phi Beta Kappa member Golden Key International Honour Society member The National Dean’s.

Ba, Communication Media

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