Daniel Bal Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Develop varied teaching techniques, such as modeling, guided practice, and collaborative learning, to engage students and enhance comprehension
• Implement strategies tailored to diverse learning styles and abilities, such as flexible grouping and tiered assignments, to meet individual student needs
• Design activities that promote higher-order thinking skills, such as analysis and evaluation
• Produce curricular materials incorporating historical materials and current events

• Author summative and formative assessments
• Compose passages, questions, answers, and justifications
• Ensure content is aligned across various states in conjunction with CCSS

• Produce curricular materials incorporating historical materials and current events
• Craft lessons based on social responsibility and human rights

• Create preparatory assessments for English-based exams (e.g., AP Literature and Composition, SAT, and ACT)
• Develop practice assessments that meet individual state standards to be used in preparation for standardized exams
• Compose passages with corresponding questions in accordance with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
• Examine questions, answers, and explanations for errors in grammar, mechanics, usage, and syntax

• Evaluate student responses to open-ended essay questions on state-based exams
• Assess writers' use of grammar, conventions, diction and syntax, and key organizational elements

• Compose ELA passages based on individual or grouped CCSS to accompany high school-based lessons
• Utilize an array of genres in the development of ELA passages, including informational, literary, history/social studies, and technical
• Collaborate with lesson plan writers to ensure passages meet appropriate standards and objectives
• Align instructional objectives to national and state standards for grades 6-12

• Work directly with school districts in the development of assessments
• Compose passages with corresponding questions in accordance with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
• Frame assessments around CCSS and state-based standards
• Incorporate a wide range of item types

• Author summative and formative assessments
• Create a wide variety of item types
• Utilize CCSS and individual state standards in development of assessments
• Customize content based on specialized requirements
• Write to targeted Lexile levels

• Create long-form lessons and/or articles that present and explain academic content related to various subjects in the humanities, including literary elements, genres, grammar, mechanics, usage, and style
• Utilize educational standards to produce content appropriate and academically relevant to a variety of students
• Draft outlines and compose articles utilizing SEO tools such as SEMrush

• Research and compose education and career-related articles that focus on post-secondary institutions and programs
• Ensure grammar, conventions, style, organization, and content are appropriate for audience and purpose

• Create long-form lessons revolving around various subject matter in the field of humanities
• Review articles and provide content feedback and determine age- and grade-level suitability
• Arrange humanities-based subject matter into a hierarchical model that provides broad to specific learning paths
• Ensure English-related articles contain information that is accurate and relevant

• Provide consultation to authors regarding the various aspects of the writing process:
• Mechanics of writing
• Story design
• Concept editing
• Writing habits and techniques

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Publishing Consultant:
• Connect with prospective authors to discuss their publishing projects and introduce publishing options
• Talk to a diverse clientele from all over the world and present book publishing services packages
• Provide consultation to authors who are trying to navigate the publishing world
• Create and customize publishing contract proposals to meet the needs of individual authors

Mcdonald, Pennsylvania, United States

• High School English Teacher
• Multiple teaching assignments in grades 9 through 12 at various academic levels, including special education (co-taught), honors, and advanced placement
• Successfully taught students to score significantly above the state and national averages on the Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Exam and the state-mandated Keystone Exam
• Designed and executed curriculum for the following courses: AP Literature and Composition, SAT and ACT Prep, World Literature, Poetic Imagination, American Short Stories, and Mythology Across Cultures
• Developed and implemented various activities and assessment tools aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
• Participant in the Classrooms for the Future initiative implemented by the Pennsylvania Department of Education SAP (Student Assistance Program)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Performed educational research for department professors
• Assisted faculty/staff in office management

State College, PA

• Copy Desk Chief
• Head of night news management
• Supervised the night news staff
• Edited copy for daily publication Senior Education Reporter
• Reported on educational issues dealing with Penn State and other academic institutions
• Created and fostered relationships with university’s academic faculty

Master Of Science - Ms, Secondary English Education, Gpa: 3.97

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English And Philosophy, Gpa: 3.88