Erica Williams, M.Ed. Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Remote

Copyedit and proofread nonfiction content to ensure adherence to grammar, punctuation, and usage rules following AP, APA, MLA, or CMOS. Use Microsoft Word Track Changes and Google Docs to provide feedback. Perform fact-checking, content review, and quality assurance checks. Draw from my decade of teaching experience to provide expert content review for education materials. Adhere to author’s voice and intention while advocating for the reader by improving clarity, coherency, consistency, and… Show more Copyedit and proofread nonfiction content to ensure adherence to grammar, punctuation, and usage rules following AP, APA, MLA, or CMOS. Use Microsoft Word Track Changes and Google Docs to provide feedback. Perform fact-checking, content review, and quality assurance checks. Draw from my decade of teaching experience to provide expert content review for education materials. Adhere to author’s voice and intention while advocating for the reader by improving clarity, coherency, consistency, and correctness.• Copyedit science lessons for Science Friday, a nonprofit that creates online STEM lessons and activities.• Proofread an elementary literacy intervention phonics curriculum for 95 Percent Group. • Proofread and tested a grades 9–12 vocabulary website for Sadlier, a large education publisher.• Provided a content review for a standards-based grading teacher workbook for a New York–based school district. • Copyedited a Canva-based science of reading presentation given to New York State Representatives. • Provided a user experience (UX) review for a networking workbook and copyedited networking blog posts. • Copyedited Canva-based reports for reading and math programs for an education consultant. • Copyedited handbooks, newsletters, surveys, speeches, and testing guidelines for a St. Louis–based school district. • Copyedited handbooks, evaluations, professional learning for a St. Louis–based community college. • Copyedited a grant proposal for a Los Angeles–based performing and visual arts organization. • Copyedited a nursing textbook proposal for a student in an EdD in Nursing Education program. • Copyedited a Florida university’s new academic program proposal. • Proofread a self-study for a Library and Information Science program at an Iowa-based university. • Provided writing tutoring, feedback, and coaching for high school and college students. • Serve as co-coordinator of the Los Angeles chapter of the Editorial Freelancers Association. Show less

Remote

Lead the style review team, design writing templates, write and maintain style guides, train writers and editors on house style, coordinate with project managers, and collaborate with designers on creating student materials.• Wrote the inclusive language guide, maintained the style guide, trained writers and editors, and created the writer templates for a K–5 English language arts curriculum for a company that serves half a million students.• Authored the style guide, copyedited… Show more Lead the style review team, design writing templates, write and maintain style guides, train writers and editors on house style, coordinate with project managers, and collaborate with designers on creating student materials.• Wrote the inclusive language guide, maintained the style guide, trained writers and editors, and created the writer templates for a K–5 English language arts curriculum for a company that serves half a million students.• Authored the style guide, copyedited lessons, and led the editorial team on a PK–5 mathematics curriculum project.• Provided quality control checks and trained copyeditors on a K–5 English language arts and reading foundational skills curriculum project.• Copyedited math, reading, and English language arts professional learning courses for Open Up Resources products.• Copyedited decodable readers and foundational skills lessons for Texas state adoption. Show less

Conducted editorial reviews to ensure the integrity and consistency of all deliverables met customer expectations. Proofread, rewrote, and edited content to improve readability and to correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Applied AP Style, writing standards, and terminology to all training content to maintain consistency.• Copyedited and provided quality assurance checks for web-based asynchronous and instructor-led training courses for companies, including General Motors… Show more Conducted editorial reviews to ensure the integrity and consistency of all deliverables met customer expectations. Proofread, rewrote, and edited content to improve readability and to correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Applied AP Style, writing standards, and terminology to all training content to maintain consistency.• Copyedited and provided quality assurance checks for web-based asynchronous and instructor-led training courses for companies, including General Motors, Ford, Raytheon, Xcel, Balfour Beatty, Toyota Financial Services, and DTE Energy. Show less

Remote

Copyedited education products. Formatted content in accordance with style guide. Transferred and tracked files and curriculum metadata between various systems and platforms. Conducted quality assurance checks on final deliverables. Worked within tight timelines. Performed fact-checking and offered suggestions for rewrites.• Copyedited 6–12 English language arts curriculum, materials, and teacher guides for Chicago Public Schools, the third largest school district in the United… Show more Copyedited education products. Formatted content in accordance with style guide. Transferred and tracked files and curriculum metadata between various systems and platforms. Conducted quality assurance checks on final deliverables. Worked within tight timelines. Performed fact-checking and offered suggestions for rewrites.• Copyedited 6–12 English language arts curriculum, materials, and teacher guides for Chicago Public Schools, the third largest school district in the United States.• Copyedited professional learning for teachers. • Copyedited a special education professional learning series for the New Mexico Board of Education.• Copyedited client reports, copyeditor directions, and writer templates. Show less

Remote

Coached online students in developing academic writing skills by providing feedback on content, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, citations, tone, word choice, sentence structure, and point of view. • Leveraged expertise in writing and teaching to enable approximately 800 students to hone their writing skills.

Maryland Heights, Mo

Taught eighth-grade students English Language Arts and fundamentals of writing, using appropriate lesson plans in accordance with curriculum. Created and graded assignments/tests using Moodle, provided feedback, and monitored students’ skills development. Collaborated with colleagues to create ELA curriculum and served on multiple committees.• Sponsored club that ranked as number one for fundraising in the district with $4K raised.• Recognized for outstanding performance with nomination… Show more Taught eighth-grade students English Language Arts and fundamentals of writing, using appropriate lesson plans in accordance with curriculum. Created and graded assignments/tests using Moodle, provided feedback, and monitored students’ skills development. Collaborated with colleagues to create ELA curriculum and served on multiple committees.• Sponsored club that ranked as number one for fundraising in the district with $4K raised.• Recognized for outstanding performance with nomination for Teacher of the Year Award. Show less

St. Charles, Mo

Responsible for instructional design and teaching of Education of the Exceptional Learner course based on new state articulation agreement. Wrote, edited, and proofread educational materials. Presented lectures, evaluated student performance, and provided writing feedback.• Influenced hundreds of future teachers and thousands of students by creating the curriculum that became the standard teaching resource for in-person and online instruction.

St. Louis, Mo

Designed curriculum, created lesson plans, and taught reading and writing to students with disabilities. Assessed performance and progress based on observations, research-based intervention methods, and input from colleagues. Mentored college students on teaching, tutoring, and writing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs).• Piloted new curriculum that resulted in student reading growth of 200% (six grade levels).• Increased student success by streamlining communication process between… Show more Designed curriculum, created lesson plans, and taught reading and writing to students with disabilities. Assessed performance and progress based on observations, research-based intervention methods, and input from colleagues. Mentored college students on teaching, tutoring, and writing Individualized Education Plans (IEPs).• Piloted new curriculum that resulted in student reading growth of 200% (six grade levels).• Increased student success by streamlining communication process between special education teachers and general education teachers, ensuring students received appropriate supports. Show less

St. Louis, Mo

Conducted research and developed curriculum for Career Readiness course. Provided special education services to students in Virtual School Program. Created and presented professional development for faculty.• Successfully wrote 25 grant proposals that were funded for technology and supplies.• Received Teacher of the Year Award in recognition of outstanding performance.

Certificate, Copyediting, 4.0

• Grammar Lab, Copyediting I, Copyediting II, Copyediting III, The Business of Copyediting • Grammar Intensive • Mechanical, content.

Master Of Education, Special Education, 4.0

• Psychology of the Exceptional Learner • Instructional Design • Educational Psychology • Human Development • Foundations of Reading.

Certificate, Technical Writing, 4.0

• Audience and Purpose • Technical Research • Writing Process • Correspondence • Document Design and Graphics • Writing for the Web •.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Theatre/Theatre Arts Management

Selected Coursework, Grant Writing And Nonprofit Management

• The Art of Fundraising • Introduction to Nonprofit Management • Grant Proposal Writing I & II • Recruiting Celebrities for Special.

Certificate, Spanish Language

Spanish for Communication I