Hayley Notter Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Oversees creation, development, and maintenance of all English and reading curriculum, including all books, practice tests, online content, and corresponding answer keys, standard tags, and answer explanations.
• Spearheads successful publication and balanced concurrent project management of: o four 500+ page books (with various editions), o dozens of practice tests for SAT, ACT, SHSAT, HSPT, ISEE, and SSAT exams, and o.
• Ensures high quality of materials by developing key SOPs, organizational tools for department that have been adopted by entire company.
• Works closely with CEO and senior leaders on internal communication initiatives.
• Manages team of writers, editors, and graphic designers by providing thoughtful feedback and ensuring deadlines are met.Key Successes:
• Led efforts to update materials to be inclusive of all students and instructors through revamp of pronoun lessons.

Chicago, Illinois

• Researched and composed original informational, scientific, and literary reading passages for a variety of standardized tests.
• Provided timely, thoughtful feedback through proofreading and content-editing colleagues’ work.
• Led efforts in aligning and identifying standards with items and passages.
• Stayed up-to-date on trends and news pertaining to ACT, SAT, Common Core, or other educational sectors.
• Assisted in creating a supportive team environment, setting deadlines, managing writers, and brainstorming ideas.

• Taught basics of writing composition with emphasis on structure, outline, and thesis
• Showed students how to properly select and use research or other textual support
• Emphasized reading for comprehension and critical thinking, with a focus on finding the main ideas within a text and drawing connections

• Responsible for overseeing the writing progress of selected undergraduate students
• Taught basic skills and techniques of academic writing, such as the thesis
• Edited student work line-by-line each week and addressed sentence-level writing issues
• Guided students in critical reading and analysis of English texts
• Provided weekly reports to professors and supervisors documenting student progress
• Graded and evaluated student progress both midway and at the end of each semester

Pittsburgh, PA

• Developed lectures for undergraduate students on the importance of the thesis, with a focus on the introduction of an academic paper using practical examples

Allegheny County Jail, Pittsburgh, PA

• Led six-week creative writing workshop for classroom of 18 inmates
• Selected readings and facilitated discussion
• Introduced basic creative writing concepts and developed appropriate exercises and homework assignments to supplement concepts discussed in class

Pittsburgh, PA

• Collaborated with other editors to determine content

Beloit, WI

• Leveraged exceptional phone communication skills to handle upset parents in a calm, proactive manner and welcomed everyone with a smile
• Completed array of clerical work such as scheduling visits and filing

Beloit, WI

• Responsible for layout and final editing of the journal
• Collaborated with other editors to select content

• Researched, wrote, and edited academic challenge questions for scholastic bowl competitions
• Developed exceptional attention to detail and strong editing skills

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

• Taught creative writing concepts for gifted program and provided timely feedback

• Wrote 40 pieces for travel website ranging from personal essays to travel tips

Master Of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Creative Writing, 3.8

Activities and Societies: The Fourth RiverConcentrations in Fiction and Travel Writing.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Creative Writing And Sociology, 3.7

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society Rho Lambda Honor Society Beloit Fiction Journal - Production Editor The Round Table.

Study Abroad, Sociology And Creative Writing

Spent the spring semester of 2011 studying abroad as a full-time student at Lancaster University in Lancaster, England.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Speech team, drama, choir, National Honor Society