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NewGrade is an educational app that provides standards-based curriculum design, grading, and reporting to help teachers foster a fundamental connection with their students. At NewGrade, we motivate teachers with easy graphics, tutorials, and standards map checklists to make curriculum design exciting and motivating and to provide a curriculum tailored to their individual students. Students of all abilities, backgrounds, and learning styles deserve curriculum and grading that will give them the tools and information they need to be passionately curious about their own learning. Parents deserve a system of specific feedback about their children which provides straightforward communication on their student’s strengths and challenges and specific steps to help their child improve. Administrators need a system of actionable data and feedback on how their students are meeting the school’s standards with concrete, measurable reporting to help them help all of their students. NewGrade is that app.

Teaching Responsibilities: teaching and helping to develop curriculum for Foundations of Education, Foundations of Curriculum, Secondary Classroom Management, Methods of Teaching Secondary Reading, Educational Assessment, Practices of Instruction, and Creative Writing Workshop; hold scheduled office hours and individual conferences to chart progress of each student; introduce additional challenging and stimulating reading material to complement required reading; advise students on networking, future career development, creation of educational technology portfolios, and personal teaching philosophy; serve as faculty presence and help facilitate Fischler Academy events such as Resume Workshop, Ask a Faculty Member, Teachers of Tomorrow Conference, and other Fischler events like Fischler Friendsgiving.Additional Responsibilities: Curriculum Committee; Multicultural Affairs Committee; Belonging, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity (BEDI) Council Ad-Hoc Committee and Diversity Summit Committee; University Supervisor

Teaching Responsibilities: develop curriculum for and teach English 12 College Prep; develop curriculum for and pilot English IB Language and Literature SL 1 and 2 classes; develop curriculum for and pilot English IB Literature SL 1 and 2 classes; develop curriculum for and teach English IB Literature HL 1 and 2 classes; develop standards-based grading and reporting e-portfolio system for classes; develop website templates for digital portfolios for students and teachers; initiate online and in-person student conferences to determine grades; create new standards-based grade rubric for English Department for grades 11-12; assist in grades 6-12 scope and sequence for English Department; provide teacher resources for teaching Shakespeare for grades 6-12; coordinate school-wide attempt at Guinness World Record for largest Romeo and Juliet balcony scene; coordinate Annual Shakespeare Week across campus; assist with NBPS Literary Fair and Starbooks!Additional Responsibilities: NBPS Commencement Speaker; Co-Chair, Awards Committee; Co-Chair, Parent Communication Committee; Standards-Based Grading Committee; Social and Emotional Learning Committee; Assessment Committee; ClassDojo Mentor (Pre-K to 12 School Coordinator), ClassDojo Mentor and teacher account director; Turn It In School Coordinator; Lead Presenter on school-wide professional development on Google Suite, Class Dojo, TurnItIn, DoInk, Kaizena, Explain Everything, Padlet, BookCreator, iPad apps, and Digital Storytelling; Advisor for Harry Potter Club, Creative Writing Club, and Film Club; Co-Advisor for National English Honor Society; Lead Presenter on school-wide professional development and mentor for Harvard Visible Thinking Routines and Thinking Maps; mentor for younger/new teachers; Lead Presenter on Blended Learning; Apple Teacher.

Teaching Responsibilities: develop curricula and syllabi that correspond to Florida standards for Gordon Rule courses; hold scheduled office hours and individual conferences to chart progress of each student; introduce additional challenging and stimulating reading material to complement required reading; foster initiative, discipline, responsibility and creativity in students; create a positive learning environment with valuable dialogues and discussions; and encourage the overall development of the students’ writing, reading, and research fluency.Undergraduate English Advisor Responsibilities: advise students on fulfillment of English Major requirements; evaluate transcripts for English Department credit from students transferring into FAU; advise students about English with Secondary Certification; advise students about English Major Concentrations; process Applications for Degree; complete graduation checklist for all potential graduates; check class enrollment and assist with drop/add for students; and complete changes of college and/or major.Additional Responsibilities: Develop curriculum for pilot ENC 1102 College Writing II; create assignments and sequences for Emerging: A Reader (Ed. Barclay Barrios, 3rd edition). Assistant to Assistant Dean’s Office: evaluate transcripts; evaluate and process applications for degree and applications for graduate school; advise students on college requirements; and organize and assign tasks to other assistants.Research Assistant for Dr. Norman Nathan and Graduate Assistant for Dr. Carol McGuirk