• Evaluated IEPS and transcripts; awarded academic credit for incoming high school students.• Researched and contacted schools and state education departments about courses and accreditation.• Participated in ongoing creation and refining of databases containing course and accreditation data.• Assisted in training new hires.

• Fielded, directly solved, or facilitated solutions to financial, academic, and technology queries from high school, career, college, and international students.

Classroom Teaching and Curricular Design, & Student Support, Grades 6-8• Designed and taught English, ancient history, skills-for-success courses, and special, short-term classes in creative writing, study skills, improvisation, and vocabulary development.• Facilitated remediation and enrichment services.• Worked as part of the resource team to coordinate students’ learning modifications with team members and faculty; co-wrote goals to establish criteria for services and to help reintegrate students into traditional classes as appropriate.• Implemented a pilot writing lab for the middle school.• Served as an official adviser for an average of eight students annually.• Assisted students in the production of yearbooks and graduation presentations.Board/Committee/Staff Development• Served on special committees with board members and administrators. • Selected as part of a core group of teachers responsible for the Thinking Maps initiative; trained faculty and assisted in leading the multi-year roll out of the program.• Presented to the school’s executive board on uses of technology in the classroom.• Helped mentor new English staff and led staff development sessions on educational games, WebQuests, dynamic group work, and vocabulary. Other Professional Duties• Ran the 8th-grade graduation brunch, including organizing faculty speakers, consulting in the creation of speeches, and creating and presenting a visual retrospective of students.• Organized several class-related and student-run presentations for parents.• Directed an original, student-written play inspired by the ancient history course.• Facilitated after-school activities, including homework club and Ultimate (Frisbee).• Edited and produced a student literary magazine. • Managed student dismissal.• Led and co-led local and overnight trips.

• Created curriculum for and taught introductory journalism to gifted 3rd and 4th graders.