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Gaithersburg, MD

Greater Seattle Area

Designed, edited, and wrote online courses in U.S. history, U.S. government, and modern world history for high-school and middle-school students. Built scope and sequence documents for courses, incorporating content and skills standards from multiple states.Assessed, revised, and copy-edited lessons written by contract employees.Wrote and edited scripts.

Wrote passages (fiction and non-fiction) and reading comprehension questions for an online reading program aimed at students in grades 4 – 5.Wrote non-fiction leveled readers for students in grades 1 – 6.

Bellevue, WA

Wrote and edited online, project-based lessons in social studies, English, and cybersafety for K – 8 students. Revised and expanded lessons to meet grade-level Common Core standards in English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects.Wrote scripts for instructor- and administrator-focused videos summarizing lesson.

Greater Seattle Area

Wrote online lessons on how to use word-processing programs to create and format documents. Worked with remote editors to revise and streamline lesson content.

Greater Seattle Area

Researched and analyzed earth science topics for interactive whiteboard lessons aimed at grade 3 – 8 students. Researched sources and wrote passages for an online reading comprehension program for grade 5 – 8 students. Identified skills hierarchies and designed instructional sequences and lessons based on those hierarchies. Copy-edited all lessons produced.

Greater Seattle Area

Wrote marketing collateral and advertising representing The Seattle Times’ print and online media. Worked in Adobe InDesign files to adjust design, layout, and flow of documents. Copy-edited and proofread materials produced by marketing teams, as well as Newspapers In Education articles aimed at K – 12 students.

Wrote, copy-edited, and proofread for advertising agencies, online communities, marketing firms, and more.

Greater Seattle Area

Taught introductory composition to approximately twenty students per quarter. Designed lesson plans, discussions, and exercises; reviewed content, grammar, and structure of student papers.

Santa Cruz, CA

Wrote, edited, proofread, and organized print and online documentation for the use of SCO software.Collaborated with engineers to represent functions and capabilities of products accurately.

Ma, English

Ba, Literature (Pre And Early Modern Studies)

Activities and Societies: Minor in HistorySenior paper received "Excellent Prose Essay" prize from Cowell College.