Educator for seven years at this online secondary school and eagerly anticipating many more: Latin I and II and III, English Language Arts ELA 10 and ELA 12; Digital Citizenship: facilitator for three summer sessions of Online Teaching Methodologies OTM.

December 2021 -- a doubly grand celebration! Finished writing the AP Latin curriculum / course a year ago in Dec 2020 and am now teaching the AP course for the second year with two more sections of students currently. My first class of students in 2020-2021 completed the course with great successes as well as amazing results on the mega-formidable AP Latin exam in May 2021.December 1, 2019 -- hooray! I just finished writing a new Latin 3 Pre-AP Latin literary survey course for VHS Learning! I have just now contracted to write an on-line Advanced Placement Latin 4 course for VHS Learning for September 2020. I absolutely LOVE writing on-line curriculum!

Latin teacher, grades 9-12 (26 years) and English teacher, grades 8-12 (eleven years). Currently retired and teaching Latin for VHS Learning online. Served in retirement as adjunct teacher for advanced Latin and adult education (GED essay writing)Career: Developed a two-year Latin program for 15 students into a full-time Latin I-IV and AP comprehensive curriculum for 80+ students at this regional secondary schoolManaged six classes with up to five lesson plans per semester (norm is 5 and 2, respectively)Have continually upgraded, self-improved, and incorporated new electronic technologies into the Latin classroom for teacher and studentsInitiated and advised a highly active local chapter of the Junior Classical League, developed its growth into the second largest extra-curricular activity at SVHS, and implemented competition at the state and national levelsDesigned and led five student (and one adult) tours of Italy, Greece, and France, focusing on the ClassicsProvided extensive leadership and team coordination: Grade 9 Team leader, World Language Content Team leader, Shared Leadership Team member, Accreditation Team leader, team leader for curriculum alignment with the State of Maine Learning Results and the Comprehensive Assessment System, member of the State Advisory Commission for Modern and Classical Languages; New England Accreditation of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) co-chair 2009-2010; Mentor for new teachers 2008-2012; S.A.D.#55 Teacher Certification Committee

Adult Education instructor: GED essay writing, 2012Writer 2011 (and co-writer 2001): comprehensive NEASC accreditation self-study reports which involved considerable proofreading, editing, and compiling of committee researchEditor: Designed and published a professional, semi-annual, 8-12 page newsletter for the Maine Classical Association, for 10 years encompassing 1998-2010Proofreader and editor, 1990-present: S.A.D.#55 Adult Education publications Numerous S.A.D.#55 grant proposals Numerous novels and short stories for a local authorProfessional Journals and Internet: Latin lesson plans published

Three years at Pearle Vision; two at Optiworld/ Drs./ Gauvreau & Ritter, P.A., as optical stylist