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Spring, Texas, United States

Magnolia, Tx

Conroe, Tx

Spring, Texas, United States

• Develop and teach rehearsal and performance techniques, interpersonal communication skills, and media practices based on the Fine Arts Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills.• Develop innovative lesson plans and practical application exercises for students improving participation by 70% and grades by 30%. • Create collaborative classroom experience through interactive student planning, implementation, and monitoring of behavior decreasing discipline problems by 90%. • Successfully mentor and train new teachers who are achieving superior classroom results.• Regularly communicate with students, parents, and teachers to discuss student issues and course weakness areas.• Direct one-act play student performances that have earned high praise from theatre experts, administrators, faculty, students, and parents.

Houston, Tx

Won a record $3.3 billion award for five Texas attorneys who partnered with the Texas Attorney General in the 1998 Texas Tobacco Lawsuit. Working with a team of contract video/film production professionals, I assisted in producing a video viewed by a national arbitration panel. I specifically: *Researched and confirmed legal and legislative details regarding the lawsuit and verdict. *Recommended and secured video clips for use in documentary. *Archived and logged video and film clips.

Houston, Tx

• Planned news programming: researched story ideas, verified facts, monitored ongoing news events, met with producers, assigned daily crews, and arranged interviews, live broadcasts, and news feeds.• Gathered and confirmed details on breaking news and arranged for immediate broadcast. Successful at being first on air with competing news stations.• Interviewed newsmakers, established and maintained sources, and updated source lists and futures files.• Provided latest statistics in national, state, and local elections. • Assisted in making KHOU the number one-watched TV news station in the Houston area during the mid 1990s (Nielsen Ratings).

Houston, Tx

• Coordinated on-air and phone expert interviews for the Natural Science and Mathematics, Technology, Engineering, and Architecture Colleges with local, state, and national media, increasing university awareness.• Designed press, media, and public relations releases, kits, and campaigns that boosted publicized experts, research, and events by 35%.• Interviewed staff and faculty and wrote profiles, news, and feature articles for university publications.• Won the CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Southwest District IV Award of Excellence in Publications in 1993 for the University of Houston's Report to the Community.

Houston, Tx

• Researched story ideas, verified facts, and monitored breaking and ongoing news events. • Coordinated news crews, arranged lived broadcasts and news feeds. • Promoted to Assignments Editor within six months. • Wrote scripts and operated the teleprompter for the 5, 6, and 10pm local newscasts.

Spring, Tx

• Trained students in theatre preparation, rehearsal, and performance techniques. • Created and enforced child-based hands-on curriculum to promote student interest and participation.

Ingram, Txs

• Developed, taught, and evaluated intermediate language arts and high school journalism curricula. • Trained and supervised student reporters in story research, news writing, newspaper layout and production receiving accolades from administrators, community members, and parents. • Directed and choreographed high school drill team. • Sponsored intermediate school cheerleaders.

Austin, Tx

• Designed, edited, and proofread writing content layout for seven magazine sections.• Solicited, organized, and edited written material on local bar associations, the Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) affiliates, legal issues, state law schools, and book appraisals. • Researched and wrote lawyer profiles and "Focus" articles on legal topics and events. • Acted as the TYLA liaison presenting reports, writing articles on and photographing quarterly board meetings

Longview, Tx

• Co-produced, co-directed, and edited daily newscasts. • Interviewed newsmakers and reported weather. • Assisted in setting up production equipment and shooting live news and sports events. • Photographed news events and interviews. • Produced public service announcements and local commercials.

• Initiated, researched, wrote, and edited news and feature articles on deadline covering five East Texas counties. • Focused on municipal and county governments, courts, crime, education, and human interest. • Photographed people and events. • Established reliable and credible news sources. • Earned the Texas Associated Press Team Reporting Award in 1982 for stories on the "Pittsburg Starving Horses."

Gladewater, Tx

• Developed, taught, and assessed lessons on American literature, grammar, speech, and theatre that spanned four grade levels (9th – 12th).• Directed Musical Comedies, One-Act Plays, and Texas University Interscholastic League Speech Events.• Won 1st Place in Texas UIL District OAP Competition in 1980. • Directed and choreographed drill team.

B.A., Drama, English, Radio/Tv/Film

Activities and Societies: Delta Delta Delta Social Sorority (Reference Chairman)

Education record

Activities and Societies: Viewettes Drill Team, Pan Am Club, Thespian Club