Matthew Gallaher Email & Phone Number

Stockholm County, Sweden

Enskede, Stockholm County, Sweden

• Create original and differentiated English lessons for year seven and eight students of varying proficiency levels
• Build positive mentor relationships with students and parents
• Implement effective classroom management techniques
• Prepare students for and assessed their national tests in English

Sundbyberg, Stockholm County, Sweden

• Created original and differentiated English lessons for grade six, seven, eight and nine students of varying proficiency levels in English
• Implemented effective classroom management techniques
• Built positive mentor relationships with students and parents
• Prepared students for and assessed their national tests in English
• Mentored new colleagues in the areas of curriculum development, classroom management, assessment approaches, and school procedures

Bromma, Stockholm County, Sweden

• Created original and challenging English curriculum for grade seven, eight, and nine students of varying proficiency levels in English
• Implemented effective classroom management techniques
• Prepared students for and assessed their national tests in English
• Built positive mentor relationships with students and parents
• Collaborated with international colleagues to improve departmental and year team practices, including grading policy, grammar instruction, and digitization

Vancouver, Washington

• Designed unique and challenging curriculum within various learning management systems to meet specific learning objectives
• Taught a range of developmental, college-level, and professional English writing and literature courses in face-to-face, hybrid, and distance learning formats to a mixture of high school and adult learners with varying.
• Collaborated with a diverse set of colleagues on several work groups and committees regarding departmental and college-wide initiatives, including outcomes assessment, placement assessment, integrated learning, and.
• COLL 101 College Essentials
• ENGL 097 Writing Fundamentals
• ENGL 098 Writing Fundamentals

Portland, Oregon Area

• Created stimulating instructional curriculum to meet specific learning objectives for a multicultural audience
• Taught a highly urban population, including a large number of international ESL students, a range of pre-college, college-level, and technical English writing and literature courses
• Tutored students from a wide variety of courses in the college’s writing centerCourses taught:
• WR 115 Introduction to Expository Writing
• WR 121 College Composition
• WR 122 College Composition

Vancouver, Washington

• Advised student leadership team and general membership (approximately 350 students inducted annually).
• Chaired leadership team meetings and provided direction for officers.
• Determined student eligibility for membership in the Alpha Sigma Phi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa and managed all aspects of general membership from recruitment to induction.
• Oversaw completion of chapter goals and ensured standards set by International Headquarters were met.
• Prepared and submitted chapter budget to Student Association Finance Committee.
• Managed, completed, and submitted all budget, purchase, and travel-related financial documents.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Created original instructional resources on a broad spectrum of writing and reading-related topics
• Prepared ESL students for passing university English language proficiency requirements
• Advised culturally and linguistically diverse students on undergraduate and graduate writing projects
• Taught several levels of college writing to traditional and non-traditional university students
• Attended weekly seminars and workshops on teaching writing to students with different backgrounds and needs
• WR 115 Introduction to College Writing

Portland, Oregon Area

• Individually taught college-level composition courses each quarter
• Assisted the Director of Writing in administrative duties
• Participated in multi-year series of practicums and seminars focused on teaching and composition studies

Bachelor Of Science In Secondary Education, English/Language Arts Teacher Education

Master Of Arts (Ma), English Language And Literature/Letters

Activities and Societies: Graduate Teaching Assistantship, English Department (2007 – 2009)Areas of Specialty: Rhetoric and Composition.

Bachelors Of Arts (Ba), English Language And Literature/Letters And Political Science, Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Graduate of the Honors CollegeEmphasis in literary and political theory