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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 socio-economic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds• 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 shared governanceCourses taught: • COLL 101 College Essentials• ENGL 097 Writing Fundamentals• ENGL 098 Writing Fundamentals• ENGL&101 English Composition I • ENGL&102 English Composition II • ENGL102 English Composition II - Distance Learning format• ENGL102 English Composition II - Hybrid format• ENGL 130 Introduction to Literature• ENGL 135 Introduction to Technical Writing• ENGL 268 American Literature - Beginnings to 1865• ENGL 270 American Literature - 1920 to Present - Distance Learning format

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 • WR 123 College Composition• WR 222 Writing Research Papers• WR 227 Technical/Professional Writing I• ENG 104 Introduction to Literature (Fiction)

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.• Chaired committee that selected students to represent Clark College on All-Washington Academic Team.

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• WR 121 College Writing • WR 222 Research Writing • WR 323 Writing as Critical Inquiry

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