Michael Dubon, Mfa, Mis Email & Phone Number

Everett, Wa, Us

Everett, Washington, United States

Teach first year English writing/composition courses and other EvCC English courses in various modalities, supporting students from diverse backgrounds in learning skills critical to their college, professional, and lifelong learning such as rhetorical awareness, information literacy, and critical thinking. Empower students to discover, understand, and exercise their rhetorical voice and composing process.Advise students on their individual writing, writing processes, and college success strategies in one-on-one conferences.Assist, advise, and mentor students enrolled in English courses, supporting them holistically in their goals, professional development, and academic plans.Develop and implement ever-evolving curriculum design to improve student success and retention in English writing/composition.Identify and implement procedures/techniques to assess individual student learning, as well as course, program, and college learning outcomes, like through participating on English Assessment.Reflect on my personal and professional development, and continue progress on ever-evolving goals in order to continually improve as an educator, faculty member, and college community member.Collaborate with faculty and staff on department, division and campus-wide projects:Collaborate with the Writing Center towards implementing Embedded tutoring, Writing Center class visits, and in-class tutoring, 2023-present.Collaborate with the Everett Community College Library for Information Literacy Sessions, helping gather library assessment data, and coordinating class Library visits, 2023-present..Serve on committees to support the college’s values and goals.Serving on the Equity and Social Justice Committee, Fall 2023-present.Continually improve as an educator with professional development:New Faculty Academy, 2023-present.Belonging at EvCC 2023.

● Teach the general education composition course sequence (ENG 1010 & ENG 2010), supporting students in learning skills critical to their college, professional, and lifelong learning such as rhetorical awareness, information literacy, and critical thinking. ● Teach creative writing courses, supporting students in learning the skills and practices necessary to become a creative writer through reading and writing in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. ● Empower students to discover, understand, and exercise their rhetorical voice and composing process.● Advise students on their individual writing, writing processes, and college success strategies in one-on-one conferences.● Collaborate with the Writing Center to have writing tutor support during writing lab class sessions.● Serve on curricular committees to develop, implement, and assess programs, events, and curricula.● Provide service to the university and English department through mentoring students, serving on committees, judging creative writing contests, and other departmental and institutional service.

● Co-developed the face-to-face, online, and hyflex, Academic Recovery and Comprehensive Academic Support and Success curriculums, serving diverse student cohorts across diverse learning modalities.● Taught academic success courses to conditionally admitted students and students on academic probation, helping them develop skills, habits, and mindsets, to maximize their academic and professional learning. ● Advised students in one-on-one meetings, assisting them to navigate the academic expectations and demands of higher education, connecting them to community and campus resources, and supporting each individual student’s success. ● Managed and mentored Peer Academic Coaches, guiding them in their role as student advisors and teaching assistants and assisting in their professional development.● Collaborated with other student affairs departments, working together to better serve our student cohorts.

• Increased audience attendance and retention: distributing marketing materials to print/digital media outlets; serving as an event photographer; managing the WTAW YouTube channel; performing brand outreach.

Moraga, Ca

• Coordinated Graduate Reading Series: marketing, booking, tech and set-up, hosting, and cleanup of events.

Moraga, Ca

• Designed a multi-media, multi-modal, composition curriculum, serving students one-on-one and as a class.• Served as a TA under the department chair, gaining further pedagogical experience and mentorship.

Reno, Nv

• Taught grammar lessons to adult English language learners, using bilingual English and Spanish skills.

Reno, Nv

• Served as a versatile instructor for the English department, teaching five different English and ESL courses: Eng 81C ESL Reading/Writing; Read 95 Reading and Improvement; Eng 98R Preparatory Composition; Eng 112A ESL Listening Skills; Eng 112D ESL Composition.• Worked with students from diverse backgrounds, ages, and experiences.• Assessed student essays with the English department to establish departmental standards.

Reno, Nv

• Enabled independent student learning in one-on-one consultations on Spanish and English assignments.• Managed multiple students simultaneously in drop-in tutoring and in group workshops.

Reno, Nv

• Tutored writing for undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students, and executed Writing Center outreach.

Incline Village, Nv

•Cleaned three story timeshare units in a timely fashion.•Completed tasks with little to no supervision.•Kept an eye out for any small flaws for optimum presentation.•Completed tasks within a strict timeline.

Mfa In Creative Writing, Creative Writing

Featured speaker at the Saint Mary’s College of California MFA in Creative Writing Scholarship Fund Benefit, 2018. MFA Teaching Fellow.

Masters Of Interdisciplinary Studies, Education, Online Teaching, Rhetoric & Composition, Creative Writing, 4.0 Gpa

Capstone Project: "In the Spirit of Repeatability: Purposeful Course Design for Courses Repeatable for Credit"

Bachelor’S Degree, English (With A Writing Emphasis) And Spanish, 3.76 Gpa Cumulative Gpa 3.8

Graduated with a dual major in English (with a writing emphasis) and Spanish. Studied abroad in Madrid, Spain, for final undergraduate.

Associate’S Degree, English, 3.84

Graduated with distinction in English. Dean’s list for academic recognition, 2008-2011 Truckee Meadows Community College Essay Contest.

Advanced Diploma, 3.7