Professionally write, edit, and proofread print, online, and video materials to ensure content delivers clean, clear, effective communication. Work on local and national levels with academics, businesses, educators, non-profit organizations, writers, and playwrights. Clients include AKA NYC (proofread print, video, social media advertising), Best Buddies Connecticut (copyedit grant applications and communication materials), CenterPoint (write lesson questions, copyedit lessons), EmpowerU (copyedit SEL and mental health curriculum), SchoolKit (curriculum review; scriptwriting; write literature rationales; copyedit ELA/math/science/curriculum), Westchester Education Services (write K-5 SEL lessons; copyedit curriculum), and more. www.nancyproofed.com.

Facilitate onsite and virtual relevant training for nationally recognized organizations. Shape PreK-12 arts- and SEL-integrated curricula. Plan and implement artist-in-residency programs. Lead program design and administrate educational arts programs. Write, edit, proofread print and video communication materials and scripts.• Write video scripts for SchoolKit Group, engaging teachers with ELA curricular resources and procedures. • Review ELA curriculum for SchoolKit Group, assuring rigorous alignment to state standards and error-free text.• Managed two (2) Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, GA) AEMDD grants, developing curriculum, securing equipment and materials, training, monitoring and evaluating teaching artists, and editing/proofreading final reports. • Achieved Master Teaching Artist status for Wolf Trap Institute for Early Childhood Learning Through the Arts, resulting in national presence in arts-integrated education.• Integrated arts in school curriculum as Master Teaching Artist, collaborating with educators to design over 100 highly engaging, curriculum- and standards-based residency programs across subject areas for grades PreK-12.• Established and performed in in-demand Educational Division of Laughing Matters Improvisational Comedy Troupe, leading over 250 performances, residencies, and workshops and creating a new, highly profitable revenue stream.

Led over 200 national onsite and online trainings, consultations, coaching support, and sales previews. Transformed arts-integrated teaching and family and community engagement practices for districts and individual schools. Developed and enriched project-based learning plans and content materials in department’s nine-course curriculum.• Researched, wrote, edited, and/or proofread Crayola educational support materials, web postings, and articles, supporting department outreach and service goals.• Attained participant ratings of 4.5 on a 1-5 scale for dynamic and engaging onsite and online trainings, consultations, coaching support, and presentations. • Played essential role, penetrating and adding new regions to existing territory, launching a $1 million pipeline.• Expanded regional client base for professional development by 300%, collaborating with national accounts manager as content expert.• Completed Crayola’s Eagle’s Landing Leadership Institute 2019, modeling actively the company’s mission “to move self and others forward.”• Presented at seven (7) national and five (5) regional conferences, generating new business in targeted regions.

Researched and designed cutting-edge multi-media SEL curricula (Pre-K through 12) across a wide spectrum of topics including equity, access, and unconscious bias. Spearheaded onsite and online professional development team for New York City and surrounding regions. • Wrote, edited, and/or proofread all company print materials, website & video copy, monthly newsletters, and social media, providing timely, relevant communication for all stakeholders and clients.• Redesigned a disparate collection of lessons and activities associated with award winning documentary films into a sequenced, developmentally appropriate, web-based SEL curriculum.• Advised on the modernization and development of digital video materials.• Built relationships with clients to create customized education materials that supported their organizational missions, goals and objectives and reach CWK’s financial goals.• Achieved consistently superior ratings for onsite and online presentations.• Selected for the advisory board and contributed educational materials to the national documentary Defining Us, which focused on changing the national narrative for young men of color.

Modeled and assessed the implementation of arts integration strategies in STEAM curriculum for 45 Pre-K3 through 3rd grade classroom teachers on 2 campuses.• Edited and proofread all school communications (e.g., newsletters, administrative emails, social media, reports), modeling high academic standards for internal and external publications.• Innovated the STEAM program as an integrated, project-based course of study for K-3 students, applying engineering process to basic problem-solving, resulting in enhanced student engagement and inquiry skills.• Orchestrated academic enrichment team’s consistent improvement of SEL instruction, behavior management strategies, and integration of ELA and math, which resulted in improving student scores.