Sam Carrick Email & Phone Number

United States

• Serve as Discipline Lead for a school of 400+ students, providing departmental strategic planning and leadership in daily operations that meet school polices and procedures, manage semester and year-long budgets • Design, montior, & review curricula that align with best practices and meet institution, state, and federal standards • Observe and mentor new educators in creating inclusive learning environment for a variety of skill and maturity levels (with emphasis on students on the autism spectrum and students living with a mental health diagnosis) • Facilitate development and implementation of IEPs, behavioral intervention plans; completed specialized training on students with disabilities • Designed and implemented measures to assess teacher effectiveness, prepared outcome measures for individual and team meetings, participated in interview and hiring process, serve on team teaching committees • Create and implement personal development trainings on trauma, learning, and safety • Create effective and engaging multi-media learning materials accessible for students and parents of diverse backgrounds and English-learning levels • Foster positive relationships with other departments, administrators, parents, and external stakeholders • Classroom management, evaluate student work, provide individual feedback that promotes engagement and motivation

Curriculum design for English courses grades 10-12, including AP Language (91% pass rate)Fostered university-oriented learning environment for teenage girls, including students with IEPs, grounded in academic excellence and inclusionEffective collaboration with parents, donors, and other stakeholdersAdvised extracurricular student clubs and participated staff committees

Curriculum design for writing workshop spanning one year, ongoing development with tenured professorDevelop individual pedagogical relationships with highly-motivated students and support their grasp of complex materialWork with students of a variety of skill levels who self-select for an honors programCompleted specialized training on working with students with disabilities

Curriculum design with emphasis on engaging multiple highly diverse freshman students that meets university standards and integrates school community values Managed inclusive classroom of students at all skill levels, including students living with disabilities & ESL learners. Encouraged socratic style dialogue and manage a variety personalities and maturity levels Utilized adaptive approaches to diverse backgrounds, with emphasis minorities and first generation students to promote student retention

Creative writing mentoring and weekly workshops for at-risk girls and pregnant or parenting teens Adaptive classroom based on the Common Core standards and whole-person needs of the studentsTrained and monitored growth of volunteers to center student needs

Budget planning and resource allocation for 2-year grant awarded for dissertation research Fundraising and development for auxiliary research, research-related travel (domestic and international) and presentations for academic conferences Organized graduate conference (CRUELTY, April 2014) and recruited keynote speaker

Taught workshops and provided academic support to undergraduatesSpoke to larger audiences of college stakeholders on integrative approaches to education, including professors, students, and prospective students and parents

Developed themed writing workshops utilizing multimedia learning, supervised writing instructors Extensive training on education theory and research as PhD. CandidatePlanned and advised multiple undergraduate conferences

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, English Language And Literature/Letters

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature/Letters