Shelby Stringer Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Official Titles: Subject Mentor for English 7 and AP Research and Super Mentor for AP Capstone Diploma ProgramResponsibilities: - Creating and monitoring the syllabus for over 30 teachers, writing network midterm and final exams, and analyzing student results to modify and adapt the curriculum.- Uploading resources and lesson plans to an internal repository for teachers to utilize in their classrooms.

Courses Taught/Developed: Women's History Post-1865 (12th grade), Postcolonial Literature (11th grade), AP Research (12th grade), Academy US History Seminar (11th grade), and English (7th and 8th grade).Distinguished Honors: - Selected to Attend Fully Funded Summer at St. John’s Graduate Institute to Learn Discussion-Based Pedagogy - Developed/Ran Medical School Research Mentorship with the U of A College of Medicine-Phoenix- Member of the New American Conversation Development Committee for BASIS.ed- Developed and Delivered Professional Development on Seminar-Style Learning- Mentored 20+ Senior Research Projects and Oversaw External Experiences- In the 2020-2021 school year, I achieved 96.5-98.9% homework completion each grading period during fully-remote instruction, educating a class of 60 middle school students and assigning at least four assignments per week. - University of Chicago Distinguished Educator; Teacher of $10,000 Founder’s Prize Award for Best Original Research in BASIS.ed NetworkAfter-School Club Sponsor: Writing for Scholarships and Essay Contests, She’s the First

Courses Taught/Developed: Language Arts (7th and 8th grade), English, History, and Art (6th grade)Responsibilities: Developed an original integrated ELA curriculum for the inaugural sixth-grade class that focused on project-based learning, writing, and the Socratic method. Distinguished Honors/Highlights:- Hosted and Developed Greek Festival, which included a living museum, play, and cultural activities and experiences.- Invited multiple lecturers to supplement books, which included a Holocaust survivor and a Vietnam War refugee- Awarded grant funding from the Arizona Diamondbacks to purchase Chromebooks and recording devices for an original project based on StoryCorp. Students interviewed family members, typed transcripts, wrote profiles celebrating their family members.- Individually designed, printed, and published a yearbook through Adobe InDesign, saving the school $4000 in publishing costs, which was utilized to maximize educational programming.

Phoenix

Assistant to Claire West, non-profit consultant. Researched extensive national grant sources, analyzed and recommended match with clients, prepared confidential donor profiles, prepared grant templates, prepared grant drafts, proofread grants, and updated narrative language. Prepared graphics, PowerPoints, and presentation design. Redesigned filing system for web-based research and consulting documents.

Utilizing an existing budget for a bi-yearly 16-page newsletter covering stories at the honors college, I started a rebranded magazine. I led a team of writers, photographers, designers, and editors to design and publish a bi-yearly 80-page magazine. In addition, we published art and poetry zines. Using the same framework I developed, the Normal Noise is still in publication almost a decade later.

Center For The Study Of Religion And Conflict

Worked under Dr. Victor Peskin.Examined Palestinian and Israeli news stories for relevant information regarding the use of the International Criminal Court. Organized data based on date, source, and qualitative information.

Helped lead seminar discussions and hosted weekly office hours, assisting students in writing papers in Dr. Sarah Graff's Human Event Course.

Tutored college students with learning disabilities in their coursework.

M.A., American History (United States), 4.0

Thesis | "The Other Side of Tourist's Paradise: A Century in the Making of South Phoenix" A comprehensive analysis of how the tourism.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature/Letters

Activities and Societies: The Other Literary Society; (Founding Editor) Normal NoiseMinored in Studio Art and Religious Studies. Graduated.