Susan Goerss Brown Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, California, United States

I teach English and Language Arts to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students with mild to moderate learning challenges in ways that leverage their interests and accommodate their learning needs. Sand Hill School provides a strengths-based learning environment that helps kids with language-based learning differences like dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia acquire the academic, physical, executive functioning and social emotional skills to be resilient and successful at home, at school and in life. Many of our students also have ADHD and/or school-based anxiety.

San Mateo, Ca

Teach core learning skills (composition, organization, reading, and executive functioning skills) to high school students with mild-to-moderate learning differences. Provide interactive, engaging lessons using assistive technology as well as evidence-based practices.

Pacifica, California

Co-taught a group of ten middle school students with mild-to-moderate learning disabilities in a Special Day Classroom. Instruction is highly differentiated for Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Responsibilities include classroom management, lesson planning, assessments, and team building.

San Mateo, California

Supervise and support high school students' independent work and discovery. Encourage students to use their learning styles and reinforce tools and strategies implemented in class. Support students' executive functioning development and teachers' differentiated instruction with close communication of students' understanding of procedures, ability to access resources, and persistence.

San Mateo, California

Provide one-on-one instruction to teens and young adults diagnosed with dyslexia or specific language-based learning disabilities, and create a specific plan designed to meet an individual’s unique needs. With a personal approach, I help middle school, high school, or college level students discover how to learn more effectively.

Menlo Park, California

Provide guidance and support to new clinicians, as well as assess incoming students. Provide one-on-one tutoring to strengthen cognitive skills which build a solid foundation for reading (decoding and comprehension). Motivated hundreds of students and twice voted MVP and Most Likely to Give a Magical Learning Moment. Also trained in administering and scoring learning assessments.

Resume writing team captain for local job support team which provides resources for job seekers, including coaching, networking skills, resume revision and practice interviews.

Leveraging on my passion for educational process, produced solutions in infrastructure issues currently facing administrators and collaborated with my children's supervisory educators.* Over 12 years of researching, acquiring strategies, teaching tools, and assistive technology that deliver skill buildling and learning strategies for maximum accessibility to language, content retention, and expression.* Researched effects of grade retention for children with learning disabilities ("LD") and debunked myth of "growing out" of LD resulting in primary level students advancing to next grade with the implementation of new and revised learning strategies.* Successfully leveraged knowledge of new legal provisions to obtain triennial evaluation through California DOE and school district of location saving $2000 per student.* Researched and acquired active knowledge of higher learning institutions with structured and unstructured support for students along entire spectrum of language based learning difficulties. * Strengthened LD high school's connection to the community by refocusing marketing collateral including website, to highlight success stories. Enhanced outreach and visibility to boost enrollment.* Pioneered student study procedures resulting in 60% increase in staffing to meet needs of LD population at local elementary school.* As Parents' Association President, supervised over 50 committees including first annual auction and first emergency drill re-enactment procedures with local law enforcement and safety officers.

Created marketing programs for successful launch of award-winning educational software products for new division of McGraw-Hill. (Dr. Sulfur's Night Lab and The Fennels Figure Math). Managed advertising, public relations and marketing communications activities between marketing, production and sales divisions for math, science, and social studies software.* Developed and implemented marketing goals in 18 months.* Success allowed programs to be transferred into McGraw-Hill school division.

Directed, wrote, and implemented marketing plans and creation of classroom support materials.* Built successful client relationships with top leaders in the educational software industry including Broderbund and McGraw-Hill.* Launched publisher's new division at national trade shows such as Consumer Electronics Show, Electronic Entertainment Expo, and Book Expo.* Contributed key articles and press releases for School Technology Program Implementation kit for administrators, technology officers, and classroom teachers.

Initiated and managed the marketing of award-winning educational software (including 3D Atlas, which sold more than 2 million units) into the school channel as member of initial marketing team for EA*Kids/Creative Wonders. * Created inaugural company presence at National Educators in Computer Conference and other national educational technology trade shows with messages designed to establish credibility for entertainment company within education space.* Created and implemented direct mail piece which generated 10% response rate.* Responsible for marketing and lesson guides for implementing new software within existing classroom curriculum.

EA Sims and EA Sports* Directed all aspects of positioning, packaging and pricing for computer and video game products.* Provided marketing materials to launch John Madden Football onto new Sega Genesis Platform, ranking Top 5 in videogame sales and prompting John Madden's "Q" rating to shoot up.*Coordinated and expedited marketing functional requirements to meet compressed schedule of nine months for holiday sales season.

Promoted with budget responsibility. Created, designed, and distributed sales collateral in support of national field sales team.* Created first point-of-purchase product display while complying with brand requirements for Lucasfilm, Electronic Arts, and a major national retailer, resulting in securing a major buy and earning a "Fireman of the Year" Award.

Sold advertising space in Orange County Baby Guide for parenting and child-centered services.

Presented college textbook and ancillary materials to hundreds of college professors and decision makers in territory of over twenty states. * Broke record for in-house sales - from $800K to over $1M.* First in-house sales representative to acquire and sign new manuscript* Conceived and created first catalog of all ancillary software materials for one easy sales reference tool.

* Promoted to Sales Representative* Recruited college professors ro review college textbooks and manuscripts in all stages of editing and revision for sociology list of over fifty active titles.* Worked autonomously with authors and reviewers to keep manuscripts on schedule.

* Expedited book sample requests for nine college textbook sales representatives* Conceived and wrote first internal division newsletter to provide concise news and information for sales team on a monthly basis.

Master'S Degree, Special Education And Teaching, Distinguished Student Award

B.A., English

Activities and Societies: Rowing, Tutoring