High School Teacher

JAMES S. MCKINNEY, JR.

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Franklin, VA 23851

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EDUCATION

M.S. Secondary Education, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 2005

< B.A. English, magna cum laude, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA,

2001

DISTINCTIONS

< Franklin City Public Schools' Teacher of the Year (2008 - 2009)

< Franklin High School Teacher of the Year (2008 - 2008)

< Outstanding Teacher, Virginia's Summer Residential Governor's School

(2007)

< Meritorious New Teacher Candidate (Mid-Atlantic Regional Teachers

Project, 2006)

< ETS Recognition of Excellence for Outstanding Performance on the

Praxis II Test (2005)

< Alan Mandell Endowed Award for Excellence in the Use of Technology

(2005)

TEACHING/ RELATED EXPERIENCE

Instructional Technology Resource Teacher/Webmaster

Franklin City Public Schools, Franklin, VA November 2008 - Present

< Conduct division-wide staff development and training in instructional

technology

< Assist K-12 teachers with integrating technology into content

instruction

< Locate, organize, and share high-quality instructional resources with

K-12 teachers

< Serve as chairperson for division's Technology Advisory Committee

< Responsible for the division's technology plan and Internet safety

instruction

< Procure and manage Title II D funding

< Manage the division's Web site

< Provide technical support for issues with instructional hardware and

software

Adjunct Professor, English

Paul D. Camp Community College, Franklin, VA 2008, Present

< Provide writing instruction to adult learners

< Integrate technology to enhance students' learning experiences

English Teacher/Lead Teacher

Franklin High School, Franklin, VA 2006 - November 2008

< Provided instruction in English to 11th - grade students

< Guided students to a near 100% pass rate on state tests in reading and

writing

< Integrated technology to enhance students' learning experiences

< Mentored new staff

< Managed school inventory

< Coached varsity cross country and baseball

Reading/Language Arts Teacher

J.P. King, Jr. Middle School, Franklin City Public Schools, Franklin, VA

2005 - 2006

< Provided instruction to eighth-grade students in four key areas -

Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, and Oral Language - and prepared

students for two Standards of Learning tests: Reading and Writing

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Educational Curriculum and Instruction, Old Dominion

University, December 2003 - December 2005

< Assisted Dr. Robert Lucking, Professor and Graduate Program Director

for the Field-Based, Secondary Education, and Military Career

Transition programs

Scoring Director, Scoring Supervisor & Scorer

Pearson Educational Measurement, Virginia Beach, VA, May 2002-July 2002;

May 2004-July 2004; January 2005-June 2005.

< Represented Pearson at NAEP Standing Committee meetings (Writing and

Reading) in May and June of 2005

< Trained a team of supervisors and scorers on the content and scoring

guide for seven different constructed-response reading items for

grades four, eight and twelve as part of the National Assessment of

Educational Progress in 2005

< Scored student writing as part of the National Assessment of

Educational Progress in 2002

< Participated, through both scoring and supervising, in two state

writing assessments: New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge

(Grade 3 Writing, 2004); and CAL STAR (Grades 7 and 11 Writing, 2004

and 2005)

Freelance Reporter

The Daily Press, Newport News, VA, September - November 2001

< Covered high school football games. Interviewed coaches and student

athletes from various high schools. Wrote news stories on deadline.

Sports Editor/ Staff Writer

The Mace and Crown, Old Dominion University Student Newspaper, Norfolk, VA,

August 1999 - December 2001

< Managed a staff of sports writers, generating and assigning stories

< Edited stories for spelling, grammar, usage and Associated Press style

< Interviewed and wrote stories on sports figures such as Dick Vitale,

Lou Brock and Harmon Killebrew

< Assisted graphic designers with layout.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURE

< Postgraduate Professional Teaching License, Secondary English, The

Commonwealth of Virginia

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

< Virginia Society for Technology in Education

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