Curriculum Design & Instruction:

Associate Instructor of Humanities, Culver Academies, Culver, Indiana, 2007-2010

Taught Global Perspectives: 1500-2000, humanities course that tracks the path of globalization

Among six teachers who redesigned curricula from English/History split to combined humanities approach

Coached state champion forensic team digitized and cataloged the teams speech files

Created an entirely green classroom to reflect one of globalization's vital priorities

Member of educational soft-hardware tech team that tested innovative educational soft/hardware

Co-created two pilot programs: Model UN & Othello Video Project both later adopted department wide

Sophomore English Teacher, North Lawndale College Prep Charter School, Chicago, Illinois, 2001-2003

Collaborated with team of teachers to develop new charter school’s curriculum that focused on developing

literacy through scaffolding and objectives-based learning

Team taught the Sophomore American-Studies course with a history teacher

Organized and implemented a school-wide writing/tutoring program

Organized and coached school's the first speech team

Freshman English Teacher, Manley Career Academy, Chicago, Illinois, 1999-2000

Part of a team of teachers hired to restructure curriculum of a Chicago Public school on probation

Trained in a variety developed reading curriculum which focused on scaffolding, sequence, and scope.

Taught challenged student population 35% of the students had LEPs and many more were undiagnosed

Department Coordinator/English Teacher, College Prep School of America, Lombard, Illinois, 1994-1998.

Developed and implemented curriculum based on state standards pertaining to skills and content mastery for

grades 9 through 12; the curriculum earned new Indo-Pakistani Islamic school state certification

Mentored, observed, advised, and supervised three teachers.

One of four faculty members who codified the schools disciplinary policies

Facilitated discussions to resolve racial conflict among multi-ethnic faculty

Designed and implemented school-wide writing/tutoring program

Taught all high school grade and ability levels, including AP Literature and an SAT Prep course

Other Educational Work Experience:

Educational Consultant, Eden Springs Educational Consulting, Self employed. 2010-2011

Consulted with Liaison International, a humanitarian aid organization regarding establishment of an ESL

school for Iraqi refugee population in Kansas City, Missouri

Educational Consultant/Title I Coordinator, Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. Oak Park, Illinois, 2000-2001.

Organized and coordinated Sylvan Learning Center at Catholic high school in Chicago

Assessed students’ skill levels; designed prescr iptive educational plan based on assessment.

Assessed students’ qualifications for Title I program based on financial and academic needs

International Experience

ESL Teacher/Humanitarian Aid Worker, Frontiers, Istanbul Turkey. 2003-2006

Exploratory trip to examine feasibility of creating a Western-style English as a Second Language school

Taught ESL and took classes to learn Turkish

ESL Teacher/Humanitarian Aid Worker, Frontiers, Kurgan Teppa, Tajikistan Summer, 1998

Taught ESL and took classes to learn Turkish

Technology/Software:

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Pinnacle Studio 10.8, Moodle Educational Administrator,

Grade Quick, Smartboard, Power Point, Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Microsoft Publisher, MS Office, etc.

Education:

University of Illinois at Chicago, Master of Education

University of Illinois at Chicago, Bachelor of Arts in English Literature

Certificate: Secondary Teaching (6th-12th)

Pedagogy & Methodologies:

primary objective: critical thinking skills, graphic organizers, problem-based learning

process writing/portfolio, performance-based learning, Socratic method,

student-centered learning, multiple intelligences, cooperative learn ing

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