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8 /2 0 0 6 -9 /2 0 0 8 L a n g u a g e A r ts T e a c h e r

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• T a u g h t g r a m m a r, w r itin g, a n d c o m m u n ic a tio n s k ills to a b o u t 1 0 0 s tu d e n ts in g r a d e s 6, 7, a n d 8 .

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w h o p a s s e d th e e x a m w e n t fro m 6 3 % to 9 3 % ; th e n e x t y e a r tw o o f m y s tu d e n ts e a c h s c o re d a p e rfe c t

s ix o n th e F C A T e s s a y .

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a n d m a in ta in e d a n e d ib le c o m m u n ity g a r d e n, r e a d s to r ie s w e e k ly to p r e s c h o o l a g e d c h ild r e n, a s s is te d

te a c h e r s a n d v o lu n te e r e d s e r v ic e s to th e fr o n t o ffic e, a n d o p e r a te d a s c h o o l- w id e r e c y c lin g p r o g r a m .

2 0 0 3 -8 /2 0 0 6 S ta y -a t-h o m e m o m

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t o p ic s s u c h a s c it y r e v it a liz a t io n p r o je c t s, a r t s a n d c u lt u r a l e v e n t s, a n d h o m e le s s n e s s .

5 /2 0 0 1 - 5 /2 0 0 2 F r e e la n c e W r it e r, J a c k s o n v ille, N .C .

5 /2 0 0 0 - 5 /2 0 0 1 C it y G o v e r n m e n t R e p o r t e r, T h e J a c k s o n v ille D a ily N e w s, J a c k s o n v ille, N .C .

M e t w ith c ity o ffic ia ls r e g u la r ly to s ta y a b r e a s t o f c u r r e n t is s u e s, a tte n d e d c ity c o u n c il a n d p la n n in g b o a r d

m e e tin g s, a n d w r o te s to r ie s d a ily u n d e r tig h t d e a d lin e s th a t r e la te d h o w c ity c o u n c il’s d e c is io n s c o u ld a ffe c t

c itiz e n s .

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D e m o n s tr a te d m y a b ility to b e fle x ib le, o r g a n iz e d a n d e ffic ie n t b y c o v e r in g a ll n e w s in th e D e e r fie ld B e a c h a r e a :

e d u c a tio n, c ity g o v e r n m e n t, e m e r g e n c y m a n a g e m e n t, s p o r ts, c r im e, a n d p r o file s o f lo c a l c itiz e n s .

6 /1 9 9 8 - 8 /1 9 9 9 R e p o r t e r a n d N ig h t E d it o r, T h e In d e p e n d e n t F lo r id a A llig a to r, G a in e s v ille, F L

S ta r te d a s a g e n e r a l a s s ig n m e n t r e p o r te r, a n d w a s p r o m o te d to th e s tu d e n t g o v e r n m e n t b e a t a fte r a c o u p le o f

m o n th s in th e n e w s r o o m . A s n ig h t e d ito r, I w a s r e s p o n s ib le fo r p r o o fr e a d in g fin a l d r a fts b e fo r e th e p a p e r w a s s e n t

to p r in t.

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