High School Manager
Resume:
Charles Piddock
Email: *********@********.***
Address: ** ******* ****
City: Kents Hill
State: ME
Zip: 04349
Country: USA
Phone: 207-***-****
Skill Level: Senior
Salary Range: $40,000
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Job History / Details:
Phone: 207-***-****
Cell phone: 207-***-****
Email: *********@********.***
88 Piddock Lane
Fayette, Me. 04349
Charles Piddock
Objective
Seeking writing and editing projects in all areas
Summary
Professional writer and editor with more than 35 years of experience, having written and edited thousands of articles related to news, history, science, careers, and health. Expert in those subject matters as well as in curriculum development in grades 4 through high school, including special education. Until retiring and becoming a consultant in 2004, was Editor-in-Chief of the Weekly Reader Corporation in charge of 16 weekly, biweekly, and monthly periodicals serving students and teachers from grades PreK through high school. Expert in all aspects of publishing and familiar with modern trends in education. Experienced as a writer, editor, and manager.
Experience
April 2004-Present
Freelance Writer and Editor
* 2009Present: Currently writing weekly news articles for Current Events and occasionally science articles for Current Science on a freelance basis.
* 2009: Wrote Future Tech, a science-related trade book for National Geographic about how science and technology is changing the world.
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* 2008: Wrote a series of 12 articles on recent national and international news for Current Events
* 2008: Wrote two 112-page biographies for Gareth Stevens for young adult readers, one on Rachel Carson and one on Ray Bradbury.
* 2008: Wrote Outbreak! a science-related trade book for National Geographic on the world-wide effort to fight emerging diseases around the world. Honored as an NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade book for 2009. http://www.nsta.org/recommends/ViewProduct.aspx
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* 2007: Researched and wrote a series of ten weekly articles on U.S. and world affairs for Current Events magazine on topics ranging from China to Iran.
* 2007: Edited four books on medieval warfare for Gareth Stevens published in 2008.
* 2006: Wrote a series of 25 articles for Current Events and Senior Weekly Reader (grades 5 and 6) on current topics in the news from Iraq to Darfur to the U.S. midterm elections.
* 2006: Researched and wrote a series of six books on Nations in the News for Gareth Stevens publishers in the World Almanac series: series focuses on six flashpoint nations around the globe to examine why they are in the news today. Text describes both the historical significance of each country and its current relations with the rest of the world. Forty-eight pages, 2006 copyright. Titles are Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Republic of Georgia, and Sudan.
* 2005: Researched and wrote two 128-page Learning Centers for Weekly Reader Corporation: Know Your States Geography Centers (Grades 3-4) and Know Your Continents Geography Centers (Grades 4-5). Both resources feature 8 self-contained learning centers with manipulatives and reproducibles.
* 2005: Wrote two 32-page skills books, Our American Life (Grades 79) and How Our Government Works (Grades 46) combining history, civics skills, and reading skills.
* 2004: Wrote articles for READ magazine, Current Heath, Career World, and Know Your World (special ed), all magazines produced by Weekly Reader Corporation for the school market.
April 2004-April 2005
Editorial Consultant, Weekly Reader Corporation
Worked on special projects for Weekly Reader, including planning and writing a new series of skills books on U.S. government and civics, also wrote numerous articles for Career World, Current Health, Teen Newsweek, and Current Events magazines.
2001-2004
Editor-in-Chief, Weekly Reader Corporation.
Was in charge the entire Weekly Reader complex of publications including skills books, 16 major publications in grades PreK through high school that reached 10 million students throughout the United States. Supervised an editorial and art and design staff of 50. Responsible for motivating staff to produce excellent work under tight deadlines and tight budgets.
1999-2001
Executive Editor of Weekly Reader Corporation.
Helped Editor-in-Chief in the performance of the above tasks.
1985-1999
Managing Editor, Current Events Magazine.
Responsible for planning, writing, and editing a weekly magazine for Middle and High School students on major news events in the United States and around the world.
Before 1985
Writer and Editor in social studies, special ed, science, fiction
Wrote and edited numerous articles and pieces of fiction for a young audience relating to a number of areas from science for Middle School (Current Science magazine) to special education (editor of You and Your World magazine) to science fiction books.
lations with the rest of the world. Forty-eight pages, 2006 copyright. Titles are Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Rep
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