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Employment History
Distance Learning Project Consultant, Notre Dame Education Center, Boston, MA. 2009-present.
Curriculum Developer, Massachusetts Worker Education Roundtable, Boston, MA. 2008-present.
Learning Plan Instructional Designer/Developer, Greater Boston Learner Web, Boston, MA. 2008-present.
Health Care Learning Network Online Course Developer/Instructor, World Education, Boston, MA. 2008-2010.
ESOL Distance Learning Coordinator/Instructor, Asian American Civic Association, Boston, MA. 2007-present.
Online Course Developer/Facilitator, ProLiteracy America, Syracuse, NY. 2007-present.
Instructional Designer/Developer, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA. 2007-2009.
Instructional Design Advisory Team Member, El Dorado Marketing Group, Wellesley, MA. 2007-2008.
ESOL Distance Learning Coordinator/Instructor, Jamaica Plain Community Centers, Jamaica Plain, MA. 2006-present.
ESOL Morning Lead Teacher/Instructor, Jamaica Plain Community Centers Adult Learning Program, Boston, MA. 2006-2007
Reading Skills Specialist, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA. 2004-2005
Adult Basic Education Computer Field Technologist, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA. 2003-2004
ESOL Instructor, Computer-ESOL Instructor, Staff Development Coordinator, Assessment Coordinator, Career Counselor, Jamaica Plain Community Centers, Jamaica Plain, MA. 1995-2003
Workplace ESOL Instructor, Continuing Education Institute, Needham, MA. 1995
Vocational ESOL Instructor, Oficina Hispana, Boston, MA. 2004
Education
Online Instructor Certification Course
Bristol Community College - Fall River, Massachusetts
Certification, Young Adults with Learning Disabilities: Training on Reading Instruction
Massachusetts Department of Education
Master of Arts, Intercultural Relations, Specialization in TESOL
Lesley College - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
University of Rochester - Rochester, New York
Awards
Massachusetts Adult Education Teacher of the Year
Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education
Board Memberships
Distance-Learning Advisory Board, Adult and Community Learning Services, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (2010-present)
Core Knowledge Group, National Institute for Literacy ESL Special Collection (2001-2006)
The Change Agent, New England Literacy Resource Center (2001, 2008)
Field Notes, SABES (Massachusetts Department of Education)
Publications
"Web-based Visual Aids." Thinkfinity. August 2009.
"Web Meetings: A Convenient and Cool Way to Converse," Field Notes, Vol. 17, No. 1 (winter 2007)
"The Culture Variable in ABE Counseling," Field Notes, Vol. 16, No. 4 (fall 2007)
Project Care: Health Care Case Studies, Multimedia, and Projects for Practicing English (with Steve Quann), World Education and University of Michigan Press, 2007.
"Reading Circles: A Useful Teaching Approach," All Write News, Vol. XX No. 2 (September/October 2003), pp. 1-5.
Your Government, Your Taxes, Your Choices: A Curriculum for ABE Students. (with Nancy Sheridan) Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education grant, February 2003.
"Loyalty, Liberia and Literacy: A Review of Beyond the Mango Tree," Field Notes, Vol. 11, No. 1 (summer 2001)
"Media Literacy Related Websites," and "Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video: A Review ofDreamworlds II," The Change Agent, Issue 12 (March 2001), pp. 5 and 23.
"Teaching ESOL Using Word Processing: A Communicative Approach," (with Steve Quann) Focus on Basics, Vol. 4, Issue C (December 2000) Voted a National Institute for Literacy hot site.
(with Steve Quann) University of Michigan Press, 2000.
Northeast Literacy and Technology Consortium: Guide for class web page curriculum (Systems for Adult Basic Education Support Curriculum Frameworks grant), 2000
Class page: http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/tourwithfour/
(with Steve Quann) Massachusetts Department of Education Curriculum Frameworks grant, 1997. Voted a National Institute for Literacy hot site.
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