Literacy Specialist

PATRICIA RAE EASLEY

*** ***** ******** ******, *******, IL 60651 312-***-**** ****.********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Bilingual English/Spanish (also conversant in French and Wolof) professional with domestic and international experience with success in international educational, governmental, and not-for- profit sectors, while engaging in required collaboration with colleagues to ensure the timely and accurate completion of projects, curriculum development, lesson planning, and accreditation as well facilitation of professional development sessions for international teaching audiences.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Leadership

•Contributed to the development of activities and written/electronic materials to facilitate the recruitment, retention, and academic success of students

•Participated in the implementation of school’s proposal and contract in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the State of Illinois and Prologue Early College Alternative High School

•Assisted in the management and recruitment process of youth participants

•Placed participants in appropriate worksites and manage the worksites throughout the summer and coordinate the collection of timesheets for all program participants

•Ensured participants' individual files contain all pertinent documentation/information

•Supervised, coordinated, and conducted the work readiness training for participants

•Connected youth participants with access to support services

•Advocated for DCFS wards at the high school

•Maintained attendance records for DCFS wards

•Acted as directress in the absence of the school directress

•Provided training and mentoring to ESL and ELA teaching staff

•Develop a portfolio of international contacts (agents, schools, influential family members) through ongoing contact with international students once they have commenced their studies in Senegal

•Trained, managed and updated the international agent

•Facilitated professional development sessions with ESL and ELA staff, which included the entire staff of 18 teachers form Turkey and Senegal and the School Language Director, to implement best practices in curriculum administration

•Taught teachers teaching strategies and how to utilize resources commonly used in American English Language Arts classes

•Recruited and hired teaching and administrative staff from established network of English teachers and professionals

•Developed school protocol and systems to facilitate effective fiscal management and school disciplinary system

•Hired and managed marketers to provide proper coverage during grassroots marketing campaign

•Recruited teachers and aides from Maywood, IL community

•Forged relationships with administrative staff of schools

•Administered standardized tests to students

•Managed 10 teachers and one aide in seven schools and attendance and payroll records

English As a Second Language

•Instruct assigned courses in accordance with course competencies/objectives while integrating teambuilding skills

•Teach students the three language skills of structure, namely: listening, speaking, and writing;

•Actively engage students by running a dynamic and student-centered classroom

•Assisted with curriculum facilitation for a class of 22 students, 12 nationalities, and four diverse learners, and acted as substitute when teacher was absent

•Created pre-school and kindergarten curriculum for school in Dakar based on Common Core State Standards

•Developed mathematics, English literature, and history curricula to Francophone, Pakistani, and native English speakers

•Taught middle school English Language Arts, ESL, and mathematics to diverse student population

•Taught beginner course comprised of students from Saudi Arabia and Ecuador

•Created lesson plans from established curriculum map based on Cornerstone Language Curriculum

•Taught beginner, intermediate, and advanced ESL classes to over 200 adult international students from over 30 countries

Assessment and Analysis

•Conduct ongoing evaluation of ESL curriculum, instructional materials, and classroom activities

•Assessed the international student population to analyze effectiveness of the ESL and ELA curriculum and administration throughout the institution

•Undertook conversion activity of potential students and parents through discussion and education advice, developing best practices with colleagues

•Presented findings from analysis of self study of an international school in Dakar, Senegal, to show similarities in curriculum challenges and present solutions

•Served on assessment committee and created the assessment policies that governed assessment practices within the school. Policies are ow incorporated into school’s accreditation documents

•Provide rubric based scoring

•Graded and analyzed pre- and post-program diagnostic tests

•Wrote narrative analyses of a student's test results to communicate with parents

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Instructor - English as a Second Language, Midwestern Career College, Chicago, IL (May 2017-Present)

SAT Rater, Educational Testing Services/Pearson, Chicago, IL (June 2016-Present)

Educational Consultant, Happy Kids School, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa (October 2016- Present)

Educational Consultant and Recruitment Manager, IQRA Bilingual Academy, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa (February 2013-Present)

Educational Consultant, Yavuz Salim, Dakar, Senegal West Africa (November 2016-January 2017)

Teaching Assistant to 4th grade class, International School of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa (August 2016-January 2017)

Contributing Faculty, Kendall College, Chicago, IL (September 2015- December 2015). Awarded President’s Coin, the College’s highest honor; nominated by director of Laureate English Program at Kendall College for contribution in developing ESL and TOEFL preparation curriculum in the school

Adjunct ESL Professor, Computer Systems Institute, Chicago, IL (February 2015-June 2015)

Retainment and Retention Manager, Charles Houston Alternative Charter High School-

Chicago, IL (August 2013-August 2014); YS3 Mentor (April 2013-June 2013)

Illinois Summer Youth Work Manager, Prologue Early College Alternative High School, Chicago, IL (June 2013-August 2013)

SES Supervisor and Site Manager, Huntington Learning Center –Chicago, IL (October 2012-April 2013)

Educational Consultant/Founding Teacher, IQRA Bilingual Academy –Dakar, Senegal, West Africa (July 2010 – June 2011)

EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Chicago, M.S. Education in Language, Literacy, and Culture, May 2017

Hampton University, B.S. with Honors in Finance; May 2009

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