High School State University
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RESUME FOR
LAURIE CULBRETH, Ph.D.
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Cell phone: 720-***-****
Greeley, Colorado 80631
EXPERIENCE:
Present:
GOAL Academy: Greeley, Colorado/online teaching, full-time English and history for at-risk students
EL Team Leader
Colorado Community College Online: English adjunct
Aims Community College: English adjunct
August 2015-2016:
Whitehorse High School: on the Navajo Reservation
9-10 Language Arts
Ashford University Online:
All English courses and Study Skills
July 2014-2015
Full-time Language Arts teacher (6-12)
Carpe Diem Collegiate High School (a charter school with a hybrid curriculum – primarily Edgenuity -- designed to help ESL students and developmental math students succeed)
Yuma, AZ
English/Drama/ELL/Special Ed
Concurrent enrollment on high school campus
Adjunct for Arizona Western College (Yuma, AZ)
Composition I
(approved to teach all ENG courses)
June 2013-June 2014
Full-time Language Arts/Journalism teacher at DeBeque Jr/Sr High School (7-12)
Journalism Sponsor: newsletters online
New Teacher mentoring
Special Ed facilitator
January – June, 2013:
Front Range Community College
Part-time English instructor, Front Range Community College at Westminster, Colorado
Concurrent classes on high school campuses and on-campus evening classes
Composition I/II
Literature: sophomore level
Dev Ed: 001 & 101 combined class
AVID tutor for Denver public schools (since March 2013) teaching math and writing
(Paraprofessional for Farrell B. Howell Oct 2012-March 2013) teaching math and reading
Community College TOEFL tutor
Community College consultant, nation wide, specializing in adjunct initiatives
August 2012-January 2013:
Full-time Academic and ESL Paraprofessional and Tutor at Denver public schools (from October 2012-March 2013) Teaching math and reading
Consultant for 725 unionized adjunct faculty (August – October 2012)
May 2011-December 2011:
English Instructor, Utah State University, Price Campus
Composition I/II
Literature: sophomore level for concurrent students
Dev Ed & ESL
Utah Department of Rehabilitation
(In-house mentor for learning disabled)
Marketing leader, ASM (Advantage Marketing and Sales)
August 2010-May 2011:
Adjunct Instructor at the Community College of Aurora, Colorado
Composition I/II
ASM marketing associate
March 20, 2010-August 17,2010
Relocated from Key West to Denver, Colorado, family medical leave
September 2009-March 19, 2010:
Florida Keys Community College (FKCC)
Dean of Arts & Sciences
*Supervisor of the following content areas, faculty, and budgets
English, Developmental Education classes (math and English), ESL, literature, humanities, foreign languages, business, biology, chemistry, physical science, computer science, history, sociology, psychology, math, fine arts, tutoring lab, First-Year Experience Programs, including Orientation programs coordinated with Dean of Student Services
*Responsible for accreditation/reaffirmation of all General Education courses, live and online
*Coordinated all core courses, including schedules, with deans of Nursing and Marine Science
*Responsible for faculty awareness of student assessment/learning outcomes policies
*Responsible for faculty observations and staff professional development
*Collaborated with director of assessment, accreditation, etc.
*Co-sponsor of International Students Club
August 2008-August 2009:
Colorado Mountain College at Steamboat Springs (CMC)
Assistant Dean of Arts and Humanities
*Supervisor of the following content areas, faculty, and budgets
English, Developmental classes (math & English) history, philosophy, ESL, tutoring lab, art, dance, music, First-Year Experience Programs, and non-credit courses and instructors
*Instructor of new-faculty orientation course (EDU 250)
*Sponsor of adjunct orientation program
*Responsible for First-Year Experience Programs, including Orientation programs/classes coordinated with Dean of Student Services
*Responsible for accreditation/reaffirmation of all General Education courses, live and online
*Coordinated all core courses, including schedules, with other deans
*Responsible for faculty and student awareness of student assessment and learning outcomes policies and procedures by introducing a program called “TaskStream”
*Responsible for faculty observations and staff professional development
*Collaborated with director of assessment, accreditation, etc.
NOTE: I created the college’s first hybrid new-faculty orientation class (EDU 250) and created the college’s first web page for adjuncts
March 2008-August 2009:
Utah State University (USU)
*Senior Lecturer of Secondary Education and English
*Student advisor for all Education majors and all walk-in students in all content areas, undergraduate and limited graduate
*Locally placed and mentored local secondary education student teachers
*Director of Upward Bound/USU grant (with Ute Tribe)
July 1, 2006-March 2008:
Utah State University (USU)
*Interim Director of Secondary Education for all off-campus sites
*Senior Lecturer of SCED/ENG courses
*Advisor for ALL Education students (SCED/ELED/SPED) as well as for all Basin students, concurrent-enrollment, and returning students in all programs offered on the Vernal and Roosevelt campuses
*SCED/ELED/SPED recruiter for the Uintah Basin
*My teaching schedule for 2006-2008 included ALL but one SCED course required for teaching licensure and concurrent English courses.
*Director of Upward Bound: USU and Ute Tribe
September 1, 2004-July 1, 2006:
Utah State University (USU)
Director of Utah State University Price Campus
*College duties included “collaboration with the USU academic departments and faculty [at the main campus in Logan] to build [introduce] secondary education math, English, history, and ESL programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels [in Price].”
*Worked and communicated under the direction of the Regional Department Heads for the USU Campus and worked closely with the USU Secondary Education Department on the Logan Campus.
*Collaborated with the local community college to recruit and communicate articulation agreements, including contracting with the community college’s instructors to teach all Dev. Ed. classes
*Other duties included teaching, supervising practicum and student-teaching experiences, coordinating with local school districts to meet Secondary Education personnel needs, conducting research, seeking external funding, attending faculty meetings in Logan.
*As an Assistant Professor of Secondary Education, the following courses were approved by the Secondary Ed Department on the main campus:
ENGL 4510 (Teaching Literature)
ENGL 4500 (Teaching Writing)
ENGL 4220 (Ethnic Literacy)
ENGL 1010 (Comp I)
ENGL 2010 (Comp II)
SCED 3100 (Motivation & Classroom Management)
SCED 3210 (Education & Multicultural Foundations)
SCED 4100 (Reading, Writing, & Technology)
SCED 4200 (Cognition & Evaluation of Student Learning)
SCED 3600 (Teaching English)
SCED 5630 (Student Teaching)
SCED 3100/4100 (Student-Teaching Clinicals)
SCED 5630 (Teaching Seminar)
2001-2007:
University of Phoenix Online
Part-time instructor, primarily the first-semester orientation courses
(Approximately six Critical-thinking/APA Seminars, provided by UoP, were required to teach these classes.)
1989-August 2004:
Chipola [Junior] College
*Full-time English instructor, Chipola [Junior] College
Composition I/II
American and World Literature
Advanced Reading
Concurrent Enrollment
Developmental Reading/Writing
*Student Advisor
*Chair of Faculty and Curriculum and Instruction Commissions (Florida Association of Community Colleges (FACC)
FACC Board of Directors member
FACC State Board of Directors (a state-wide elected position)
*2002-2004 Chair of Community Services for the Chipola FACC Chapter/March of Dimes/Salvation Army
*Supporter of the FACC Chipola Junior College Endowment Fund/Judge of essay competitions for various high school beauty pageants and judge of Kiwanis Club speech competitions
*1994-August 2004 Chair of Grammar Competition which is part of the annual CJC Language Arts Festival for high school students in the six surrounding counties.
Other Employments:
2001-2007 University of Phoenix Online Facilitator (online composition and orientation)
1998-2000 Adjunct English instructor of culinary students for Keiser College, Tallahassee, FL (a for-profit institution)
1994-1998 Adjunct English instructor/Tallahassee Community College/Gulf Coast Community College/Troy State University & Federal Corrections Institution
1984-1989 High School teacher of English, speech, and theater/Poplar Springs High School/Graceville, FL
1978-1984 High School teacher of English and history/Graceville High School/Graceville, FL
Responsible for Developmental classes in grades 9-12 and AP classes, also in grades 9-12)
EDUCATION:
August 1994 Ph. D. English Education/Florida State University
August 1986 M.S. Secondary Education/Troy State University
August 1979 B.S. Secondary Education/Troy State University
POST-GRADUATE TRAINING:
“Workshop for Division & Department Chairs and Deans.” June 23-26, 1998. Washington, DC. Sponsored by the American Council of Education.
University of Phoenix Online training for faculty/facilitators positions (March 2000).
University of Phoenix Online training for orientation classes (June 2009).
University of Phoenix Online training for critical thinking skills (August 2004).
University of Phoenix Online training for APA formatting (August 2004).
AP essay evaluation training, Educational Testing Services, Princeton, NJ (June 2001).
“Teaching AP High School Students.” The College Board, Princeton, NJ (August 2004).
ESL course at USU to earn ESL certification (Spring 2007).
PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, & RESEARCH:
Literacy Coach Consultant for Uintah River High School, a Ute Tribe school (2007)
Speaker at the FACC State Convention: “Multiculturalism: A Navajo Point of View.” Orlando, FL. November 18, 2004
RESEARCH: CLEP for the Educational Testing Service (to recommend credit-granting scores/to research grading process of AP essays and mechanics test, 2003, and to determine the quality of the test questions.
PUBLICATIONS: Visions:The Journal of Applied Research for the Florida Association of Community Colleges. Tallahassee, FL. Copy editor. www.FACC.org.
Member of Chipola [Junior] College Speakers Bureau (2001-2004)
Publications/Video Presentations: ENC 2105 CLAST Review. A Distance-Learning Video Set designed by Laurie Culbreth for the Panhandle Area Educational Cooperative. Summer 1997. Broadcast throughout the county.
“Writing for the Business World.” Presented for the Tri-County Business Association, fall 1990-1991.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/LICENSES:
Florida Association of Community Colleges
NCTE
NADE
Colorado Teaching License 2004-2010
AWARDS
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2004
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2003
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2002
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2001
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2000
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 1999
1996 FACC Outstanding Board Member Award
1993 Meritorious Service Award from the FACC Curriculum and Instruction Commission
REFERENCES
Dr. Burt Harris (VP) Pasco-Hernando College
10230 Ridge Road
New Port Richey, Florida 34654
Jon Larson
Carpe Diem Charter School
Yuma, AZ
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Guy Denton
VP Utah State University
Blanding, UT
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Pat Christen
Carpe Diem Charter School
Yuma, AZ
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