Classroom teacher / History and English

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Paul Kersey

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Confidential Resume

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

**-***** ******** **********. *-6 Georgia State Certification/Professional Standards Commission. CORE COMPETENCIES

" African Studies

" Asian Studies

" Calibration of

Comprehension

" Creative Writing

" Curriculum Development

" Economics

" English Literature

" English Grammar

" Geography

" Government

" Journalism

" Literature

" Meta-Cognitive Awareness

" PBL/Flipped Curriculum

" Psychology

" Public Speaking

" Reading Comprehension

" Research Writing

" Sociology

" U. S. History

" World History

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Brandon Hall School – Atlanta, GA December 1997 – December 2015 Classroom Teacher

Founded in 1959, Brandon Hall is a non-profit, college preparatory institution and the only remaining boarding school in metro Atlanta. Primary responsibilities include teaching wide-range of subjects in the content areas of social studies and language arts. Curriculum development for two new courses in African and Asian Studies, SACS Steering Committee and three-years department chair middle and upper-school history. Additional responsibilities include: Saturday-school administration, baseball coach, study hall proctor, drama coach, dorm supervision, student advisor, SAT proctor, Beta Club sponsor, Student Leadership sponsor, Community Service sponsor. Key Accomplishments:

" Teacher of the Year – 1998-1999

" Kappa Delta Pi Presenter (1998)-ADHD/Born to be Wild?

" International Dyslexia Association Presenter (2003) Strategies and Interventions for Hyperlexia.

" Most Multi-Sensory Teacher- 2005

" Multi-Disciplinary Project/Mummification-2006

" Archaeology Time Capsule Project/2014

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

" Orton-Gillingham Fellow (Summer, 2011)

" Cognitive Neuropsychology (Spring, 2004)

" Linamood-Bell Comprehension Training (Summer, 2002)

" Best Practices in Literacy Instruction (Fall, 2001)

" Case Study Methodologies in Applied Behavioral Analysis (Spring, 2000)

" Advanced Educational Psychology (Summer, 1999)

EDUCATION

Carson Newman College, B.A. English

Brenau University, M.Ed.

Georgia State University, Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies References Available Upon Request

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