Instructional Content Specialist
Resume:
Professional Experience
MEASUREMENT INCORPORATED, Durham, NC
English Language Arts (ELA)/Social Studies Content Specialist, January 2012–August 2014
Provided assistance in item development for multiple projects, specifically in English Language
Arts and Social Studies. Trained and supervised item writers in the implementation of project
item development. Applied client test item specifications to the creation of new multiple-choice,
short-answer, and extended-response items. Projects included:
• Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program – Writing Assessment, 2014
• Educational Records Bureau-Independent School Entrance Examination, 2013-2014
• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, 2013-2014
• Formative Item Bank, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, 2012–2014
• FOLIO™ Writing Assessment System, 2012–2013
• Connecticut Mastery Test, 2012-2013
Item Writer, April 2006–December 2010
Responsibilities included development of test items including short-answer, multiple-choice,
extended-response, and essays for educational assessments. Projects have included:
• Formative Assessment Project, 2010
• Gwinnett County (Georgia) Public Schools Gateway Assessment Program, 2009–2010
• Educational Records Bureau-Independent School Entrance Examination, 2006
• Arkansas Benchmark Examinations, 2006
Reader/Evaluator, Performance Assessment Hand Scoring, April 2006–March 2010
Responsibilities included learning the scoring criteria and evaluating student writing samples
and/or open-ended test items with a high level of consistency and quality control.
Projects have included:
• New Jersey HSPA, 2010
• New Jersey HSPA Reading, 2008
• New Jersey HSPA Retest, 2007
• NJ GEPA Grade 8 Writing, 2006
• NJ HSPA Clifton Projects, 2006
• NJ GEPA Writing, 2006
Freelance Writer/Editor, 2003–2005
In a contractual role, independently wrote educational content at the collegiate level for online
publication. Implemented a range of editorial obligations, such as formatting, indexing, and
revising content of independent works of writing, in preparation for final publication.
Professional Community Resource Specialist, 2002–2003
Learning Perspectives, Inc., Wilmington, NC
Worked one on one with developmentally disabled children and adults needing community
support, per the Person Centered Plan. Developed a therapeutic and consistent rapport with the
service recipients, while assisting with leadership initiatives. Completed diverse skill building
activities including socialization skills, wellness education, adaptation skills, daily and
community living skills, work readiness, development of leisure time interests and activities,
symptom management skills, and education on substance abuse.
Program Manager for the Disabled, 2001–2002
Preferred Alternatives, Inc., Wilmington, NC /The Arc of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC
Supervised the residence and 24-hour staff of a physically disabled individual to provide flexible,
personally customized supports that promoted autonomy, such as learning self-care, daily living
skills, money management, recreation, decision-making, and behavioral management. Duties
included hiring and training staff, scheduling, payroll, working in the individual’s home, and
continuously being on-call to fill in for staff absences. Maintained current certification in CPR,
First Aid, and PIC.
Peace Corps Volunteer, Teacher Trainer, 2000
Peace Corps, Marinduque, Philippines
As an English Language Arts (ELA) volunteer, observed elementary and secondary English
lessons and counseled teachers in various English teaching methodologies. Devised and
implemented workshops for the enhancement of teaching English as a Second Language.
Education
M.A. English, Critical Literacy, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC,
2003
B.S. Elementary Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2000
B.A. English, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 2000
Certification Elementary Education (K–6)
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