Kristen M. McCurry

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http://www.Amazon.com/author/mariekjohnston

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Profile

I am a published author/poet and a seasoned Secondary English teacher looking to train AI chatbots remotely on a part-time basis

Education

Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Accepted into Program, 2000 The University of Texas at Austin, Bachelors of Arts in English Literature and Education with Honors, Top 3%, 1998

Cornell University, High School Program for High School Students, Communications, 4.0, 1994 Certificates and Honors

Lifetime Secondary Teaching Certification in Secondary English, State of Texas, 1998 Invited to join MENSA, 2000

Experience

Academic Learning Coach, K12 Texas Virtual Academy at Hallsville, 2022-present

-Supervising the academic development of my daughter, Chloe Marie, in sixth and seventh grade

-Supplementing instruction in core and elective classes

-Emphasizing STAAR reading, writing and math skills

-Chloe earns mostly A’s

Middle and High School English Teacher, State of Texas, 1998-2007

-Taught exclusively at-risk students who had failed English I at least once

-Achieved a 90% passing rate for my at-risk population

-In charge of English I team’s lesson planning, sharing original lessons everyday

-Taught students the writing process

-Taught Shakespeare, Homer and various American & British authors

-Taught students to pass Texas standardized tests (TAKS)

-Taught SAT Verbal Test Prep for 3 years while teaching full-time

-Held tutoring during lunch and after school, 4 days a week Published Novelist/Poet, Amazon.com/author/mariekjohnston, 2010-Present

-Maintaining MarieKJohnston.Wordpress.com (since 2015): “The Fiction & Folk Art of Marie K. Johnston,” a Wordpress website promoting my second novel, 3 books of poetry and my life as an author

-“Cosmogony (2019),” a rhyming and metered poetry book about the natural world and one girl’s place in it

-“Dandelions (2019),” a poetry book about the wonders of a childhood spent in Nature

-“Disaster and Harmony (2019),” a poetry collection: 50 poems collected between 2001-2019

-“Mental (2018),” a novel about overcoming a difficult childhood

-“Leaves Subsiding (2010),” a novella about the elusive search for happiness, published under M. Yoshida McCurry

Freelance Writer/Editor, Various Print & Online Publications/Various Companies, 1994-2022

-Wrote/edited advertising/marketing material for the top three advertising agencies in Austin, TX, a sporting goods marketing newspaper based in Austin, a tech startup based in Austin, and more

-Maintained 3 original Wordpress websites from 2015-2022

-Covered the political and Arts & Entertainment beats for The Daily Texan, The Williamson County Sun, The Cornell Summer Times and more

-Wrote articles for eHow.com (various topics), Knoji.com (Barack Obama article), Examiner.com (Houston Dating Examiner), CitySearch.com/Austin (music reviews), a NYC-based Lifestyle magazine, an online mental health magazine, and more References Available Upon Request

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