LAVETTE

CONEY

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Roxbury, MA 02119

617-***-****

ad3v4b@r.postjobfree.com

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EDUCATION

Teachers College at Columbia University - Tokyo and NY MA — 2013

University of Massachusetts - Boston

BA — 1989

EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor, Lasell University

Newton, MA — 2022 - present

As an adjunct professor, I develop courses for those affiliated with the university. I have taught both staff members of the university and public school students during vacation week and summer, in addition to residential responsibilities. Accomplishments

• Create and developed of course curriculum for the university

• Collaborated with other adjunct faculty to produce programming for students

• Facilitated and provided assistance to instill models for student success Leader, White People Challenging Racism: From Talk to Action (WPCR) West Newton, MA — 2016 - present

As a leader and facilitator, my seven years at a 23 year old grassroots organization that provides five (5) week workshop sessions of reflection, practice, education, and action have afforded me the experience to see various perspectives for growth and creative ways to solve problems.

Accomplishments

• Leads development of workshop curriculum amongst all co-facilitators

• Facilitates multiple workshops for adults at various institutions

• Develops monthly agendas for Leadership Circle and Co-Facilitators’ meetings

• Provides professional development for co-facilitators

• Leads standardization of facilitator interviews, onboarding, and offboarding processes

• Leads interview and selection process of new co-facilitators

• Leads learning opportunities for facilitators to continuously develop their antiracist practices

• Develops facilitation and leadership skills of other co-facilitators

• Pivoted and developed online curriculum to continue providing workshops in 2020

•Recommends and establishes policy and procedures, and develops and executes departmental and institutional goals and objectives

• Applied for and received new fiscal sponsor to build organizational capacity EXPERIENCE

ELL Chair, The Fessenden School

West Newton, MA — 2001- 2023

As an administrator and teacher, my twenty two years at Fessenden have been marked by opportunities and challenges, which have afforded me the experience to see various perspectives for growth and creative ways to solve problems. The above list represents only recent presentations EXPERIENCE (cont.)

Accomplishments

• Led department curriculum development

• Provided rigorous instruction for four courses/four preps

• Developed monthly agendas for department meeting

• Created and lead professional development for colleagues and tutors targeted to educator needs

• Incorporate project-based learning in the school’s core values which consist of educational resources, technology, cross-cultural competency, and differentiated learning in a student centered environment

• Chaired auxiliary department and division collaborations

• Initiated and acquired speakers and provided programming for diversity and inclusion events, i.e. oversaw the AISNE Middle School Students of Color Conference as the host site

• Instituted Lower School international culture bridges

• Created admission standards for incoming international students

•Researched, collected and administered language assessments for incoming students

• Implemented assessment protocols for student entry and exits

• Served on Diversity and Inclusion Committee

• Interviewed incoming candidates for teaching positions SKILLS AND CERTIFICATES

● Strong peer leadership, communication, writing and presentation skills

● Certificate of Leadership, Kingswood Oxford Leadership for Educators of Color, 2016

● TESOL’s ELT Leadership Management Certificate, 2015

● Certificate of National Association of Independent Schools, Leadership Seminar for People of Color and Women, 2014

● Blackbaud, BlackBoard, Folio, Teacher Dashboard, Boardingware

● Proficient in Japanese and Spanish and a basic level of Tamil and Malay PUBLICATIONS

● The Other Elephant in the Classroom, Chapter 4, 2023

● “Begin from Within”, Language Magazine, 2021

● “Moving TESOL forward: Increasing educators’ critical consciousness through a racial lens”, TESOL Journal, 2020

● Social Justice in English Language Education, Chapter 2, 2015

● “Cultural Diversity in English Language Teaching”, SIG Newsletter, 1995 PRESENTATIONS

● “The Importance of Reflective Practice” (PDP Certificate) for MTA at UMASS Boston, 2023

● “Whiteness and Antiracism: What Can I Do?” for Arlington High School, 2023

● “Centering Criticality and DEI: Meanings for the TESOL Profession” TESOL International Convention and Expo at The David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, 2022

● “Black EFL Professionals Across the Globe” for Black English Language Professionals and Friends at the BELPaF Virtual Symposium, 2021

● “Begin Within: Empower Your Pedagogy With a Racial Equity Lens for the Virtual TESOL Profession” TESOL International Convention and Expo, 2021 The above list represents only recent presentations The above list represents only recent presentations

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