Teacher

Nick Rossi

**** *. ******* **. *******, IL ***** 815-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Career Objective

A position supporting interdisciplinary collaboration, social justice, and equity as a teacher, writer, and/or editor Education

Columbia College Chicago Graduated May 2020

• MFA, Poetry, GPA: 4.00/4.00

• Graduate Awardee, Graduate Student Instructor, Big Chicago Teaching Assistant, Samuel Park Graduate Literature Essay Award

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduated May 2013

• BA, History (Major), Secondary Education (Minor), GPA: 3.97/4.00 (Major: 3.96/4.00, Minor: 4.00/4.00)

• Bronze Tablet, Chancellor’s Scholar, Centenary Prize for Outstanding Senior in the Teaching of Social Studies, Phi Beta Kappa Society, James Scholar, Cohn Scholar, Robert H. Biersma Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship, Dean’s List (all semesters), UC Hip-Hop Congress, buzz Magazine Selected Employment Experience

Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL

Graduate Student Instructor January 2019 – May 2020

• Developed year-long Writing and Rhetoric curriculum for first-year writing students from various disciplines

• Designed student-centered projects focused on multimodal communication and differentiated assessment Consolidated High School District 230 Orland Park, IL Substitute Teacher August 2017 – Present

• Work in a variety of educational settings, including traditional, co-taught, and exceptional education across district high schools

Lockport Township High School District 205 Lockport, IL Summer School Teacher June 2018 – July 2019

• Taught U.S. History and American Government in block schedule during summer school Apollo Middle School Antioch, TN

World Civilizations Teacher July 2015 – July 2017

• Implemented socio-emotional centered learning strategies to support 200 students in a high needs community

• Collaborated with ELA teachers to develop cross-curricular projects around texts and project based learning West Creek High School Clarksville, TN

U.S. History and Psychology Teacher July 2014 – June 2015

• Integrated literacy-based strategies into instruction/assessment, such as text-based constructed responses

• Focused pedagogically on document based questions and critical thinking skills Hungtington Learning Centers Chicago, IL

Substitute Teacher January 2014 – June 2014

• Taught over 180 CPS elementary and middle school students literacy and math skills

• Tracked and analyzed individualized data on students throughout through the program Additional Experience in Field of Study

Sobotka Literary Magazine/Ursus Americanus Press Nashville, TN/Chicago, IL Editing/Designing/Publishing/Distributing April 2014 – Present

• Hands-on experience in selecting and editing writing as well as planning, designing, printing, and fulfilling orders

• Coordination with remote authors and printshop to produce physical products

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