Teacher Writer

GENA GILCREASE

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

AUSTIN ISD.

Substitute Teacher. 9/2019 – 3/12/2020. All subjects for middle and high schools.

Preferred substitute at Anderson High School.

COLLEGE STATION ISD

Substitute Teacher. 9/2018 – 6/2018. All subjects for middle and high schools.

BLINN COLLEGE – BRYAN

WRITING CENTER. 9/2013 – 8/2017.

Writing Tutor. Assisting students to become better writers. Skills in directing students to brainstorm, plan, write, revise, and edit academic papers. Presented workshops on breaking through writer’s block. Wrote handouts on elements of the writing process.

Achieved Advanced Tutor Level with CRLA (College Reading and Learning Association).

INSTRUCTOR, Introduction to Cinema. 8/2015 – 12/2016.

Survey course covering history, analysis, and production elements, with an emphasis on film as literature and social commentary.

BRYAN ADULT LEARNING CENTER. 8/2012 – 8/2013.

Instructor. Taught classes to assist students to prepare for the GED test, including English (grammar, writing, reading skills), basic math, history, and science.

COLLEGE STATION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 9/2011 – 6/2016.

Substitute teacher in intermediate and high school classes.

PEAK POTENTIALS MOTIVATION. 11/2007 – 12/2011.

Life Coach. Guiding clients in the U.S. and Canada by weekly telephone sessions. Worked with goal setting, action steps, confidence building, and accountability.

GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SKILLS LAB. Glendale, CA. 2/2003 – 8/2009.

Instructor. Taught classes to prepare students for the GED test, including writing, reading, grammar, social studies, and history. Assisted students with tutorials and practice tests.

Instructor. Program for high school students to obtain class credits. Worked individually with students in writing essays and papers. Wrote tests and essay questions for literature assignments.

Notre Dame High School. 8/2002 – 5/2004. Sherman Oaks, CA

Substitute teacher. Private school in advanced elective studies.

EDUCATION

M.A. Consciousness Studies and Theology, Holmes Institute, Los Angeles, CA

M.A. Film Studies & Production, San Francisco State University, CA

B.F.A. Theater Directing, University of Texas, Austin, CA

Gena Gilcrease

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WRITER

Unity Online Magazine

o Game On. Florence Shin: The Game of Life and How to Play It.

o Tending the Garden. The principles of mental creation.

From Chaos to Confidence: Survival Strategies for the New Workplace. Corporate training film on ways to respond to new organizational change. CRM Productions.

Courageous Followers. Corporate training film encouraging a proactive approach on the job. Based on book by consultant Ira Chaleff. CRM Productions.

The Interactive Tarot. Script for an interactive CD-ROM program. Anusati Prods.

Crazy Love. Short script for a TV sketch comedy pilot. Hearst Entertainment Prods.

The Grime Fighters. Six-episode Employee Hygiene Series featuring a comic detective character. Now utilized for training for all Safeway, Inc. stores.

Cutler Comedy Network. Radio sketches for national comedy service.

Making of the Film “Hoffa”. Electronic Press Kit segment feature. Extended Wings.

A Day in the Life of Johnny the Jumbo Jet. Children's educational video on aviation and airlines operations. Brookside Productions.

Clear Cut. Point-of-purchase video of construction product. Brookside Productions.

Other fiction: Screenplays, sit-com episodes, plays, comedy sketches.

Magazine articles:

oHumor Magazines: The Rag, The Nose

oScience magazine, cowriter, article on brain research findings.

oJournal of Film & Video, review of book Film and the Dream Screen.

WRITER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR

Many Hands. Motivational video for Safeway employees on fundraising for Easter Seals, starring Pat Boone. Safeway, Inc.

Clean Hands: The Germs Stop Here! Pilot for Hygiene Training Series. Safeway,

Clean Hands: Continuing 6 episodes of Hygiene Training Series. Safeway, Inc.

To Know is to Grow. Bilingual educational video on library use. San Francisco.

Improvisation: Playing the Game. Educational video on improvisational comedy.

Coincidental Journey. Comedy-drama – a woman rediscovers her past. Independent 45-minute video. Nominated for Bay Area Goldie Award.

Decisions. 16mm film on decision making, in style of silent films.

EXPERIENCE IN CREATIVE WRITING, DRAMATICS AND VIDEO PRODUCTION

Hollywood Teen Canteen, Los Angeles, CA.

Outreach program for teenagers. Developed exercises in self-identity to stimulate writing poetry and essays.

Federal Correctional Institute, Pleasanton, CA.

Guided incarcerated adults in acting and writing material for performances. Taught basic video production skills.

South San Francisco Recreation Center. South San Francisco, CA.

Taught classes in creative dramatics, playwriting, and video production for children and adults.

Portland Civic Theater. Portland, OR.

Taught creative dramatics and directed children’s plays.

Oak Bay Recreation Center, British Columbia, Canada.

Taught creative dramatics for children. Developed creative expression exercises for adults.

Visions, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Outward Bound type program for teenagers. Taught acting exercises and video production.

YWCA Outreach Programs. Austin and San Antonio, TX.

Taught creative dramatics, crafts and reading for multi-ethnic populations.

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