Sally Naylor, MS

***** ******* *****, ***** *******, FL 33071

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Executive Summary

ENGLISH, CREATIVE WRITING, COUNSELING

A three-legged stool, Sally Naylor aims to generate student enthusiasm whether teaching parallel structure the extended metaphor or active listening. During her tenure at the Baylor School her sixty students routinely generated 70+ awards and publications. She employs linear checklists & rubrics as well as right-brain, open-ended protocols. She encourages risk as she works to reduce student anxiety. Her models work for both creative and expository compositions. Literary analysis and reading comprehension skill-building are key. Required formal oral readings of original compositions develop public speaking poise and create community. She savors instructional design and has written curricula for gifted, English, creative writing, history and mental health classes. Naylor has also published three books of poetry, a memoir and a chapbook. First Light, is a creative writing textbook. She is finishing a self-help book, The Schlepp Factor, that distills the most effective self-help practices available, matching processes with personal preferences.

Education

Bachelor of Science 1973

Double Major ~ English & History

University of Texas

Master of Science 1986

Guidance & Counseling, Community Counseling

Barry University

Master of Fine Arts –Creative Writing Program:

Poetry, Post Graduate work. 1993-1998

Florida International University (minus 6 graduate hours)

Honors

Graduate Writing Awards –Florida International University Competitions

oCreative Non-Fiction ~ 1st and 2nd Place 1996 & 1997

oPoetry ~ 2nd Place 1997

National Honor Society, Teacher of Merit Award, Spring 2012

Kappa Delta Pi – Barry University, 1985

Publications

American Literature/History Curriculum grant for Vanguard Gifted Program, Houston 1976

Ransom Everglades curriculum grants for counseling 1989 & 1995

Publications in Literary Journals & Anthologies ~ Twenty+ individual poems 1995-2001

Firebird –poetry, January 2012

Rogue Nirvana ~ memoir, fall 2014

Heresies & Sweet Basil ~ poetry, fall 2014

Riffs, poetry, winter 2016

Slay Your Darlings: An Anthology by the No Name Poets, editor & contributor, December 2016

First Light, Vol. 1 of a creative writing workbook series, publication date set for summer 2019

Synapse Flies Into Startle, The Poetry Box Press, March 15, 2021 launch

Speaking Engagements

oPoetry Readings ~ Tobacco Road 1996 & 1997

oProse Poem Workshops ~ Chattanooga Writer’s Guild March 2012

oInterview ~ Al Cole Persons of Distinction ~ Rogue Nirvana September 2014

Three Radio Interviews ~ Voice of America

BEING Outside the Box, “Romance” February 2014

Good Vibrations “Body Image” March 2013

BEING Outside the Box, “Religion” September 2012

oReadings: Center for the Book, Broward County Library, March & April, ‘16, April ’18, April 2021

oGuest lecturer, graduate students, San Ignacio University, March 2017: “NLP: Frogs Into Princes”

oWorkshop on Place & the Prose Poem, West Palm Beach Poetry Festival, February 3, 2018

oToastmasters

Community Service

Clinical Supervisor ~ Mental Health Counseling ~ Barry University 1986-1989

Founder & Board of Directors ~ Chattanooga Writer’s Guild 2002 -2003

Planning Committee member ~ Southern Writers Conference 2002 – 2003

Committee Member ~ Persons of Distinction, Humanitarian Awards, July 2014

Committee Member ~ Mindful Living Center ~ Education Committee 2012

Board member for Graduate Education Curriculum: San Ignacio University, Doral, Florida, March 9, 2017

Associate editor of SOPOFLOJO, South Florida Poetry Journal, 2016,17 & 18 & Issue editor August, 2017

Professional Development

Bennington Writer’s Workshop ~ 1992,

Breadloaf Writer’s Workshops ~ Middlebury summer 1997

Peaceworks Mediation Training ~1995,

Illinois Institute for Conflict Resolution ~1996 &1997

NLP Practitioners & Masters Certification ~ summer sabbatical 1995 & 1997

Seaside Writers Conferences ~ 1994, 96, 97 & 98

Advanced Poetry Workshop ~ Queens College Dublin ~ summer 1999

Diversity Trainings ~ 2002 & 2003

Creative Workshop ~ Hania, Crete, Greece ~ Summer 2003

Life Coach & Consciousness Facilitator, Certifications: 2012-13, 2015-2016

Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention workshops ~1998

Southern Writer’s Conference, 2002, 2003

Miami Book Fair Writer’s Institute & West Palm Beach Poetry workshops: 2014, 16, 18, 20 & 21

Overview

Writer’s Catapult, founder, workshop leader, teacher 2020-2021

San Ignacio University, English as a Second Language Teacher 2019

Free Lance Writer, Editor, Life Coach & Speaker 2012-2018

Counselor & Teacher ~ Middle and Upper School 1999-2012

The Baylor School ~ Chattanooga, TN

Counselor & Teacher ~ Upper School 1986-1998

Ransom Everglades School ~ Coconut Grove, FL

English & Personal Growth Teacher 1981-1986

Gulliver Preparatory School ~ Miami, FL

English Teacher 1979-1981

Waxahatchie High School ~ Waxahatchie, TX

English & history Teacher 1977-1978

Queen Anne School ~ Upper Marlborough, MD

English teacher, Robert E. Lee & Jesse Jones High, HISD 1974-1978

Educational therapist, St Jude’s Hospital 1971-1973

Specific Duties

San Ignacio University, March 2019

Directs adult students in implementing Cambridge University Press, Ventures, curriculum.

Guides impromptu English language conversation sessions.

Provides weekly creative & expository writing assignments & revision guidelines.

Requires daily read-aloud sessions of original student writing with an emphasis on pronunciation.

Directs daily grammar & vocabulary building introduction and reviews.

Directs the compilation a book of revised student work and a public reading.

The Baylor School, Chattanooga, TN 1999-2012

Middle & Upper School Counselor & Teacher

Taught 8th & 12th grade English with emphasis on writing

Students submitted course work for contests resulting in approximate 70+ awards and publications per year. Class load was 60 students.

Taught 8th grade Wellness and developed curriculum for and taught 7th grade Wellness

Created and facilitated a leadership training retreat

Counseled individual students and instituted specialized optional lunch time counseling groups

Organized and presented Women’s History and Black History month chapel programs

Facilitated a Critical Friends Group

Sat on Curriculum & Research, Planning, & Diversity Subcommittees

Sponsored and trained peer support group for international boarding students: Student Outreach

Joined SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) & four diversity training workshops

Designed senior electives: Creative Writing, Non-Fiction Workshop, Melting Pot: An Exploration of the Hyphenated-American Experience, taught European, world & women’s literature.

Supervised 8th grade advisor group (eleven students) who donated $5000.00 to Heifer, International

Ransom Everglades School, Coconut Grove, FL 1986-1998 Upper School Counselor & Teacher

Initiated a peer counseling program

Counseled individual students and groups

Created specialized counseling groups, such as: grief, divorce, social skills, etc.

Offered conflict resolution and mediation training

Created an AIDS Education component to the peer counseling program

Supervised student fund raising activities for Aids Walk Miami

Initiated an Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention Week

Taught 10th grade English, world civilization, creative writing & communication skills

Gulliver Preparatory School, Miami, FL 1981-1986 English & Personal Growth Class Teacher

Taught 12th grade American Literature

Taught 9th and 10th grade English

Designed elective personal growth course which included group counseling & communication skills

Advised the Honor Council

Waxahatchie High School, Waxahatchie, TX 1979-1981

English Teacher

Taught regular and remedial 9th grade English

Taught 12th grade electives: Great Tragedies, British Drama & Values Clarification

Queen Anne School, Upper Marlborough, MD 1977-1978

English & History Teacher

Taught Modern Civilization & English to 9th and 6th (summer school) grades

Robert E. Lee & Jesse H. Jones High Schools, Houston, TX

1974-1977

English Teacher

Taught world, American and British literature to 10th -12th grades

Wrote curriculum for Vanguard gifted program

Coordinated English and history course objectives, team teaching

Wrote thematic individualized English curriculum units

St Jude’s Psychiatric Hospital

1971-74

Educational therapist

Scheduled weekends & wrote curriculum for residential treatment center.

Instituted a token economy behavior modification system for classrooms.

Taught poetry.

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