Glenda M. Branch-McDowell

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Franklinville, NJ 08322

H 856-***-****

C 609-***-****

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EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Passaic School District, New Jersey

2001 - Present

Middle School Special Education Teacher

Passaic County Community College

2000 - 2015

English Adjunct Professor

Sylvan Learning Center

1998 - 2000

Education Director

NECA

1996 - 1998

Accounts Payable Manager

City of Clifton

1987- 1995

Tax Coordinator

Experience

READ180 Certified

Orton-Gillingham Trained

Liaison between school and community using speaking engagements and written media to advocate academic development via technology.

Project management skills using technology.

Proven track record of working with a diverse group of middle school and college students.

Experience in Google Classroom, Zoom, and Linkit.

Expertise in current and effective educational practices in technology, literacy differentiated instruction and brain-based learning.

Experience teaching essay writing.

Possess a strong understanding of teaching essay writing concepts across a variety of contexts and rhetorical situations.

Excellent leadership and communication skills.

Provided additional strategy for "at risk" children and their families, through individual needs planning.

Experience in curriculum instruction and staff development.

Experience with the infusion of technology in literacy for special needs students.

Differentiated instruction, pursuant to IEPs.

In-class support, center work, and guided reading.

Club organizer and event planner for hundreds of students.

Community Award for outstanding service: 2010-2011.

Mentoring Program 2011-2013.

EAP Representative 2013-2019.

ADDITIONAL ROLES

Passaic School District, NJ

2006 - Present

Club Organizer

• The African-American Club (AAC) introduces a diverse group of students to African ancestry by exposing them to various literatures, museums, and ethnic cuisine domestically. The Club takes pleasure in fundraising throughout the year in order to have an unforgettable educational experience out of state. The AAC complies with the NJDOE curriculum by focusing on Language Arts, Social Studies, and Life Skills. The events require strategizing, fund raising, and an enormous amount of volunteered time and supervision of students in various social environments often times outside of New Jersey.

At the onset of the school year, we diligently work on our annual performance for June. We either recognize a NJ celebrity through music/dance, we expose student’s theatrics via a play, or we expose the school community’s talent via LMS#4 Idol. For the past several years, I have had the pleasure of organizing and taking approximately 42 students to Baltimore, MD & Washington, DC to tour The Great Blacks Wax Museum, The White House, US Capitol Bldg, historical museums, and fine cuisine.

Teachers Making a Difference 2004-Present

• "Interconnections", Teacher/student mentoring for Excellence in Education. One of ten teachers who work together for one week to design and implement a mentoring program currently used in Lincoln Middle School.

EDUCATION

New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey

Masters in Urban education

Nova Southeastern University

Doctoral Candidate: Educational Leadership

New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey

Masters of Arts: Education

Seton Hall University, Orange, New Jersey

Masters of Public Administration

Rutgers’s University, Newark, New Jersey

Bachelor of Science: Criminal Justice

Educational Supervisor Certification

Teacher of Handicap Certification, K-12

Certificate of Eligibility for School Business Administrator

Notary Public

REFERENCES

Ms. Graciella Romero : Assistant Principal (PHS) @973-***-****

Mr. Alan Mitnick : Dept. Chair, PCCC@ 973-***-****

Ms. Denise Martinez : ELA District Chair (School#9) @ 973-***-****

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