Language Arts Education Specialist
Resume:
GARY LOSS
*********@*****.***
Houston, TX
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-loss-5024834a
CAREER ASSETS
Education specialist with 30 years’ experience teaching, training, consulting, and writing curricular and instructional products and services for grades K-12, including college preparation courses. Excellent speaker, trainer, tutor, and coach with a significant record of accomplishment regarding student performance and positive learning outcome. Outstanding written and oral communication skills combined with a knack for determining root causes of problems and collaborating to effect long-term, positive change in schools. KEY SKILLS
Curricular Design (Backwards Design)
Universal Desing for Learning
Strategic Goal Setting
Aligned/Authentic Assessments
Root Cause Analysis
Depth of Knowledge Principles
Pedagogical Best Practices
Student/Teacher Empowerment
Comprehensive Literacy Practices
Building Effective Teams
TUTOR/ LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE TEACHER (2023-PRESENT) CONTRACT CURRICULUM WRITER (2020-2023)
• Conceptualized and custom-design virtual coursework (language arts and health science) for multiple organizations using Backward Design and Universal Design for Learning Principles.
• Wrote in-depth, research-based medical articles for Scout News. REGION 4 EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER (2007-2020)
CURRICULUM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Evaluated the effectiveness, coherency, and alignment of language arts curriculums, recommend solutions, and worked with administration, specialists, and teachers to design engaging, standards-based, creative, pedagogically sound instructional units based on the principles of backward design, student engagement, and effective learning processes. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/CONTENT CREATION
• Designed customized curricular units for public schools
• Designed, created, and delivered a wide variety of products and professional development workshops using research and evidence-based best practices. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (2001-2007)
Conceptualized and created comprehensive middle school language arts curriculums. PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPERIENCE (1992-2001)
Taught grades 3-10 for multiple districts and schools in Texas. HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE (1998-1999)
Practiced holistic massage therapy (Tree of Life Massage)
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