Career Objective:
To teach English or Reading on a middle school or high school level utilizing my experience and education in the field.
Professional Experience:
Adjunct Professor Fall 1999-2003
Malone College---Canton, OH
*Instructed EDUC 357 Content Area Reading Strategies for Middle and Secondary Teachers course and also coordinated and supervised Partnership field experience.
*Instructed EDUC 312 Secondary Methods course and also coordinated and supervised Partnership field experience.
*Developed and implemented HUM 150 Contemporary Reading Strategies curriculum for struggling collegiate readers.
*Instructed HUM 100 College Experience course for incoming freshman in addition to mentoring an upperclassman teaching assistance.
*Supervised student teachers using Praxis evaluation tools.
English Teacher Fall 1998-1999
Bowling Green City Schools---Bowling Green, OH
*Administered classroom responsibilities for Honors, Inclusion, and Regular English, grade 8.
*Collaborated with team members in cross-content teaching, discipline, and conferencing of various students.
*Diagnosed, evaluated, and reported alongside of Special Education teacher.
Graduate Assistant Fall 1997-1998
Bowling Green State University---Bowling Green, OH
*Involved in supervising and training student teachers.
*Instructed EDCI 349 Theories of Reading course.
*Coordinated and supervised EDCI 202 Introduction of Teaching course
*Supervised a team of reading clinicians through multiple assessments of students’ reading disabilities.
Graduate Assistant Fall 1996-Summer 1997
Martha Gesling Weber Reading Center
Bowling Green State University---Bowling Green, OH
*Administered, evaluated, and diagnosed reading assessment results for clients.
*Developed and implemented individual curriculum plans for the intervention program.
*Assisted in training other Graduate Assistants.
English Teacher 1993-1996
Calvary Christian Schools---Muskegon, MI
*Administered classroom responsibilities for grade 7 & grades 9-12.
*Researched and developed feasible and contemporary, comprehensive English curriculum for grades 9-12.
*Assisted in developing a new school-wide discipline plan.
Educational Background:
B.A. English Education 1992
Cedarville University
Cedarville, OH
M.Ed. Reading 1997
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
Ed.S. Reading 1998
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
Ohio Secondary Education and Reading Licensure
Additional Courses:
Mentoring
Modern American and Multicultural Literature
Classroom & Clinical Assessment and Remediation
Using Technology in the Classroom
Presentations and Awards
