My Teaching Experience

Presently: Educational Program Consultant, Society of Nuclear Medicine. Compare and condense extensive documents from multiple sources in order to create various communications (primarily through technological means) depending on audience and venue. Write, edit, proofread, and provide textual input for multiple projects and multiple departments within the SNM society. Construct innovative, web friendly pages, with appropriate links which dovetail with an existing platform. Be available to participate in any and all "new" conceptual projects/programs as directed by the Director of Education, the SNM CEO, the SNM BOD's and significant outside contributors. Previously: Program Assistant, Society of Nuclear Medicine Coordinate all program activities under auspices of Molecular Imaging Center for Excellence Director: contact for availability and schedule conference calls between physicians, scientists and professors, nationally and globally; maintain ongoing correspondence with members of various work groups; edit outgoing emails from supervisors; revise and edit program agendas, professional biographies and contact databases; troubleshoot issues relative to ongoing conferences and summit meetings regarding travel, logistics, and accommodations; maintain extensive databases of documented communications, professional background information and chronological status of “working groups;” create spreadsheets for multiple and over-lapping projects; provide creative input relative to programs, brochures and company literature; conduct extensive research to create contact databases for multiple ongoing Center of Excellence projects; keep track of Director’s schedule and calendar to issue reminders; write up and submit RPA’s; interact with finance, education and meetings departments regularly. Presently: Director www.thurisazva.org. Founder and registered agent of a not-for-profit organization established primarily to fund a novel educational concept. Responsibilities include motivation, recruitment, planning, development, financial records and research. Supervise a management team consisting of four departments all of which are devoted to supporting educational projects. Coordinate all board activities. Previously: Educational Consultant Trainer Within the realm of CampusTech, a liaison company providing academic discounts to eligible candidates, train new csr's to accomplish the following: verify customer eligibility, correspond and consult with potential consumers regarding academic verification, transcribe technological responses for multi-purpose use, monitor data bases for possible discrepancies in "lost" communications, contribute to creative aspect of company "sister" sites. In addition, personally edit existing and compose new canned responses for techcom, compile technical segments for instructional manual contributions. Previously: English Department Chair Support best practices, oversee instruction, program and curriculum development. Maintain organization and administration in all areas of English department for twelve teachers. Work closely with other county English chairs and on-site administration. Utilize current technological advancements for coordination and instruction. Emphasis on assessment practices with consistent efforts toward improvement, especially SOL's. In-depth focus on alternative assessments for a diverse population. Continually monitor success of strategies relative to IEP's. English Teacher Teach American literature, British literature, ninth grade honors curriculum and AP language and composition. Maintain safe and supportive learning environment. Engage in regular staff development to improve quality, foster camaraderie and exceed current practices. Utilize current technological advancements for improved instruction and to include multiple intelligences. Focus on alternative assessments for a diverse population that attempt to guarantee student success. Coordinate with SPED department to insure IEP compliance and monitor accommodations. Consistently participate in personal educational improvement.

My Teaching Style

What matters more to me than anything else is instilling my students with a love for learning: the kind of authentic learning that is actually self-discovery. School should be experiential and as such utilize as many “hands on/brain on” type instruction as possible. I have generally shied away from textbooks (using them as resources only) and spent long hours after school creating my own lessons, projects, activities and assessments. The most important aspect of teaching is creating an environment which supports students on an individualized basis, so that every student feels promoted, argued for, held up and kept going in a dynamic and situational fashion. Knowledge of true support requires applying psychological principles to learning, The better I understand my students' minds, the greater advances I can make in their academic receptivity. This understanding requires examining cognitive and behavioral functions as well as a knowledge of developmental psychology in order to assist students in using their own internal resources to achieve their goals

Honors/Awards/Shining Teaching Moment

Publications and Presentations A Young Person's Guide to Meditation, 2005 (Handbook) "Meditation to Foster a Learning Environment," 2004 (Pres) "Horizontal Teaming in English," 2004 (Pres) "Achieving Success for all Students," 2003 (Grant proposal) "Victorian Garden Project," 2001 (Grant) "Them, revised," (original author, Joyce Carol Oates), 1998 (Pres) Experience with diverse student populations, "at-risk" students, and G & T. Nomination for teacher of the year 2004. Recognized for Excellence in Education 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004. Who's Who Among American Teachers 2001-2006. Kappa Delta Pi 1998-2001. NEA 1999-present. IWWG 2002 - present. Personal tutor 2000- present. Teacher mentor 2004-2006. Diabetes Management Certification 2005. Epi-Pen Training 2005. Gang Prevention and Intervention Seminar 2005. CPR 2003. SAT Instruction 2004. Magna Cum Laude 1998

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