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Melina R. Johnson
San Jose, California Cell Phone: (408) 718-7239
San Jose, California Cell Phone: (408) 718-7239
Email: melinajfletcher@gmail.com
E D U C A T I O N
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
• Ed.D., Learning and Instruction, December 2010
An Investigation of California Middle-Grades Teachers’ Knowledge of Early Adolescent Development
Committee Members: Patricia Busk (Chair), Mathew Mitchell, Caryl Hodges
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
• M.A., Interdisciplinary Education, Character Education emphasis, June 2003
• Professional Clear Single Subject (English) Teaching Credential, June 2003
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
• B.A., English, June 2001
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
Consulting
July 2015 – Present Independent Educational Consultant, Owner
ScholarVision Educational Consulting, LLC
Designing and facilitating staff-development workshops to assist teachers in integrating the California Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts & Literacy; Designing and teaching one-on-one college awareness/preparedness sessions to middle-grades students; Providing college-essay coaching for high school seniors
Teaching
Teaching
January 2011 – June 2015 Quarterly Adjunct Lecturer
Santa Clara University, Department of Education EDUC 295, Teaching Reading in the Content Areas EDUC 283, Literacy Development in the Secondary
Schools
EDUC 250, Social and Ethical Foundations of Education
August 2002 – 2013 Milpitas Unified School District, Rancho Middle School
Beginning-Teacher Support
Beginning-Teacher Support
August 2014 – June 2015 Field Supervisor
Santa Clara University, Department of Education
August 2012 – June 2013 BTSA Support Provider
Milpitas Unified School District
September 2010- San Jose State University
June 2011 Resident/Supervising Teacher for credential candidate
September 2008 – Santa Clara University
June 2009 Resident/Supervising Teacher for credential candidate
Summer 2003, 2008 Santa Clara University
Reading and Learning Center Graduate Assistant
Leadership
Leadership
September 2011 – June 2013 Rancho Middle School
Academic Team Lead
August 2010 – June 2013 Rancho Middle School
Webmaster/Site Tech Leader
August 2008 – June 2012 Rancho Middle School
English/Language Arts Department Chair
August 2003 – June 2011 Rancho Middle School
Student Review Team Coordinator
August 2004 – June 2008 Rancho Middle School
EDUC 252, Introduction to Teaching in the Secondary School
English/Language Arts Teacher, Grades 7 and 8 AVID Teacher, Grades 7 and 8
Academic Team Lead
Presentations
Presentations
June 2011 Supporting Intellectual, Social, and Physical Development through Physical Education – Presented at The National Forum’s Schools to Watch Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
November 2009 Instructional Strategies that Help Bridge the Achievement
Gap – Presented to Rancho Middle School faculty
November 2008 Strategies for Building Literacy; Literacy and
August 2008 Pre-Reading, During-Reading, and Post-Reading Strategies
– Presented to Rancho Middle School faculty
January 2008 Literacy Across the Content Areas – Presented to Rancho
Middle School faculty
August 2006 Classroom Management in the Middle School – Presented
to first and second year middle-school teachers in the Milpitas Unified School District
Differentiation – Presented to Rancho Middle School faculty
June 2006 Shaping a Developmentally Responsive Middle School – Presented at The National Forum’s Schools to Watch Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
H O N O R S / A W A R D S
H O N O R S / A W A R D S
• Teacher of the Year, 2005 – Awarded by Rancho Middle School
• Hank Hutchins Award, 2004 – Awarded by the Santa Clara County Alliance of Black Educators for positively affecting the education of African American students
P R O F E S S I O N A L D E V E L O P M E N T A C T I V I T I E S
P R O F E S S I O N A L D E V E L O P M E N T A C T I V I T I E S
• Independent Educational Consultants Association Summer Training Institute, 2015
• Sheltered Instruction Operation Protocol Training, 2010
• California League of Middle Schools Literacy and Learning Conference, 2008
• The National Forum Schools to Watch Annual Conference, 2006
• California League of Middle Schools Annual Conference, 2004, 2005, and 2006
• AVID Summer Institute, 2003 and 2004
• Santa Clara University Ethics Camp, Character Based Curriculum, 2002 and 2003
• Santa Clara University Middle School Institute, 2002
• Various workshops sponsored by the Santa Clara County Reading Council
R E F E R E N C E S
R E F E R E N C E S
Lisa S. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Chairperson and Professor, Department of Education Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95055 (408) 551-1611
Priscilla Myers, Ph.D.
500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95050 (408) 551-1925
Leticia Villa-Gascon, Principal
Senior Lecturer, Department of Education Santa Clara University
DCP Alum Rock Middle School (Former Principal of Rancho MS) 2888 Ocala Ave.
San Jose, CA 95148 (408) 942-7000
Beth Kohn, Language Arts Department Chair and Teacher Rancho Middle School
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