Resume
Professional Profile:
Experienced English teacher who uses writing and project-based learning assessment to enhance student learning.
Uses the writing process and portfolio assessment in all writing instruction.
Directed seven plays and five musicals from 2003 to 2010 at both Luther East High School and Lutheran High School of Indianapolis.
Attended the Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in June 2006.
Attended the Belfer Next Step Conference in Chicago, IL in June 2008.
Interested in Holocaust and genocide awareness, rhetoric, writing and the writing process, Shakespeare (and other forms of drama), and the modern novel.
Uses interest and education in history to enrich background knowledge and understanding of texts studied in class.
Experienced in use of the Internet and educational software.
Experienced in using some differentiation strategies in secondary education.
Applies multiple-intelligence strategies in instruction.
Experience with multiple course management systems, including: Blackboard, Moodle, Google Classroom, and D2L
Education and Certification:
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, graduated May 2013, M.A. English, Rhetoric and Composition.
Concordia University, Wisconsin, Summer 2007, 3 graduate credit hours.
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Summer 2007, 4 graduate credit hours.
Concordia University, Nebraska, B.S. Ed./English and history concentration, B.A. History, May 2002.
Oak Hill Theological Seminary, London, England, Fall 1999.
Indiana Professional Practitioner License: No. 1585979, Expires June 7, 2031. Language Arts 7-12.
Experience:
Early College English Teacher, August 2021-present, Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School, Indianapolis, IN
Content Creator and Freelance Writer, May 2021-present, Shelly Media Arts
English Teacher/Instructional Leader, August 2015-January 2021, Concordia Lutheran High School, Tomball, TX
English Instructor, August 2020-December 2020, Lone Star College, Tomball, TX
Freelance Writer, March 2017-December 2018, THRED (Lutheran Hour Ministries)
Reader for AP Language and Composition, June 2015 and June 2017
English Teacher, 2011-2015, Concordia Lutheran High School, Fort Wayne, IN
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2010-2012, IPFW, Fort Wayne, IN
English Teacher, 2005-2010, Lutheran High School, Indianapolis, IN
English Teacher, 2002-2005, Luther East High School, Lansing, IL
Substitute taught at public and private schools in Berrien County, MI , Spring 2002
Student Teacher, 2001, Denver Lutheran High School, Denver, CO
Student Teacher, 2001, Seward High School, Seward, NE
Professional Organizations:
National Council for Teachers of English
Sigma Tau Delta (English honor society)
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Literature
American Literature
British Literature
World Literature
Sophomore English
Expository Writing
Advanced Composition
Literary Movements
Contemporary Literature
Theatre Arts
Christian Ethics
World Religions
W131 Elementary Composition (College)
Freshman English
AP Language and Composition
English 2 Pre-AP
AP Literature and Composition
Creative Writing
Yearbook
Dual Credit 1301 and 1302