Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

            New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ

                        Doctoral

                        Area of Study: Educational Technology Leadership, 2013-Present
           

Graduate

Major: Urban Education, 2010-2012, 3.98 GPA
Principal’s CE, (#870845/TR#300315), 2012
Supervision Certification (#823487/TR#300315), 2010

Major: Educational Technology, 2009
                Summa cum Laude              4.0 GPA

Major: Literacy Education (Reading Specialist), 2004

                                Reading Specialist Certification

                                Summa cum Laude              4.0 GPA

                        Undergraduate

                        Bachelor of the Arts, Major: English (Writing Concentration), 1995, 3.58 GPA

EXPERIENCE

            Reading Specialist (Teacher Consultant):

               

                          Alexandria Middle School, Pittstown, NJ 2011-Present (4^th-8^th Grade)

ñ  Modeling, collaboration, team-building, sharing best-practice methods (advisory)

ñ  Pull-out program, advanced literacy (instructional)

Teacher of English/Language Arts:

Keyport High School, Keyport, NJ 2010-2011 (10^th Grade)

·         English II Honors, English II Regular, English II (Enrichment)

Linden High School, Linden, NJ 2008-2010 (9^th, 10^th, 11^th & 12^th Grade)

·         English I (CP), English II (CP), English III (Remedial/General), English IV (General/CP)

Plainfield High School, Plainfield, NJ 2006-2008 (9^th Grade)

·         English 9 (Standard), Creative Writing, READ 180

Heritage Middle School, Livingston, NJ 2003-2004 (8^th Grade)

University Academy Charter High School, Jersey City, NJ, 2002-2003 (9^th Grade)

Teacher Consultant:

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 2006-Present

·         National Writing Project - Professional development for in-service educators

Instructor of English/Remedial Skills:

               

New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ, 2003-2006 (Adjunct)

·         Reading and Study Skills (Spring/Fall 2005, 2006)

Instruction for remedial college students

·         Literacy Methods: Reading, Language, and Literacy (Spring 2005)

Responsible for instructing pre-service educators in best practice reading and writing methods across the curriculum

·         English Composition I & II (2002-2004)

Instruction in foundational college-level literacy techniques including an introduction to the literature canon, analytical skills and approaches, and research methods

·         Creative Writing (Fall 2004)

Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ, 2002-2006 (Adjunct)

·         Basic Reading I, II, III/Basic Writing I, II, III (2002-2006)

·         Developing Analytic Thought (Fall 2005)

·         Member of Scoring Committee (Academic Foundations) (2005-2006)

·         Member of Reading Task Force on Literacy (2005)