CLARA BARTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONS – BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

10th Grade English, AP Language and Composition, and Theater Coordinator

• Taught six classes to assist an ailing colleague

• Coordinated Theater trips to Hamilton, Hadestown, Leopoldstadt, and Shucked

• Establishing Drama and Arts Clubs for student performances  

 

THE SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS – BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

9th, 11th and 12th Grade English, The Arts Club Coordinator, UFT delegate

• Collaborated with colleagues to develop and align the new  Into Literature curriculum

• Hosted Google Meet “Painting Parties” while remote that evolved into the “in person” Arts Club

• Enabled students to express themselves in frequent poetry readings and talent showcases

 

FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL – NEW YORK, NEW YORK

12th Grade AP Literature, 11TH Grade English, UFT Chapter Leader, Theater Director

• Supervised passing rate of over 90% on ELA Regents exams with 40% of students receiving 85 and above

• Serving the SLT and on all appropriate committees as school’s first union delegate and then as chapter leader

• Founded the school’s theater program, facilitated talent shows, and staged the musical Little Shop of Horrors

 

UFT SECONDARY CHARTER SCHOOL – EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN

9th, 10th, 11th Grade and AP Literature Teacher

• Achieved a three year average of  85% passing rate of students taking the ELA Regents the first time; district average is 50%.

• In 2012, 91% of students passed the English Regents the first time

• Wrote the school’s course catalogue and, in the process, established the school’s A.P. program

 

NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL – WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NEW YORK

12th Grade Reading and Writing Workshop/English Electives Teacher, and 11th Grade English Teacher

• Trained our most struggling learners, who had failed the English Regents multiple times, for one semester.  Every student passed the following exam (January 2010).

• Established the 11th Grade curriculum, the 12th grade Reading and Writing Workshop, and English electives

• Founder and Adviser for the Talon, the school newspaper, Aerie the school literary magazine, and the Guitar Club

 

COLBAYNS HIGH SCHOOL – CLACTON-ON-SEA, ESSEX – UNITED KINGDOM

Teacher of English

• Implemented National Curriculum in a challenging school in East Essex, United Kingdom

• Directed the play, Whose Life Is It Anyway? for G.C.S.E. exam review

• Revised and differentiated schemes of work for years seven through eleven