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CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

Design and implement English and Creative Writing curricula for grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 at the College Preparatory, Accelerated, and Honors levels

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• Select texts of fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry to build a comprehensive and inviting literature course appropriate to each level

• Invent graphic organizers, study guides, grammar activities, and creative and critical writing exercises that ask students to apply their knowledge to real-world contexts, to question authority, to think analytically, and to enliven their imaginations

• Challenge students to craft clear and captivating prose via frequent writing assignments of multiple styles (i.e., informative, reflective, analytical, persuasive, creative)

• Incorporate technology, such as laptops, projectors, and interactive whiteboards, into daily lessons (e.g., online organization of class materials, teaching of research and presentations skills, writing workshops)

• Generate self-advocacy and self-empowerment in students by inviting them to participate in one-on-one writing conferences

• Provide extensive written and oral feedback on student writing

• Assess student learning via a variety of methods such as written, oral, team, and class quizzes; essays; small-group activities; artistic projects; skits; dramatic readings; and digital presentations

• Accommodate students of diverse ethnic and learning backgrounds, developmental ability, executive functioning and language processing levels, and motivation with differentiated teaching approaches

• Establish an open classroom atmosphere with a balance of high expectations, belief in student autonomy and choice, and respect for privacy

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MENTORING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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• Designed and led a workshop on The Four Domains of Writing at Boston College’s New Teacher Academy (2009)

• Supervised a new St. John’s Prep English faculty member in the role of cooperating veteran teacher during her practicum semester in the M.A.T. program at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education

• Participate in weekly collaborative sessions with fellow Wellesley High School English teachers to develop protocol for common assessments and to ensure that our course content and daily teaching practices are progressive and effective

• Collaborate consistently with special educators at WHS to provide students on Individualized Education Plans and 504 Plans with necessary accommodations

• Attend monthly IEP and 504 Plan meetings with school administrators, psychologists, and counselors, colleagues, students, and students’ families in order to discuss students’ educational and social needs

• Partake in on-campus and off-campus professional development workshops that center on topics such as ADD and ADHD, Google platforms, iPad applications, gender identity, suicide prevention, and race relations