High school teacher
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Taught a variety of English and literature courses at a public 800+ student high school.

• Followed guidelines and standards set by the school board on assessing student achievement.
• Planned essay writing assignments involving creative fiction and non-fiction writing.
• Assigned classic literature texts for students to read, analyze, and reflect on.
• Held one-on-one conferences with individual students on how to improve their writing and literature analysis skills.
• Created lessons involving students acting out dramatic scenes from their favorite classic literary texts.
• Collaborated with school librarian on teaching students how to search for and cite sources when writing research papers.
• Provided worksheets for students to complete that tested their grammar, spelling, and punctuation skills.

Teach a full academic curriculum of American History. Designed and implemented customized teaching programs. Developed the curriculum for the Interpreting American History through Film class. Deliver engaging history lessons on different time periods, movements, and other historical events and personalities.

• Integrated technology into the curriculum, supplementing class lectures and developing students' word processing and researching skills.
• Utilized Internet for resources on current events, history, and literature to complement learning activities
• Implemented various student-centered learning methodologies; significantly enhanced the class environment by acting as a facilitator to promote student leadership in initiating and creating positive learning opportunities.

Acquired volunteer experience working as an assistant biology teacher at a parochial high school.

• Developed lesson plans for students using updated textbook and issued tests after the completion of each chapter.
• Let students perform field research for projects involving the classification of organisms such as animals, plants, insects, and fungi.
• Assisted with grading of quizzes, tests, projects, presentations, and extra credit assignments.
• Organized afterschool group activities to get students interested in careers involving the biological sciences.
• Assessed the progress of students and conferred with students struggling with assignments.
• Followed health and safety regulations when assigning lab work to students involving the dissection of organisms.