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Teaching Overview

Adjunct Instructor, ��Ӱֱ�� State College, ��Ӱֱ��, NY (9/98 -- present) * Designed and implement curriculum for "Introduction to Theatre Arts" elective course -- FNAT 1023 – taught on campus; and LITR 2603 “Introduction to Literature” course (9/05 – 6/09), taught at Hornell High School. Advisor of Drama Club/Director for Theatrical Productions, ��Ӱֱ�� State College (9/98 – 5/08) * Responsibilities included directing two productions per year as well as advising Drama Club and related activities. Productions included A Better Weather Blanket (world premiere/original production), The Odd Couple, (female version), You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown!, “Three-In-One” (One-Acts), “Dinner with Shakespeare,” The Murder Room, Fools, “7:10” (Collection of 10-minute plays), Little Shop of Horrors, The Butler Did It, and “Three-in-One” (One-Act Festival). High School English Teacher, Hornell High School, Hornell, NY (9/90 -- present) * Classes taught include 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade, both tracked and heterogeneously grouped sections. Also designed curriculum and acted as instructor for Advanced Placement English Language & Composition and Advanced Placement English Literature & Composition classes. Designed and facilitated elective courses in Theatre Arts, Cinema Studies, Poetry Workshop and Dramatic Literature. Acted as Advisor to school Jazz Ensemble and Yearbook, and served as announcer for sporting events. High School Theatre Director, Hornell High School, Hornell, NY (1/91 – 6/2004; 9/08 – present) * Designed and taught Theatre Arts elective (grades 9 -- 12). Acted as advisor of Drama Club. Also responsible for direction and technical direction (scene design and construction, lighting design and operation, sound design) of school dramatic and musical productions, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Foreigner, Bye Bye Birdie, The Crucible, The King and I, The Murder Room, The Sound of Music, The Nerd, South Pacific, Little Shop of Horrors, Fools, The Phantom Tollbooth, An Evening with Shakespeare, Flowers for Algernon, The Hobbit, The Diary of Anne Frank, Our Town, and Steel Magnolias, among others. English Department Head, Hornell High School, Hornell, NY (9/05 – 6/09) * Selected by department members to act as department leader and administrative contact in newly-created position. Duties include curriculum supervision, informal observations and implementation of instructional strategies, preparation of yearly departmental budget, coordination of departmental staff development efforts, department staffing recommendations, and assisting with departmental scheduling and class/course assignments.