Wednesday, August 14, 2013

My Resume

I was a teacher, and I'm proud of it!






           Education
         Post graduate:             
            East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
           
            Graduate:
            M.S.L.I.S.  University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
            M.S., Rehabilitation Counseling, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,             VA

            Undergraduate: B.A., English, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,             VA

Favorite Quotation:  “Read and you will be forever free.” – Frederick Douglass

Honors/Awards

·       “Trip to Paris,” WUNC Public Radio, 2011
·      “Embracing the Child” literacy grant, Townsend Publishing, 2009
·      National Endowment for the Humanities, “Picturing America,” 2008
·      Nominated for Who’s Who in American Education, 2007
·      World War II Oral History Project:  “John Harrawood.”  Archived at the Veterans’ History Project, Library of Congress, 2006.
·      “Crafting Freedom,” Thomas Day Institute and the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2006
·       American Memory Fellowship, Library of Congress, 2001
·      Project Tomorrow Grant,1998 and 1999
·      American Library Association travel grant, Guadalajara, 1999
·      Phi Beta Mu International Honor Society, 1992


Training
·      Advocacy  Summit, Public Policy and Advocacy Department/Arthritis Foundation, Washington, D. C., 2013

·      Introduction to the Learning Health System, (online), National eHealth Collaborative, 2011
·      Computers in Medical Settings, Nash Community College, (Rocky Mount, NC), 2011
·      Computers in the Workplace, Nash Community College, 2011
·      Learning to Learn Online, InSync, 2010
·      “Teaching and Learning With Technology,” (online course), 2009
·      “Project Based Learning”, Intel, 2009
·      “What’s New in Young Adult Literature, Bureau of Education Research, 2009
  • “Creating a Climate for Reading,” (2006), Wake County Public Schools, Raleigh, NC
  • “Using Character Education as a Motivator in Reading Programs,” (April, 2006), East Carolina University,  Greenville, NC.
  • “Reading Circles,” (May, 2006), East Carolina University,  Greenville, NC.
  • “The Effective Use of Sustained Silent Reading,” (May, 2006), East Carolina University,  Greenville, NC.
§  Summer Institute, NC Public Schools: “Managing Difficult Behavior for
            Individual Students,” (2005),  Atlantic Beach, NC.
§  “A Mind at a Time,” workshop for teachers by Mel Levine, (2004),
            Chapel Hill,  NC.
  • Oral History Workshop sponsored by the Southern Oral History Project at
            UNC-Chapel Hill, (2004), Mt. Airy, N
  • “Dimensions of Learning” (2003), Wilson, NC
§  NC LIVE (1999-2000), Raleigh, NC
§  LearnNC (2000), Weldon, NC 
§  “Marco Polo: Internet Content for the Classroom,” (2000), Raleigh, NC 
§  Follett Library Automation (2001),Weldon,  NC
§  NC WISE OWL (2001), Weldon, NC
§  American Memory (2001), Washington, D. C..  Presenter, 2002, “Using   
            American Memory to Enrich Curriculum,” Greenville, NC.

Work Experience

Writer, Tarboro, NC, July, 2011-present.  I write up-lifting, compelling articles about people and places on a global perspective.  Many of my articles were published in a local publication, The Daily Southerner, as well as in Eastern North Carolina Woman.  I also write poetry.
Library Media Coordinator (Edgecombe County, NC)  August, 2007-2009
·      Prepared the LMC to receive students upon the closing of Roberson Elementary School and the re-opening of the building as the Roberson Center for Educational Achievement  (August, 2007).
·      Led up to 10 classes a week on a fixed library schedule.
·      Provided leadership for the launching of the circulation system
·      Solicited corporate support for the acquisition of new materials.
·      Kept the faculty informed of new resources.
·      Served on the School Improvement Team.
·      Served on the School Library Curriculum Council.
·      Introduced new presentation equipment to help teachers integrate technology into lesson plans.
·      Collaborated with teachers on student research projects.
·      Advocated for school libraries and their relationship to high student achievement.
·      Promoted the LMC through library newsletters to parents and teachers.
·      Participated in school activities (Relay for Life, Field Day).
·      Planned activities to increase student achievement.
·      Wrote grants to enhance range planning for the collection.
·      Created an attractive space to encourage student use of the library.

Library Media Coordinator (Wake County, NC)  Jan.,  2006 – June 13, 2006.
  • Assistded with providing library services to approximately 820 elementary students grades K-5.
  • Taught 17 classes a week in the media center (fixed schedule).
  • Aligned lesson plans with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
  • Help to create a climate conducive to reading and learning.
  • Integrated elements of the North Carolina Character Education Initiative and
             history into lessons.

Special Ed Teacher (Nash County, NC) 2004-2005
  • Worked as a special education teacher for juvenile offenders at an off-campus program.  Grade range was 6-8.  Emphasis:  reading, literacy, social studies, Character Education, math, art, career focus.

Library Media Coordinator  (Wilson County, NC)  2002-2003
§  School Librarian for 315 elementary students K-5.
§  Collaborated with faculty.
§  Wrote collection development grants totaling $10,000.00
§  Integrated the NCSOS into library lesson plans.
§  Renovated and re-organized the school library
§  Promoted the library with newsletters and special events (“Celebrity Readers”, “Read Across America”, etc.)

 Library Media Coordinator (Halifax County, NC)  2000-2001
§  School librarian for 600 middle and high school students.
§  Collaborated with teachers.
§  Set up the Follett circulation system.
§  Re-organized the library for better access.
§  Promoted the library with speakers, programs, Teen Read Week, etc.
§  Wrote grants.
§  Supervised student assistants in the library.
§  Formed partnerships with publishers to help extend the book collection.

Assistant Director and Reference Librarian (Tarboro, NC)  1996-2000
§  Provided reference services for all ages and disciplines.
§  Assisted children and their parents in the absence of the Children’s Librarian.
§  Initiated and taught NC LIVE and Internet classes for the public.
§  Wrote collection development grants of over $5000.00.
§  Staff training and adult programming.
§  Involved in outreach to area schools.
§  Involved in the development and maintenance of adult reference and nonfiction collections
§  Aided in the cataloging of the adult nonfiction collection and books in Spanish.
§  Weeded the reference collection.
§  Assisted in the weeding of the adult nonfiction collection.
§  Publicized the library with a weekly news column (1997-2000) and an interview for WITN-TV to promote public libraries (March, 2000)
§  Organized art exhibits and displays.


Reference Librarian (Mt. Vernon, GA)  1992-1996
§  Initiated reference and bibliographic instruction services for Brewton-Parker College.
§  Kept the faculty informed of new reference sources and services
§  Designed research guides and library pathfinders
§  Implemented book exhibits, displays, and special events for Black History Month, Women's History Month, National Poetry Month, and National Library Month.
§  Led the development of the reference collection in all disciplines.
§  Gave tours of the library for school groups and helped high school students learn to use reference materials
§  Publicized the library to the public through events such as a poetry reading coffeehouse during National Poetry Month.

 Memberships

North Carolina Writers Network, PEN America, Edgecombe County Arts Council,
Nasher Museum of Duke University


References

Aniko Redman, Researcher, Durham, NC, cell 919-544-7437

Beverly McNeill, Educator Emeritus/Teacher Trainer.  Chairman of the Board for APPREND, Durham County, NC.  Cell:  919-489-1166.

Chip Wigginton, former publisher/editor of The Daily Southerner, Tarboro, NC, Cell:  804-426-2757.
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Bea Burnett, tennis champion and retired actress, Cell:  252-469-8383






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