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Long Term Objective: Professor of Transfer English
& Writing, Developmental English & Writing, Computer Information Systems, Computer
Applications, or other related field.
Qualifications:
Have taught CIS-120: Computer Concepts One at
Portland
Community College since fall of 2000. (Also taught Writing
80 and CAS-133) I have experience with individual and small
group tutoring & instruction, full classroom teaching, curriculum
development, consulting, scheduling, orientation, coordination,
resource material management, administration, staff-development,
and budgeting. I also mentor students, do advising, maintain
community partnerships, sponsor student clubs, participate in national
& international forums, and do research.
Special Training:
Tutoring, ESL, ENNL, Learning Disabilities,
Returning Students, Learning Theory, Education,
and teaching, administration,
and curriculum development for secondary & college classes.
Computer theory and applications,
Creative Writing, Reading, Composition, Technical
Writing, Publishing , Short
Stories, Rhetoric, Journalism, Essays, and Drama. Also have
Experience working with Service
Learning, Community Access, and Civic Commitment.
Employment History:
June 2003-May 2004
Vice President for Part-Time Employees of the
Portland
Community
College Faculty
Federation.
AFT / AFL-CIO. Organizing, Committee
Work, Executive council, Negotiations, etc. www.pccff.org
September 2000-June 2003
Instructor at Portland
Community College, Sylvania
Taught two sections of
Writing 80, seventeen sections of CIS 120-
Computer Concepts One, and one section of CAS-133 Office 2000 applications
Supervisors: Delyse Totten, Marty
Murray, Kathy Bernunzio
Spring 2001-January 2004
Tutored Writing, Composition, English
and other subjects or in the
Student
Success
Center
Portland
Community
College, Sylvania Campus
(Fran Palk or Kathy
Bernunzio-supervisor) My website is
used as a resource there: www.writingresource.org/ Provided Conversation Group for
ESL , ENNL, and other interested students.
Fall 2001-June 2003
Received grants for Curriculum Development and
Service Learning. My website is used as a resource at the
skills center.
Writing
Resources
I have also provided and
developed specific resources on ESL, ENL, syntax,
rhetoric, composition,
sentence structure, grammar, creative writing, and more.
May 1998
to June 2003
Web Site Administrator
International
Peace
Resource
Center: http://www.peaceresource.org
My duties include creation
and administration of web pages and supervision and maintenance of the
International Peace Resource Center Library.
October 99
to June 2003
Private Web site consultant
and designer: Certified through the
International Association
of Web Masters and Designers
November 1995-June
2000
Substitute teacher Missoula
County Public Schools.
Ben Green, Supervisor
Summer 96-May 2004
Editor/Publisher For
Peaceresource Productions
http://www.peaceresource.com
The Wordsmith
Collection: magazine for writing & creative arts www.wordsmithcreativearts.com/
Duties include magazine publication, online publishing, local art
shows.
Winter of 1999
Taught Seminars on Writing and Study Skills
at the University of Montana at Missoula
Summer 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, and Spring 2004
Independent Contractor Supervisor and Instructor
Royal Amusements, Inc. / Butler Amusements, Inc.
Fall 1995 to Spring 1998
Tutor: Completed CRLA Master Tutor Certification & Tutored
in the Equal Opportunity Program at the University of MT at Missoula
(supervised by Ray Carlisle and Suzy Hampton) (400 hours prox)
Fall 1995 to June 2003
Private tutor: study skills, writing, literature,
history, composition and other subjects.
Aug. 1995 and August 1998
stage crew: Western Montana
State Fair.
Supervised by Jay Bradley (406) 721-2765. We installed stage, lighting, and sound
components & provided security for the acts at the fair.
1991-1995
Tutor
Learning Assistance Center and the
Writing
Center at Northern
Arizona
University.
Completed 400+ hours of writing instruction and tutoring. Ms.
Rodriquez was my supervisor in the
Writing
Center and I worked for
Gwen Crites in the LAC.
1991-1992
Public Relations
The Arizona Daily Sun /
Flagstaff,
AZ
1990-95
Taxi Driver
Flagstaff,
Arizona.
Worked for Dream Taxi and then helped establish and build A Friendly
Cab. The owner is Pat Ball/ Flagstaff/Arizona
1986-90
Owner and General Manager
Martin Installation/ Covina, CA
(pallet rack, lockers, shelving, conveyors, offices, partitions, and
custom material handling equipment) I was a licensed contractor and
performed all duties typical of any small-business owner, including supervision and
management of sixteen employees.
1979-86
Installer, then Installation Manager, then Operations Manager of
Engineered Storage Systems / Industry, CA / Duties
included management of thirty employees in shipping,
installation, delivery, and production depts. I helped develop the
necessary computer support systems for the merger of two firms, did major purchasing,
reconciled payroll, devised and implemented market
strategy, closed all sales, and managed inside sales. (Supervisor Garth
Gilpin-owner (818) 961- 0961) Installed office partitions, conveyors, and
other material handling systems in Southern
California.
Education & degrees:
1969 Graduate of St. Louis Country Day School: college prep school/
St.
Louis County,
MO
1994 Graduate of Northern Arizona University: Cum laude completion of a
degree in English / Creative Writing.
Member of Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key
Honor Societies. Overall GPA 3.7 / GPA in field 3.9
1996 Completed International Certification as a Master Tutor at the
University
of Montana
at Missoula.
1999, October: Certification as Web
Site Consultant and Designer through the International Association of
Webmasters and Designers.
Also studied at:
1969-70 Antioch
University
/ Yellow Springs,
Ohio
(Art & Philosophy)
1970-72
St.
Louis Comm. Coll. /
St.
Louis,
MO
(Art.& Psychology)
1973-79
Univ.
of Missouri
at St. Louis
(Behavioral Science) (Teaching Assistant )
1982
Fullerton
Community. College / Fullerton,
CA
(Cultural Anthropology)
1984-87 Cal Poly /
Pomona,
California
(Education, History, Writing)
(Completed six months student teaching and written work for certification
as teacher)
1995-2000 University of
Montana at
Missoula / CRLA Tutor
Certification in Reading,
Writing, Composition, History, Behavioral Science, Philosophy, Study
Skills. etc.
International Certificate
Publications:
1990 The Northern
California Historical Supplement
1991-1995 The
Arizona Daily Sun:
letters and commentary on a variety of subjects.
1991-1995 The Lumberjack (Northern
Arizona
University)
guest columns and letters on
topics of local and international concerns.
1995 Where Dawn Lingers: Howard Ely (editor) a publication of NLP
including my poetry (ISBN#1-57553-065-1)
1996 Superior Poetry News: "Cowboy Heroes" poem by Tim
Flanagan in a "western" focus magazine of poetry and stories.
1996 and 1997 The Wordsmith Collection: A non-profit magazine for
Arts and Letters, Published and edited in
Missoula,
Montana by
Timothy Flanagan. (Next issue to
be published in Lake Oswego,
Oregon)
1997 The Montana Writer's Daybook
Supplement: January 1997 issue by Upcreek Publishing in
Hamilton,
MT "Freemen
and Unabombers" and an essay on contemporary
Montana.
1998-2004 Online publications at www.peaceresource.com
and guest columns in The Missoulian and The Lake
Oswego Review. Also wrote curriculum supplements
at www.writingresource.org/
This site is used as a teaching tool at
PCC
Sylvania
Student
Success
Center.
May 2003: From May 21-May 23, Did a presentation for
the Campus
Compact
National
Center for Community
Colleges http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/compact/ at
its twelfth annual national conference in
Scottsdale,
Arizona: "Reaching
the Summit for Civic
Commitment." With two other instructors, I presented "Bridging
the Gaps: Innovative Teaching Strategies that Meet Community Needs During
Challenging Times," and provided examples of how students have learned
course objectives while helping fill the gaps in available community
services through Service-Learning. We described how to integrate community
problem-solving into service-learning courses and the collaborative role
that colleges can play in the future.
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