Experience Summary
Adjunct Professor (2009-2011)
Manchester & Middlesex Community College, Connecticut State University System, Goodwin College
• Teaching English Reading and Composition classes of varying levels.
• Creating a syllabus, lesson plans, and assignments.
• Improving students’ abilities in mechanics, formulating theses, building a coherent and well-supported essay and executing proper research procedure and citation.
• Improving students’ understanding of poetry as literature and craft.
• Creating a curriculum and assessment rubric for two poetry classes for grades 4-6 and grades 7-9
Town of Glastonbury (Glastonbury, CT)
Substitute Teacher K-12 (2007-Present (inactive))
• Following lesson plans, providing academic assistance to students, proctoring exams.
• Maintaining order and safety in a classroom and writing comprehensive daily reports.
Private Tutor (Connecticut)
• (2001-2002) Working in all subjects with an eighth grade student and SAT preparation with a high school student.
• (2002-2006) Tutoring underclassman at Central Connecticut State University in poetry and composition.
• (2008-2009) Helping students at the University of Connecticut with literature and to develop writing samples for MFA applications.
Other Comments
I also tutor Catholicism.