Former English teacher ( grades 6-12) and English professor (Freshman English and literature)

Tracy 's resume

EDUCATION:
Master of Arts, English
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA. Graduation Date: December 2011 GPA: 3.4
Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts, French Minor
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA. Graduation Date: May 2008 GPA: 3.6

WORK HISTORY:
English Teacher, St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy, Greensburg, LA, Oct 2015-Aug 2016
• Developed and implemented daily lesson plans
• Modeled Common Core State Standards for students
• Taught students using Louisiana ELA guidebook

English I Teacher, Amite High School, Amite, LA, Aug 2014- October 2015
• Developed and implemented daily lesson plans
• Modeled Common Core State Standards for students
• Taught students using Louisiana ELA guidebook

8th Grade English Language Arts Teacher, Independence Middle Magnet School, Independence, LA, Aug 2013-Aug 2014
• Developed and implemented daily lesson plans
• Modeled Common Core State Standards for students
• Prepared students for ELA LEAP Assessment

Coordinator Youth and Teen Programming, Tangipahoa Parish Library, Amite, LA, Dec. 2011-Aug 2013

• Responsible for creating and implementing programs
• Planned and executed the yearly Summer Reading Program
• Performed Customer Service Tasks as needed

English 101 Instructor, English Department-Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, Aug 2012- Dec 2012
• Taught students enrolled three sections of English 101 (Freshman English) the basic principles of expository writing including the methods of development, organization, and style

Principal Ethnographer and Research Assistant, English Department-Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, Aug 2010-December 2011
• Conducted and recorded interviews with family and friends and members of the Deacons for the Defense
• Transcribed interviews and placed into written documents for further research as part of SLU's Civil Rights Project for the English Department

Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project Teaching Consultant, June 2010-July 2010, June 2011-July 2011
• learned numerous methods to teach writing from fellow English Instructor
• Earned certification as a National Writing Project Teaching Consultant
• Presented during the Southeastern Louisiana University Writing Project showcase of Best Writing Practices

Graduate Teaching Fellow, English Department-Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, Aug 2009-May 2010
• Served as Teaching Assistant during the Fall 2009 semester
• Served as an Instructor of Record during the Spring 2010 semester
• Assisted within the Southeastern Writing Center as tutor


TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
• Presented at the May 2009 LSU Woman and Gender Studies Conference
• Presented at the 2010 and 2011 Annual Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society Convention
• The Roxanne Wars a previously written article was accepted for publication in the 2011 edition of scholarly journal, Interactions