Experience:
2009-present: Instructor Glendale Community College, Glendale, Arizona: Research Writing , Essay Writing, Introduction to Literature
2003-2007: Instructor Phoenix College Phoenix, Arizona: Essay Writing, Research Writing, Creative Non-Fiction Writing, Survey of Early American Literature, Introduction to Literature, Grammar (face to face & online)
2004-2005: Instructor Rio Salado Tempe, Arizona: Survey of Early American Literature (online)
2003: Instructor Gateway Community College Phoenix, Arizona: Essay Writing 2003: Teacher & day/night staff liaison GED Night School Maricopa County Skills Center - Estrella Mountain, Arizona: English Grammar & Writing
2002: Instructor -Ignatius University SI, NY: Introduction to Medieval Literature
1999-2002: Teacher - GED Night School NYC Bd. of Ed.: English Literature & Grammar
1969 to 2002: Teacher - English Day High School NYC Bd. Of Ed.:
Senior, Sophomore, and Freshman English; Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior Honors, English for Nursing Students, English for R.O.T.C. Students, Writing Specialist, Broadway Theater, State Test Preparation, Journalism Newspaper, Journalism Yearbook, Co-op, Work-Study English, Regents Preparation for Vocational Students, Grammar, Tutoring Programs, Review Programs, Independent Study Courses, Curriculum Development, College Entrance Preparation, Freshmen Interdisciplinary, Software Evaluation, Grade Advisor from 1988- 2002: Coached numerous winners in poetry, Womens History, Arts Connection, Play Writing, & Creative Writing competitions, Writing Concentration, Rebel in Literature, Science Fictions, Student Teacher Trainer, Worldwide Folklore, College Development Discovery Program, Mystery, Mythology, Reading Enrichment, Modified Writing & Reading, Development, Workshop Facilitator re: Confidence Building for Teachers and Confidence Building for Students, Writing Enhancement, English as a Second Language
Honors: 1992: Who"s Who Among American Teachers
Educational Writing:
Taming the Wild Rubric Prestwick Press, Ltd.
Study Guides for: Beloved, Middlemarch, Gone with the Wind, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Beowulf (Research and Education Associates)
Guide to Literary Terms (Research and Education Associates)
Living Literature Series (Simon and Schuster)
Contributing Editor: Florida State Teachers Test Study Guide, G.M.A.T. Study Guide, S.A.T. Vocabulary Builder (Research and Education Associates)
Education:
BA 6/69 Hunter College of CUNY English/Ed. MA 6/72 Hunter College of CUNY Communications/Ed.
Spring 2000: Computer Science, American Directors Spring 2001: Computing for Teachers Summer 2003: Workings of Dreamweaver, Memo Spring 2004: ASU Writing Conference Spring 2005: ICE Writing Conference Fall 2008: Southwest Writers Conference
Fall 2009: Screen Writing Spring 2010: Coding for Website Development
Spring 2011: Certificate in Creative Writing