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By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers 
By A Novel Idea- Tools for Secondary English Teachers I have five years of experience in public high school teaching, including AP Literature. I've done grading/scoring for both the College Board (AP Literature test) and Pearson (SAT essay). I have over twelve years of college composition instruction with a primary focus on freshman English sequences. I have also homeschooled and taught 4th and 5th grade in private schools. I served two years as a reading interventionist in primary grades.
My greatest strength is encouraging all students to make life connections with reading and writing assignments. I aim to have my students think critically and carefully while making connections to themselves and the outside world. Content is important, but building up confident thinkers is my heart's passion.
Sigma Tau Delta, National English Honor Society Rate My Teacher Georgia Writers Association East Georgia State College Humanities Teacher of the Year
B.S. Secondary English Education, University of TN at Chattanooga M.A. English (Literary Studies), University of TN at Chattanooga
1999-2003, Cleveland High School (Cleveland, TN) 2003-2011, University of TN at Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN) 2011-2019, Wood Academy of Christian Kids 2015-2017, East Georgia State College (Augusta, GA) 2018-2019, Faith Training Christian Academy (Leesville, LA) 2021-2022, Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, TN) 2022-2023, Williamsburg Christian Academy (Williamsburg, VA)
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool
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