Education and Professional Experiences

Education

• 1972-1975 St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, NJ, B.A. English Magna Cum Laude
• 1988-1993 English Arcadia College, Glenside, PA, M.A.
• 2000-2003 Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, PA, M.A. Ed. Leadership Summa Cum Laude

Professional Experiences

• 1985–present  Souderton Area High School, Souderton, PA 
  • English Teacher
  • Grades 9-12 all levels
  • Journalism I and II  with newspaper advisorship
  • Advise literary magazine
  • Advanced Placement Language and Composition
• Adjunct Professor: Secondary Language Arts
  •  2/99-12/99   Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 

Additional Course Work

• Fellow of the Pennsylvania Writing Project 1993, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
• The Cooperative Classroom, Gratz /RTC, Morristown, NJ
• Teaching and Learning Through Multiple Intelligences
• Styles of Teaching:  Personality Type
• Cooperative Discipline
• Authentic Assessment
• Preparation for Adult Life Secondary Instructional Support
• ADAPT
• Governor’s Institute for Language Arts Educators, PDE 6/98

Certification

• NJ and PA Certification: Teacher of English
• PA Certification: Curriculum and Supervision