| TRAINING/SCHOOLING: |
Institute of Children's Literature, West Redding, CT, 2007
Writing for Children and Teens Course
Lesley College, Cambridge, MA, 1999
Completed five graduate level courses in Elementary Education Program
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, 1993
MBA, Information Technology and Marketing
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1981
BS, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research |
| SPECIAL SKILLS: |
Educational Writing: Freelance Educational Writer for two years. Author of ten lessons published by Schawk Publishing Solutions, Evanston, IL, for a Pre-K/K Math Teacher's Resource Guide for use with Learning Resources® Math manipulatives. Used Math content development experience, knowledge of NCTM Standards and current best practices in Pre-K/K topics. Developed and taught "The Dream Catcher", an inclusive English Language Arts, Social Studies and Visual Arts lesson to second graders in Boston Public School system. Co-author of one book focusing on building socioemotional skills being marketed for publication.
Business and Corporate Writing: Business systems analyst for 22 years with experience in developing, writing, editing and designing a wide range of business materials, including requests for information (RFI); requests for proposal (RFP); concept presentations; business requirements; map/gap analysis results; functional and interface specifications; test plans, scenarios, and scripts; process documents; classroom training materials, user manuals and reference guides for a large financial institution in Boston, MA.
Graphics Designer/Desktop Publishing: Freelance Designer for seven years with experience in designing and producing bookmarks, brochures, calendars, flyers, invitations, newsletters, tickets and silk screen designs for individuals and small businesses.
HTML Publishing: Webmaster for The Writings of Patricia Shirra and James Grant's Modeling Page . Familiar with HTML.
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