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Reading Specialist  2007-Present
Certified Maryland Professional Educator and Wilson Reading System practitioner
Clients have included students through SAIS-Johns Hopkins, Options Public Charter School, Literacy Council of PG County, TutorFind, and ClubZ Tutoring Services.
 
Adjunct Faculty and ELL RAP Facilitator for PG County, 2007-2010, Baltimore City Community College, Refugee Assistance Program
Meet with refugees and asylees to discuss educational goals, to assess skills and to recommend classes.  Prepare reports and coordinate with partner agencies.  Teach life skill language classes. Visit students and discuss progress as appropriate. Coordinate graduation events.
 
Adjunct Faculty, Pre-term 2008, SAIS-Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C  Prepare international graduate students to meet academic writing requirements.
 
ESOL Facilitator 2004-2007, Miami Carol City Senior High School,
Miami Gardens, Florida  
Work with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) 9-12 grade students to develop language skills. Manage paperwork and corresponding local and state audits.
 
Journalism and English Honors Teacher 2000-2004, Miami Carol City Senior High School, Miami Gardens, Florida
Advise student staff members of the Smoke Signal newspaper. Take students on various conferences. Develop and guide ninth grade honors students.
 
Education:
B.A. English/Secondary Education, May 2000
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY DAVIE, FLORIDA
 
M.A.T. English to Speakers of Other Languages, Expected 2011
SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, VERMONT
 
Awards and Activities:
·         2000-2012 Professional Educator Certification, State of Maryland, for English 6-12, Journalism and ESOL;
·         2010 Teacher of Excellence/Teacher of the Year, Baltimore City Community College Refugee Assistance Program; 2006-7, 2005-6 and 2003-4, Teacher of the Year nominee at Miami Carol City (MCC) Senior High
2008-9 Passed Praxis II 0360 English Speakers of Other Languages and 0300 Reading Specialist exams
·         2004-5 Outstanding Leadership Award (Chair, Priorities for School Improvement for SACS Review)
·         2002-4 Chair, AP Vertical Team
·         2000-1 Rookie Teacher of the Year at MCC Senior High
·         Various awards won by Massey's students in Florida and Maryland.
·         Member of IDA, TESOL, Pro-Literacy, MAACCE, and COABE; subscriber to the Gillingham-Orton Academy; and  Wilson Reading System certified.

“Some of the most meaningful experiences in my life have been times spent abroad: El Salvador in 1995, Sweden in 1999, Guatemala in 2005 and Egypt in 2009.

My partner, Aaron, and I traveled to El Salvador and Guatemala for language immersion programs. We learned as much, if not more, about the respective countries as we did Spanish.

The photo above was taken in 1995 at a memorial service for the four U.S. nuns murdered in El Salvador 15 years previously, in 1980. The photo was taken after I noticed young people becoming loud and fidgety during the church service. Since I could not understand much of the service spoken in Spanish, and because I had coloring books with me, the children and I spent some of the time getting to know one another. After the service in La Libertad where the nuns were killed, we took a bus to Chalatenago where the nuns worked and are buried.”

For further information, please feel free to contact me at GeneenMassey@verizon.net