Lead English Teacher, TC Williams High School
Alexandria City Public Schools (2014-present).

• English 12 PLC leader, member of school leadership team.
• Design STEM 10 and 11 grade programs as leader of STEM team.
• Teach Dual Enrollment College Composition, Honors English 10, Honors English 12.

Instructor of English: Northern Virginia Community College, Georgetown University and George Mason University.

• NVCC: composition, literature, technical writing, business writing (2005-present).
• Georgetown: Business English (2011-2014).
• George Mason University: developed and taught graduate level course to help teachers publish (2007); co-directed Northern Virginia Writing Project Summer Institute (summer 2006); taught NVWP courses on teaching writing.

Writing Coach and Tutor
(2007-present)

• One-on-one college essay coaching for over 80 clients applying to college, graduate school and private schools.
• Edited business book The Friendship Advantage: 7 Keys to Building Relationships that Transform Corporate Culture and Drive Productivity by guru Mo Fathelbab.
• Edited white paper, “Corruption Threatens National Security” by consultant Jack Gaines with Albany Associates, published January 2018.

Director of Programs
The Trust for the George Washington Memorial Parkway (2015-2017)

• Create and run “STEM on the Potomac” program to facilitate partnership between ACPS and the National Park Service.
• Implemented school year tutoring and summer enrichment programs for at risk elementary students from ACPS elementary schools.

Curriculum writer
Common Core/Great Minds (2013-2015)

• Write CCSS-aligned English curriculum for national distribution in the Wheatley Portfolio.
• Authored published text studies, e.g. Grade 8 Unit 3: “I, Too, Sing America” and “Will V-Day Be Me-Day Too?” by Langston Hughes.

International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program Coordinator
Alexandria City Public Schools (2011-2014).

• Coordinate implementation of IB Middle Years Program in Alexandria City Public Schools at co-housed middle schools and TC Williams High School.
• Collaborate with building principals and division leadership to integrate MYP Framework with ACPS curriculum and other district initiatives.
• Develop and deliver training modules on a regular basis to 140 staff in all subjects grades 6-10; monitor and report on program implementation.

Dean of Students, The Congressional Schools of Virginia
Falls Church, Virginia (2008-2011).

• Manage daily life of K-8^th grade 370-student school including design and implementation of affective curriculum; supervise SACS-CASI accreditation process and intern program.
• Create academic summer programs and manage all aspects including staffing, curriculum supervision and marketing.
• Developed Tripps Run Outdoor Learning Center and Discovery Trail to leverage asset of 40-acre campus, including innovative Giant’s Reading garden for Early Childhood Program.

English teacher, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Fairfax County Public Schools (2005- 2008).

• Dugout canoe project at historic Mount Vernon with 100 tenth graders: won $10K grant; wrote curriculum and coordinated with Alexandria Seaport Foundation; displayed in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and gifted 
canoe to a Virginian tribe (Upper Mattaponi).
• Lead teacher in ninth grade interdisciplinary program; also taught English 10, AP English 12. Served on School Improvement Plan evaluation team.

Director of Summer Programs and Language Arts Department Chair, Alexandria Country Day School
Alexandria, Virginia (2003-2005).

• Hired and managed staff of 20, including design and support of programs; created advertising materials and directed marketing. Raised gross revenue more than 300%.
• Taught English 8; vertically aligned school language arts curriculum; implemented faculty inservices.
• Developed and implemented school-wide experiential education program which included curriculum-related overnight camping trips, rock-climbing.

English teacher
Fairfax County Public Schools (1993- 2003).

• Mount Vernon High School, Fairfax County Public Schools (1993-2003): lead teacher in International Baccalaureate program; coordinator of IB “CAS” (Creativity, Action and Service) program for 300 students.
• Bryant Alternative High School, Fairfax County Public Schools (2000-2004): English 12 for adult students.

Outward Bound leader
Voyageur Outward Bound School, Ely MN (summers 1992-1994).

• Led month-long canoe trips with at-risk youth in remote wilderness areas.
• Trained in first aid, CPR, lifeguarding, rock-climbing, and group initiatives.
• Harvard Firstyear Outdoor Program leader, SOLO Wilderness First Responder (‘88-‘91).