Susan Patterson

319 Greenwich Street, 4F New York, NY 10013

(646) 574-8085
susanpatterson_ny@mindspring.com
EDUCATION
TESOL Certificate
M.S.
A.B.D.
M.A.
B.A.

Teachers College, Columbia University, May 2016

Special Education, Hunter College of the City University
of New York, June 2009
Comparative Literature, New York University
June 1992
Comparative Literature, New York University
December 1989
Comparative Literature, Hunter College of the City
University of New York, June 1984

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ADULT ESL EXPERIENCE
Teacher of Adult ESL
Community Impact at Columbia University,
2875 Broadway, Suite 205, New York, NY 10027
January May 2016
Academic Writing for ESL
Developed curriculum and materials for the Academic Writing course
Taught various essay formats
Addressed grammar in the context of the students writing
COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Expository Writing
New York University, Expository Writing Program,
41 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003
January 1990 - May1996
Expository Writing I
Created syllabus and assignments for the course
Guided students through the writing process with comments and discussion
Assessed student writing and portfolios

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Expository Writing II, honors section, The Utopian Force of Science Fiction
Created syllabus and assignments for the course
Students addressed literary arguments about the ideal society and responded with
their own arguments
Assessed student writing and portfolios
Instructor of Comparative Literature
New York University, Comparative Literature Department,
19 University Place, New York, NY 10003
January May 1991
Seduction in the 18th Century Novel
Developed syllabus and assignments for the course
Textual strategies for eliciting critical reading were addressed in historical context
Assessed student comprehension of course material and student writing
HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE
Teacher
Kew-Forest High School,
119-17 Union Turnpike, Forest Hills, NY 11366.
September 2001- June 2005.
Global History I, Medieval period through the Enlightenment.
French II.
Ninth Grade English.
French Teacher
The Packer Collegiate Institute,
170 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
September 1998 - June 1999
AP French Literature
French II and French III.
Foreign Language Teacher
Hunter College High School,
71 E. 94th Street, New York, NY 10128
September 1996 June 1998
AP German Language
German levels I-IV
French I, and II.
ELEMENTARY EXPERIENCE
Teacher, Special Education
P.S. 197M,
2230 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10037

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September 2005 June 2009

Taught elementary grades 1, 2, and 6: All subjects.
TUTORING EXPERIENCE
Freelance tutoring of math, reading, and writing to
elementary students in New York, NY.
September 2009 June 2014
TEACHING SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE
Assistant Coordinator of the Computer Division of the
Expository Writing Program
New York University, New York, NY.
1994-1996
Supervised other instructors in the Computer Division of the Expository Writing
Program
Facilitated optimal use of computers in the writing classroom
Supervised the use of the Local Area Network.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Graduate Assistantship, Expository Writing Program,
New York University 1990-1992
Masters Scholarship, Comparative Literature Department,
New York University 1987-1989