KRISTIN K.

MORRIS
1432 Billings Drive • Hickory, NC 28602 • kristin@billandkristin.com • 828-294-9965

Analytical and creative Professional with extensive experience in

multiple and diverse industries and additional understanding of
public speaking and individualized teaching

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Experienced and licensed teacher with practice in English, Spanish, Computers and Literature in addition to
practical experience with students with learning challenges and varying backgrounds
• Master of Arts Degree in Rhetoric, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism, additional study in graphic art
and practical application in freelance writing and editing
• Confident and focused speaker, in addition to folk musician, emanating energy, humor and leadership with
highly developed public relations and marketing skills
• Practiced in directing, supervising and training personnel as well as fund raising, contract bidding,
budgeting, habilitation planning, vocational training, legal advocacy, counseling and crisis management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EDUCATOR January 2001 – June 2009
Public and private schools
BURNS HIGH SCHOOL, Cleveland County Schools, Lawndale, NC January 2009 – June 2009
• Instructor in Spanish II course at High School level, successfully remediated between 15 and 17 students
who had passed but not learned Spanish I material while implementing alternative assessments for
kinesthetic, aural and multi-modal learners
BUNKER HILL HIGH SCHOOL, Catawba County Schools, Claremont, NC January 2008 – June 2008
• Taught English courses at various levels, introducing cooperative learning groups based on diverse personal
learning styles and skill levels
CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Hickory, NC August 2007 – January 2008
• Instructor for 3 sections of Freshman Composition, effectively integrated adult learners and high school
students by use of cooperative groups, mini-lectures and meta-cognitive strategies
THE NEWTON SCHOOL, Newton-Conover City Schools, Newton, NC August 2006 – May 2007
• Provided classroom instruction in English I, II and III, Spanish I and II in a Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation-funded redesigned high school
• Created school website, produced parent newsletter, implemented protocols for “Critical Friends Group”
professional learning community support group for teachers
• Integrated Rosetta-Stone computer modules with classroom instruction in Spanish I and II and designed
English components and rubric for the Project Based Learning units assigned by lead teacher
Z. VANCE HIGH SCHOOL, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, NC August 2001 – June 2006
• Taught English IV and II, Creative Writing and Yearbook as well as tutoring in computer lab, co-teaching in
an inclusion classroom model
• Mentored for the Senior Exit Project and provided community organizational support for multiple projects
such as iron lung demonstrations at the YMCA, production of a gospel DVD and public awareness surveys
DORE ACADEMY, private school, Charlotte, NC January 2001 – June 2001
• Instructed private school students with learning differences in Literature and Language Arts for grades 8
through 12 in a low student-teacher ratio environment with individualized approaches
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• Successfully engaged an entire class of reluctant readers into completing and analyzing differentiated
versions of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, and Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye

ASSISTANT EDITOR February 1997 – April 2000

Local weekly newspaper
THE LEADER, Charlotte, NC
• Provided columns for spot news and cover features, edited entertainment sections including arts, leisure,
food, gardening and social events
• Assigned stories and photos, supervised staff of up to 7 people and created graphics and layout in Quark
• Directed photo shoots, photo scanning, copy-editing and layout for news and politics pages in addition to
cover design for each issue
• Created PDFs in Acrobat, transmitted electronic files, created and maintained digital customer files and
output to negative film as well as oversaw press runs at out of town printing facility
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Graphic Designer/Direct Sales Manager, Atwood Printing, Inc., d.b.a. Design & Construction Resources,
Asheville, NC
• Executive Director, Unaka Center, Inc., Hot Springs, NC
• Circulation Coordinator, Texas Business Magazine, Dallas, TX
• Account Coordinator, Read-Poland Public Relations, Inc., Dallas, TX
• Freelance Work
o Wrote more than 200 magazine features for national and regional trade publications on marketing,
finance, health care, small businesses and media
o Produced weekly call-in talk show on cable for New Orleans law firm Glorioso & Welcker
o Created and managed on-line catalog of folk music and railroad gift items
o Provided marketing consulting, advertising and promotional projects for the Asheville Merchants
Association, the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre, Ivy Creek Recordings and Hot Springs
Health Program
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE / RHETORIC
MASTER OF ARTS EDUCATION COURSEWORK
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte, NC
3.9 GPA ● Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society inductee ● English Department Graduate Competition, honoree
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE / JOURNALISM Minor: Graphic Arts
NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY Denton, TX
ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND LICENSES
• Proficient in Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, PageMaker/In-Design, Quark,
QuickBooks
• Certified in Teaching Online Classes by North Carolina Virtual Public School, NCDPI, Fall 2008
• North Carolina Teaching License for 9-12
• Met Praxis score requirements for North Carolina: 9-12 English and K-12 Spanish
• Professional Storyteller and Folk Musician
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
• Listed in Who’s Who in American Teachers, 8th and 9th Editions
• National Storytelling Network, Jonesboro, TN, member