Deanna L.

Willis
Permanent Address 601 Ashley Court Northville, MI 48167 OBJECTIVE: Phone: (248) 808 0747 Email: DeannaLynnWillis@gmail.com To obtain a secondary English teaching position that will allow me to provide students with a challenging, yet engaging, learning environment that promotes individual creativity and critical thinking. The University of Michigan Bachelor of Arts in English Secondary Education Overall 3.96 GPA; 4.00 within Major and Minor Ann Arbor, MI April 28, 2012 May 2012

EDUCATION:

CERTIFICATION: Michigan Provisional Secondary Certificate TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Spring 2012 Community High School Ann Arbor, MI Long-term Substitute Teacher for 9th-12th grade World Lit, Creative Writing, and Sci-Fi classes Will cooperatively plan and individually teach various unit plans for all grade-levels Will implement team-building activities in Forum classroom that emphasize both the studentteacher relationship as well as the students communal responsibilities Fall 2011 Community High School Ann Arbor, MI Student Teacher for Introduction to Literature and World Literature 9th-12th grade classrooms Independently developed and simultaneously taught Catcher in the Rye 9th grade unit plan and Othello 10-12th grade unit plan Employed technological practices, including Google Map and Voicethread presentations Implemented close-reading strategies, including talking to the text and inference-making Winter 2011 Clague Middle School Ann Arbor, MI Pre-Student Teacher for ELA 6th grade classroom Cooperatively developed, taught, and co-taught numerous mini-lessons and full-class lessons Developed unit plan revolving around young adult novel by employing backward design practices, including lesson sequencing Fall 2010 Plymouth High School Plymouth, MI Pre-Student Teacher for English-Elective 11th-12th grade classroom Helped teach various lessons, aided in classroom activities, worked one-on-one with students Created text analysis that explored various benefits and challenges of diverse texts Summer 2009-2010 Northville High School Northville, MI K-1st and 9th-10th grade Teacher Assistant to the Northville Summer Connections Program Worked as one-on-one tutor for kindergarten student with Down Syndrome Worked with high school students in order to enhance reading and writing abilities

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

Fall 2010-2012 Private Residence Northville, MI English Tutor for middle school student Created and implemented writing-skill scaffolds, including thesis statement graphic organizers and specialized essay outlines School of Education Deans Award for Excellence -- Given once a year to the top fifteen students in the School of Education Winner, Sweetland Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing School of Education James B. Angell Scholar 2011 and 2012 Winter 2012 2010 and 2011

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