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David Walker

 

Address: Westfield, MA 01085

E-mail: dwalker8508@yahoo.com

 

Education

 

Southern Connecticut State University (Sep 2011 - May 2013)

MFA Creative Writing

Overall GPA: 3.90

 

Westfield State University (Sep 2007 - May 2011)

B.A. English

Minor: Film Studies

Overall GPA: 3.63

Licenses 

 

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

English, 8-12

Preliminary

2010 - present

Educational Experience

 

Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT

Professional Tutor (May 2014 - Present)                                                                 

  • Academic Success Center

Adjunct Instructor (June 2013 - Present)                                                                   

  • ENG 103: Writing A Life: Biographies and Personal Narratives

  • ENG 101: English Composition

Assistant Faculty Advisor (June 2013 - Present)                                                      

  • Goodwin College Poetry Club

 

Westfield State University, Westfield, MA                          

Adjunct Professor (Sep 2013 - Present)                                                                   

  • ENG 102: Writing About Texts

  • ENG 101: Introduction to Academic Writing

 

Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA                                   

Adjunct Professor (Sep 2013 - Present)                                                                  

  • ENG 095: Pre-College English II

 

LEARN, East Lyme, CT

Intervention Specialist (Aug 2012 - June 2013)                                                 

  • Instructed students with moderate to severe disabilities (mainly autism) in one-on-one environment

  • Followed and suggested changes to specialized IEPs and Behavior Intervention Plans

  • Incorporated and utilized Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Safety Care techniques in day to day situations

 

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Sep 2012 - May 2013)                                                 

  • Collaborated with internship supervisor to create and implement assignments in college classrooms (ENG 402 – Advanced Poetry Writing, ENG 201 – Introduction to Creative Writing)

  • Led discussion of primary texts and workshop poems

2010 - present

Awards and Achievements

 

Sixfold Top 40 - Poetry (Spring 2014)

Graduate Teaching Assistantship (Fall 2012 - Spring 2013)                                           

Summer Literary Seminars Unified Literary Contest

            Semi-Finalist (April 2012)                                                                  

Graduate Assistantship (Fall 2011 - Spring 2012)                                                          

Sigma Tau Delta International English Honors Society (Spring 2009 - Spring 2011)      

Steven Sossaman Award (April 2011)                                                        

Dean’s List (Spring 2008, Spring 2009 - Spring 2011)                                                                                  

Salem Poetry Seminar (July 2010)                                                            

Offices

 

Golden Walkman Magazine, Founding Editor (Dec 2013 - Present)

PersonaCo-Managing Editor (Fall 2010 - Spring 2011)

Sigma Tau Delta, Historian (Fall 2010 - Spring 2010)                                                        

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