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Benjamin Groch

Chicago,IL

Summary

Strategic thinker who pairs big-picture goals with building block activities that prize creativity and demand rigorous, unique thought. Adaptable and sincere, a teacher who loves to play with language (and encourages the same) but will not bend on requiring sealed, solid lines of argument, sold with creatively developed rhetorical techniques

Overview

2
2
Languages
4
4
years of post-secondary education
10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

English Teacher

Pritzker College Prep
Chicago
06.2016 - 08.2026
  • Developed rigorous, standards-based lessons that invited creative output, critical thought and process-based writing
  • Utilized intensive training in dramatic arts to elicit truly jaw-dropping, full-body, full-throated, spirited performances of Shakespeare scenes, developed through critical analysis
  • Incorporated visual and auditory modes of expression along with Socratic-style debate to sharpen ideas and give dimension to concepts and works
  • Collaborated with co-teachers to differentiate instruction and address deficits and assets of all student levels
  • Developed UBD lessons wherever possible

Soccer Coach

Pritzker College Prep
Chicago, IL
08.2016 - 08.2026
  • Coached both Varsity and JV levels for both boys and girls
  • Won coach of the year for Noble Network girls soccer 3 seasons running
  • Titles: conference champions, girls soccer (varsity head coach - 2024, 2025, 2026); conference champions, boys soccer (varsity assistant 2018); JV conference champions (2025 boys JV head coach, 2019, 2022 girls JV head coach); Regional Champions 2023
  • Expanded program to 3 teams

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Major in English, Minor in German

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
08.2000 - 12.2004

Master of Arts - Education

National Louis University
Chicago, IL

Skills

  • Grammar instruction
  • Literary/ Rhetorical Analysis
  • Poetry/ News/ Screenwriting composition
  • Foreign language application (German, some Spanish)

Languages

German
Professional
Spanish
Limited

Timeline

Soccer Coach

Pritzker College Prep
08.2016 - 08.2026

English Teacher

Pritzker College Prep
06.2016 - 08.2026

Bachelor of Arts - Major in English, Minor in German

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
08.2000 - 12.2004

Master of Arts - Education

National Louis University
Benjamin Groch