CLIFFORD W. EVAN
NUTLEY,NJ
Summary
Experienced educator, mentor, coach, and creative professional skilled in adult-level instruction, curriculum development, learning facilitation, and professional development. Strong verbal communication, presentation, and public speaking abilities. Detail-oriented writer with a track record of creating cohesive written and visual content across traditional and online platforms. Published author, award-winning screenwriter, and credited story consultant known for delivering high-quality content that resonates with audiences.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Instructor of English, Mentor, Coach
NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Department of Children and Families
06.2024 - Current
- Promote student learning through traditional and alternative instructional experiences to support educational, communication, social, life, workplace, and parenting skills.
- Design coherent instruction and relevant learning tasks based on detailed lesson plans that adhere to current New Jersey standards.
- Coordinate, curate and develop course content, facilitate instruction, and assess students based their individual learning styles, abilities, and Individualized Education Programs.
- Create a positive learning environment and classroom culture that prepares students to lead independent and constructive lives, commensurate with their abilities and interests.
- Consult and communicate with administration on student performance, assessment, and educational best practices.
Instructor
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY, Department of Writing Studies
09.2016 - Current
- Facilitate successful writing and literature courses that support students through live instruction, interactive workshops, and via learning management platform technologies.
- Evaluate and design instructional materials; author and update course guides; create customized learning strategies for up to 25 students per class.
- Design detailed curricula and content that align with program policies, learning outcomes, and best practices.
- Assess, advise, and recommend student candidates across numerous roles, programs, and professional opportunities.
- Improve student performance by providing individualized support and targeted feedback.
Creative Consultant, Coach & Content Developer
DO YOUR TALENT COACHING & CONSULTING
01.2011 - Current
- Utilize a specialized and self-designed writing-based system to help clients discover personalized goals, and direct a customized program to realize them.
- Develop and implement personalized coaching programs for 15+ students, authors, artists, and entrepreneurs, based on clients' goals, strengths, and challenges.
- Collaborate, advise, and coach clients through various aspects of the creative, written, and educational admissions process, including books, documentary film, articles, art portfolios, video, and web content.
- Consult with and interview subject matter experts in an array of fields and specialties for blog posts and features.
- Collaborate, advise, and coach clients through the creative, writing, and college application process.
- Create and deliver timely, professional written materials, visual media, and support solutions for clients.
AUTHOR/PROJECT MANAGER/STRATEGIST
Self-Employed Author
01.2016 - Current
- Develop and publish titles featured at international book fairs.
- Identify marketing, publicity and brand strategies; design effective promotional written, visual, audio and video materials for various media platforms.
- Appear, speak, and present at broadcast and in-person events.
- Create, develop, curate, and leverage brand-specific social media content, campaigns, and marketing lists, resulting in increased book sales..
- Recruit and lead a creative team of illustrators, animators, web-developers, and videographers.
Instructional Coach, Leadership Team Member
NEW JERSEY TUTORING CORPS
07.2023 - 06.2024
- Observe and provide actionable, goal-focused feedback in personalized professional development conferences for a team of 15+ instructors.
- Support instructional team in use of diagnostics, standards mastery and other LMS- and curriculum-based tools, leading to improved student outcomes.
- Direct developmental instructional-team meetings to distill scholar data and instructional best practices into clear written direction, unit planning, and relationship building with traditional school faculty.
- Complete written instructional surveys aimed at professional and program development.
Lecturer, Composition & Literature
BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Department of English
01.2004 - 01.2016
- Instructed, advised, and assessed 100+ students per semester in composition and literature courses across traditional, online, and hybrid formats.
- Evaluated and selected instructional materials; authored and updated syllabi; designed curricula to support critical thinking, deep learning, and creative work development.
- Served on multiple Composition and Creative Writing Committees, including standardizing curricula for native-speaker and ESL composition courses, developing a syllabus for Elements of Fiction Writing, and more.
Author, Curator, & Content Developer
CENGAGE LEARNING
01.2008 - 01.2012
- Co-authored and curated content for Bridges of Communication, a multi-media composition textbook.
- Served as a credited textbook reviewer for 2008. Writing with a Thesis, 11th Edition.
Story Consultant, A Light in the Dark, The Art & Life of Frank Mason
MAESTRO FILMS
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Collaborated with film’s director and producer to create a compelling and consistent narrative.
- Film named an Official Selection for the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival and the Big Apple Film Festival.
Education
DLitt - Arts And Letters
Drew University, Casperson School of Graduate Studies
Madison, NJ01-2020
MFA, Creative Writing -
Columbia University, School of The Arts, Writing Division
New York, NYBSci, Communications - Television / Radio
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NYSkills
- Coaching and Mentorship
- Curriculum development
- Creative media design
- Interpersonal, Written & Visual Communication
- Class instruction
- Public Speaking & Presentations
- Interviewing & Talent Evaluation
- Collaborative Team Building
- Conflict resolution
- Experienced in digital tools and platforms
- Art Direction, Graphic Design & Video Production
- Public speaking
- Adult learning
- Interpersonal relationship building
Certification
- Certificate of Eligibility (CE), New Jersey Department of Education, English Language Arts (ELA)
- Certified Life Coach, Life Coach Training Institute
Timeline
Instructor of English, Mentor, Coach
NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Department of Children and Families
06.2024 - Current
Instructional Coach, Leadership Team Member
NEW JERSEY TUTORING CORPS
07.2023 - 06.2024
Instructor
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY, Department of Writing Studies
09.2016 - Current
AUTHOR/PROJECT MANAGER/STRATEGIST
Self-Employed Author
01.2016 - Current
Creative Consultant, Coach & Content Developer
DO YOUR TALENT COACHING & CONSULTING
01.2011 - Current
Author, Curator, & Content Developer
CENGAGE LEARNING
01.2008 - 01.2012
Story Consultant, A Light in the Dark, The Art & Life of Frank Mason
MAESTRO FILMS
01.2008 - 01.2011
Lecturer, Composition & Literature
BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Department of English
01.2004 - 01.2016
DLitt - Arts And Letters
Drew University, Casperson School of Graduate Studies
MFA, Creative Writing -
Columbia University, School of The Arts, Writing Division
BSci, Communications - Television / Radio
Ithaca College
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