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Education
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Dawn Haumschilt

Oakhurst

Summary

Dynamic educator with extensive experience at Madera Community College, specializing in curriculum development and online instruction. Proven ability to engage diverse learners and foster critical thinking. Skilled in assessment design and collaborative teaching, I am dedicated to enhancing student success through innovative educational practices. Focused academic professional aiming to fulfill professional opportunity to apply several years of academic experience. Adept in creating engaging curriculum and fostering student participation in both classroom and distance-learning environments. Creative, professional teacher, passionate about teaching English skills to prepare students for success in the global workplace. Inspires students and conveys educational concepts through innovative methods and instruction. Thrives in meeting challenges of cultural diversity.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Adjunct English Instructor

Madera Community College
Madera
01.2014 - 01.2025
  • Classes Taught Online: English 1A: Reading and Composition: Summer: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024: This class is an accelerated, four-week course.
  • English 1A: Reading and Composition: Summer: 2019, 2020, 2024: This class is an accelerated six-week course.
  • English 1A: Reading and Composition: Spring: 2019: This is a short-term, fifteen-week course, 2024
  • English 1A: Reading and Composition: Fall: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, Spring, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • English 205: Strategic Skills for Success in English: Fall: 2020, 2021, 2024
  • English 205: Strategic Skills for Success in English: Spring: 2025
  • English 2: Critical Reading and Writing Through Literature: Spring: 2019: This is a short-term, eleven-week course
  • English 3: Critical Reading and Writing, Summer 2019: This class is an accelerated six-week course.
  • English 3: Critical Reading and Writing: Spring: 2025
  • Classes Taught Face-to-Face: English 1A: Reading and Composition: Fall 2014, 2015, 2016, Spring 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023.
  • English 1A: Reading and Composition: Spring 2017, 2023: This class was taught on the MHS campus as dual enrollment.
  • English 1A: Reading and Composition: Summer 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018: Accelerated four-week course.
  • English 1A: Reading and Composition: Summer 2018: Accelerated six-week course.
  • English 125: Writing Skills for College: Fall 2014, 2015, 2016, Spring 2015, 2016, 2017
  • English 125: Writing Skills for College: Summer 2017: Accelerated six-week summer course
  • English 132: Accelerated Reading and Writing: Fall 2018
  • English 205: Strategic Skills for Success in English: Fall 2019, Spring 2020
  • Upward Bound High School English: Summer 2017
  • Hybrid Classes: English 1A: Reading and Composition: Fall 2019, Spring 2020, 2021, 2023

Full Time English Instructor

Angelo State University
San Angelo
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Classes Taught Face-to-Face: English 1301T: Developmental Writing, Fall: 2017, Spring: 2018
  • English 1301: English Composition, Fall: 2017
  • English 1302: Argument and Analysis, Spring: 2018

Emergency Medical Technician

01.1995 - 01.2016

Health Aide/EMT

Yosemite Unified School District
Oakhurst
01.2011 - 01.2014
  • Manage health office; maintain records; perform emergency and routine first aid in the absence of the District Nurse; give medication and treatments following protocols of the District Nurse; maintain confidentiality; annual medical training, including CPR and EMT certification.
  • Provide training to instructors regarding specific students, work extensively with students with behavioral issues, mental health, and serious episodic emotional disturbances. This also includes special education students, which comprised 20% of the general school population.

Paraeducator (Classroom Experience)

Yosemite Unified School District
Oakhurst
01.2007 - 01.2011
  • Provide formal and specialized instruction to students on an individual or group basis. Student’s backgrounds included those who were homeless, special education, on probation, was behind on credits, and failing their current grade level.
  • Perform and assume other related duties and responsibilities as required at the direction of the administrator.
  • Maintain records as needed for program management and legal compliance.
  • Responsible for maintaining a targeted number of ADA to meet funding requirements for a small high school.

Education

M. A. - English

National University
Fresno, California
01.2013

B. A. -

National University
Fresno, California
01.2011

Skills

  • Curriculum development
  • Assessment design
  • Online instruction
  • Educational technology
  • Writing instruction
  • Student engagement
  • Critical thinking
  • Classroom management
  • Problem solving
  • Diversity awareness
  • Time management
  • Instructional design
  • Collaborative teaching

Professional Service

  • Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, 2018, Presented The Stories They Told Along a Texas River to faculty.
  • Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, 2017-2018, Served on a committee titled, 'Improving Student Success and Instructional Work-Life Through Computer-Assisted Classroom Learning in First-Year Writing.'
  • Madera Community College Center, Madera, California, 2019, Served on a committee as a core team member for Guided Pathways.
  • Madera Community College Center, Madera, California, 2016-2017, Hand-picked by the Dean of Student Services as an instructor for the First-Year Experience Program.

Professional Accomplishments

  • Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, 2017-2018, Assisted in raising the success rate of first-year students in both freshman 1301 English Composition (76.5 % to 84.8 %) and 1301T Developmental English Composition (37 % to 68 %).
  • Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, 2017-2018, Editor and Creator: The Stories They Told Along a Texas River: A Student Anthology.
  • Madera Community College Center, Madera, California, 2018-2020, Editor and Creator: In Progress: Stories They Told Along the Chosen Road: A Student Anthology.

Professional Development

  • Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, 2017-2018, Writer’s Conference, Active Shooter’s Training.
  • Madera Community College Center, Madera, California, 2014-2020, Various professional development trainings.

Timeline

Full Time English Instructor

Angelo State University
01.2017 - 01.2018

Adjunct English Instructor

Madera Community College
01.2014 - 01.2025

Health Aide/EMT

Yosemite Unified School District
01.2011 - 01.2014

Paraeducator (Classroom Experience)

Yosemite Unified School District
01.2007 - 01.2011

Emergency Medical Technician

01.1995 - 01.2016

M. A. - English

National University

B. A. -

National University