Sarah Debnam
Annapolis,Maryland
Summary
Dedicated Teacher offering 17 years of experience in education. Resourceful and passionate educator with adaptable and approachable style. Expertise includes test preparation and ongoing evaluations. Committed to creating comfortable learning environments for students.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
High School English Teacher
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
06.2019 - Current
- Cultivates positive cultures for diverse teams that foster brainstorming, analysis, reflection, critical thinking skills, and strong team relationships
- Creatively adapts writing curriculum and designs lessons to engage a variety of audiences both virtually and in person
- Utilizes and instructs research skills to promote intellectual curiosity and to improve the production and content of persuasive, narrative, analytical, and informational writing
- Communicates and collaborates with parents, counselors, colleagues, administration, and department teams to target and support the mastering of content specific skills and support the emotional needs of a diverse group of students
- Implements instruction of written and digital media and supports students to meet tight deadlines for both written and digital formats in journalism
- Trained in the Global Citizenship Communication course to be an instructor
- Provides timely feedback and meets tight deadlines
- Supports writing and critical inquiry skills by differentiating lessons.
High School English Teacher
Montgomery County Public Schools
07.2015 - 01.2019
- Worked cooperatively in two professional learning communities to plan range-find essays, and evaluate best practices for writing instruction
- Designed and implemented lessons for introductory college-level rhetoric and writing curriculum to help students develop evidence-based analytic and argumentative essays to prepare for Advanced Placement Language and Composition exam
- Fostered critical thinking by implementing higher level questions
- Participated in department and staff meetings and training to help the institution to meet state objectives; as well, to keep up to date with new teaching methods and new uses of technology
- Tutored students one-on-one to help improve analysis skills, research skills, editing drafts, organizing ideas to help improve voice, and to write college entrance essays
- Drafted letters of recommendations for students' college applications, National Honor Society recommendations, employment applications and scholarship applications
- Accepted as a grader by the College Board for the Advanced Placement scoring.
High School English Teacher
Carroll County Public Schools
07.2008 - 01.2015
- Coordinated planning and implementation of drafting, editing and publishing of the school newspaper
- Presented close reading strategies to staff during professional development
- Collaborated with media specialists and technology teachers to implement technology in lesson plans
- Mentored student teachers from McDaniel College
- Instructor of students who achieved a 90% passing average who took the Maryland High School Assessment
- Achieved a 100% achievement rate on students who improved three specific their reading and writing skills
- Practiced professional development by taking: technology seminars, earning certification to teach the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition course.
Education
Masters Certificate Program - Equity and Excellence in Education
McDaniel College
Westminster, Maryland01.2018
MA - Secondary Education
McDaniel College
Westminster, Maryland01.2008
BS - English Literature
UMBC
Catonsville, Maryland01.2004
Equine Science Major -
Otterbein College
Westerville, Ohio01.1989
Skills
- Google Meet
- Adobe Illustrator
- Leadership
- Team Oriented
- Writing Instructor
- Time Management
- Online Teaching
- Writing instruction
- Project-based learning
- Proficient in Google, Blackboard, MS Word
- Reading Comprehension
- Individualized support
- Feedback provision
- Vocabulary building
- Grammar Expertise
- Parent-Teacher Communication
- Curriculum Implementation
- Technology Integration
- Online Instruction
- Teaching strategies
- Licensed in Maryland
- Academic advisement
- Differentiated Instruction
- Testing administration
- Creative Writing
- Faculty Collaboration
- Lesson Planning
- Exam Proctoring
- Student Support
- Individualized Learning Plans
- Grade Recording
- Student-Centered Learning
- Editing and proofreading
- Literary Analysis
- Advanced Placement Language and Composition
Certification
- State of Maryland Teaching Certification, 01/01/08, 01/01/23
- Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Course Instructor Certification, 01/01/13, 01/01/17
Leadership Experience
- Advisor of the Class of 2025
- Advisor of the class of 2019
- Advisor of the Class of 2014
- Graduation Speaker for the Class of 2014
- Advisor of the Liberty in North Korea Club
- Scorer and panel member for Advanced Placement Research essays and presentations
- SAT/ACT English tutor
- Advisor of the Key Club
Personal Information
Title: English Teacher
Timeline
High School English Teacher
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
06.2019 - Current
High School English Teacher
Montgomery County Public Schools
07.2015 - 01.2019
High School English Teacher
Carroll County Public Schools
07.2008 - 01.2015
Masters Certificate Program - Equity and Excellence in Education
McDaniel College
MA - Secondary Education
McDaniel College
BS - English Literature
UMBC
Equine Science Major -
Otterbein College
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