Shelley Alvarez
Edmond,Oklahoma
Summary
Senior lecturer with twenty-three years' experience in teaching, research, online grading, and online instruction. Seven-years' experience in online tutoring. Educational background in English and research. Special talent in writing, analyzing writing, and editing. Well-rounded and skilled in written and oral communications as well as the ability to read and comprehend a variety of writing levels. Public speaking skills. Energetic, quick learning, hard working, empathetic, and self-motivated. Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team to accomplish group objectives.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Lecturer
Texas Tech University English Department
08.2017 - Current
- Teaches Essentials of College Rhetoric and Advanced College Rhetoric
- Instructs full-time (four sections, 100 students per semester with occasional overload of 125 students) in traditional coursework teaching, lesson planning, grading, and creating new curriculum as well as communicating with faculty members in creation of textbook materials
- Instructs via synchronous and asynchronous methodologies to satisfy core curriculum standards and meet student needs
- Uses a multi-modal online platform consisting of online handbooks, supplemental blog posts, videos, journals, interactive reading activities, discussion posts, asynchronous commentary, and Zoom sessions
- Encourages students to research and develop knowledge about social issues and create forms of public intellectualism beyond scholarly papers
- Supports diverse student population, including two-years synchronous online teaching for TTU-Costa Rica campus, through different teaching styles to cover multiple learning styles and meet accessibility standards
Writing Consultant
Texas Tech University Writing Center
07.2015 - Current
- Tutors 15-25 undergraduate and graduate students per week in 30 minutes to 1-hr asynchronous or synchronous, online sessions and analyzes, based on students' writing concerns, writing for signs of plagiarism, quality level and adherence to instructions, and grammatical errors
- Provides and motivates students with written and oral constructive criticism and positive feedback to build academic confidence
- Fulfills Writing Center's goal of encouraging active student learning and revisions strategies
- Instructs effectively with students from diverse backgrounds, including ELL, international students, and students from variety of academic fields
- Enables students to access their individual writing strengths and weaknesses and implements plans for improving and clarifying their writing
Full-Time Document Instructor
Texas Tech University English Department
08.2005 - 05.2017
- Graded hundreds of essay on a weekly basis for Essentials of College Rhetoric and Advanced College Rhetoric
- Adhered to rigorous departmental standards for grading including assigning grades, tagging grammatical errors, and providing lengthy commentary evaluating student writing
- Communicated regularly online with other faculty and team members regarding customizing assignments and evaluating student progress
- Observed classroom instructors and contributed to creation of syllabi and textbook material
Graduate Part-Time Instructor
Texas Tech University English Department
08.2002 - 05.2005
- Taught Essentials of College Rhetoric and Advanced College Rhetoric, two sections per semester
- Instructed 37 students per classroom
- Graded and evaluated all student essays submitted online through the English department
Education
State Approved Teacher Education -
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX05.2006
Master of Arts - American And English Literature
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX05.2004
Bachelor of Arts - American And English Literature
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX05.2001
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe
- Zoom
- Blackboard
- Skype
Certification
Outstanding Instructor First-Year Writing 2005/2019
Grants
Co-authored for MLA grant writing committee to request funding to study the factors contributing to the student’s failure in 1301 through analyzing the available data and holding the workshops based on the preliminary researches. October 2023
Conferences
Conference Presentations." "International Business and the Changing Marketplace," Celebration of Scholarship and Learning. Towson University, Towson, MD, October 2021.
Timeline
Senior Lecturer
Texas Tech University English Department
08.2017 - Current
Writing Consultant
Texas Tech University Writing Center
07.2015 - Current
Full-Time Document Instructor
Texas Tech University English Department
08.2005 - 05.2017
Graduate Part-Time Instructor
Texas Tech University English Department
08.2002 - 05.2005
State Approved Teacher Education -
Texas Tech University
Master of Arts - American And English Literature
Texas Tech University
Bachelor of Arts - American And English Literature
Texas Tech University
Outstanding Instructor First-Year Writing 2005/2019
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