Susan McGraw
Lyndhurst
Summary
Professional educator with a focus on individualized student development within the realm of competitive speech and debate. with many years of classroom experience in writing instruction, I bring those skills to the teaching and coaching of public speaking to help team members find their individual voice and develop their presentation tools in order to enhance the messages they hope to bring to competition audiences.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Classroom Teacher
Hawken School
2018.08 - 2025.07
Advanced Placement English Language and Composition - 6 years
Various speech seminars
Homelessness experiential class
Assistant Director of Speech and Debate
Hawken School
2018.08 - 2025.06
Administrative duties including:
Team recruitment and management
Coordination of trips for travel tournaments
Parent communication
Tournament director for the tournament we hosted annually.
Oversight and coaching for all public speaking and interpretation events.
Director of Forensics
Broward County School Board
2011.08 - 2018.06
In this role, I taught and coached co-curricular speech and debate and also founded the school's competitive speech and debate team taking the team from 6 students to 125 and qualifying students to various national tournaments and to the finals for NSDA.
Teacher of English
Broward County Public Schools
2004.08 - 2018.06
Here I taught English and Debate for grades 9-12.
Education
Bachelor of Arts -
The University of Florida
Gainesville, FL1981-03
Skills
- Classroom Teacher
- Director of Forensic
- Coach Mentor
- Assistant Director of Forensics
- Debate Coach
- Speech Coach
Certification
I am a two diamond NSDA Coach specializing in speech events with multiple state champions in both Florida and Ohio, national champions in speech and debate and two finalists in original oratory and runner up in public forum at the NSDA National Tournaments.
Timeline
Classroom Teacher
Hawken School
2018.08 - 2025.07
Assistant Director of Speech and Debate
Hawken School
2018.08 - 2025.06
Director of Forensics
Broward County School Board
2011.08 - 2018.06
Teacher of English
Broward County Public Schools
2004.08 - 2018.06
Bachelor of Arts -
The University of Florida