Section 4 Professional Development and Community Involvement

Section 4 Professional Development and Community Involvement

Education

Master of Education, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - May 2008

Licensure Communication Arts and Literature, Minnesota Department of Education - May 2003

Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - June 1998

Employment

Jefferson High School September 2003 to Present

Teacher of Communication Arts and Literature

Courses taught: English 10, Television Production, Public Speaking I, Introduction to Creative Writing, Advanced Creative Writing, Teen Literature, College Writing Hybrid

Youth, Inc. at Waite Park Elementary School October 2001 to May 2002

Tutor

Responsibilities: Tutoring for Reading, English, Phonics, and Math (3rd through 6th grades)

Professional Organizations

Minnesota Writing Project - Teaching Consultant - Summer 2007 to Present

Extra-Curricular Work

·  Hybrid Technology PLC - 2007-Present

·  SEED (Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity) classes - 2006-2007 and 2008-2009

·  Jaguar Academy Program Summer 2008

·  Literary Magazine Advisor - 2005-2008

·  Chaperone for Spanish trip to Costa Rica – Spring 2007

·  English 10 PLC - 2004-2007

·  Student Council Advisor - 2005-2006

·  BST Teaching Reading and Test Monitoring - Fall 2005

·  Summer School English 10 and English - Summer 2004

Presentations

·  Minnesota Writing Project Digital Writing Workshop - January 2009

·  TIES 2008 Education Technology Conference – December 2008

·  National Council for Teachers of English - November 2008

·  2nd Annual Writing Central: A Day for Literacy at CSB/SJU - November 2008

·  Bloomington School Board Meeting - September 2008

·  Minnesota Council for Teachers of English - May 2008

Publications that reference my work:

Beach, R. (2006). Teachingmedialiteracy.com: A Resource Guide to Links and Activities. New York: Teachers College Press.

Beach, R., Anson, C, Breuch, L. A., & Swiss, T. (2008). Engaging Students in Digital Writing. Norwood, MA: Christopher Gordon.

Beach, R., Campano, G., Borgman, M., & Edmiston, B. (in press). Literacy tools in 21st Century classrooms: Unleashing student agency. New York: Teachers College Press.

Beach, R., & Swiss, T. (in press). Using digital literature and video to foster development of literacy practices. In P. Albers and J. Sanders (Eds.), Perspectives on Research and Practice in Integrating Arts, Multimodality, and New Literacies into English Language Arts Classes. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Websites that reference my work:

2008 K12 Online Conference - https://k12online08presenters.wikispaces.com/Richard+Beach

Candance Doerr-Steven’s teaching, research, and writing - http://nonikwe.pbwiki.com/Elizabeth-Boeser

Jefferson High School Teacher Webpage - http://missboeser.googlepages.com/

Minnesota Writing Project Teaching Consultant Page - http://mwp.umn.edu/summer/2007/boeserl.html

Minnesota TC Connection - http://mwpwiki.pbwiki.com/

Teaching Writing Using Blogs, Wikis, and other Digital Tools - http://digitalwriting.pbwiki.com

Teachingmedialiteracy.com - http://teachingmedialiteracy.com

Using Literacy Tools - http://constructingidentities.pbwiki.com/School+projects