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RESUME OF:

 

George H. Adams

gadams@seymourschools.org

or

uconnfan1@snet.net

 

 

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

Highly Qualified Instructor of English and Social Studies Designation, grades 7-12:

State of CT Certification:  English (#015); History/Social Studies (#026)

 

Continued SERC (State Education Resource Center) Differentiated Instructor Facilitator, 2006-present

 

Connecticut Coaching Certification, 2007-2012

 

Member, Mission Statement Committee, 2006-present

 

Member, Curriculum Advisory Board, 2005-present

 

Active Member NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English)

 

EDUCATION:          

Bachelor of Arts, Secondary Education (1977); University of Connecticut (Storrs)

Major:  English

Minor:  U.S. History

 

M.S. Candidate (May 2008) Educational Technology, Eastern Connecticut State University

 

EDUCATION-RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

8/03-present

Seymour Middle School; Seymour, CT

English/Creative Writing Teacher, Grade 8

Differentiated Instructor Facilitator

Assistant Softball Coach

 

 

8/2002-3/2003

John Read Middle School; Redding, CT

ILA Teacher, Grade 6 (long-term sub)

Supervised CT Mastery Test, Grade 6

 

1999-2002

Ridgefield Academy; Ridgefield, CT

Grades 7 and 8 – U.S. History

Grade 6 – World History, Math

Head Coach, Grades 7 and 8:  Girls’ Basketball, Softball, Soccer; Boys’ Basketball

 

1995-1999

Landmark Academy; Wilton, CT

Grades 6-8 English, History

Head Teacher, Grade 8 (1999)

Head Teacher, Grade 6 (1996-1998)

Middle School Student Advisor

Pre-School Physical Education (’95-’96)

 

Landmark/Ridgefield Academy Summer Programs:

1998-2005: Assistant Director, Camp Ridgefield

1997: Middle School Instructor; Assistant Director, Camp Landmark

1996: Director, Camp Landmark

 

1989-1994

Assessment Systems, Inc.; Norwalk, CT

Test Center Manager  (testing for professional certification)

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/SEMINARS:

Inclusion Facilitator – Seymour Middle School

Differentiated Instruction Representive: SERC Grant, State of CT.

CEU Certificates of Completion (continuing education units):

-Opening Day Faculty Meeting

-Drugs of the Millennium

-Language Arts Frameworks

-Curriculum Development – Reading/English

-Bullyproofing Presentation

-Bullyproofing Presentation

-Strategic Planning

-“Don’t Laugh at Me” Training (Operation Respect) – Parts 1 & 2

-Turning Points

-Responsive Classrooms – Parts 1-4

-Miracles Begin with You

-Technology Training – Middle School

-Differentiated Instruction – Parts 1-3

-Differentiated Instruction – Middle School – Instructional Strategies – Parts 1-5

-School Improvement Plan

-School Improvement – Middle School

-If You Don’t Feed the Teachers…They Eat the Students

-Coaches Academy – Strategies to Support the Education of Children with Intellectual Disabilities

-The Effective Teacher

-Testing Student…And the Law

-Practical Tools and Strategies to Support the Success of All Students

-Creating Classrooms Committed to Powerful Learning and High Achievement

-Reading Comprehension Framework

-Final Site Training – Introduction Parts 1 & 2– Training in the Use of Computers in the Classroom

-Final Site Training – Middle School – Training in the Use of Computers in the Classroom

-Final Site Training – High School – Training in the Use of Computers in the Classroom

-Compass Lab – Group 1 – Training in the Use of Computers in the Classroom

-Gradebook

-Teacher Evaluation Document – Effective Schools

 

Non-CEU Activities:

 

Coordinated Connecticut Mastery Testing (CMT) preparation classes

Implemented cross-curricular writing projects in Social Studies, Science, and Math classes

Liaison between Ridgefield Academy History Department/CAIS Certification Committee

Successfully implemented CAIS-approved History Curriculum after CAIS certification

Served on Evaluation Committee, ERB testing

Started inter-scholastic sports program, Grades 7 and 8 Girls’ Basketball

Introduced Amistad courtroom re-creation, now an annual event

Directed Landmark/Ridgefield Academy's 25th Anniversary film retrospective

Directed consecutive middle school theatrical productions from 1998

Writer/Director "Blackboard Broadway", middle school theatrical production

Coordinated graduate visits to prospective high schools

Assisted in implementation of first middle school advisory program (Ridgefield Academy)

Coordinated annual alumni reunion activities

 

HOBBIES/INTERESTS

Guitar (composer/songwriter); Revolutionary and Civil War history/literature; playwright/director; golf; baseball; basketball; avid reader (fiction and non-fiction); crossword puzzle enthusiast 

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