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Experience

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Throughout my experience as an educator in different capacities, I have worked with students of all ages and diverse backgrounds (race, culture, national origin, and socioeconomic status).

 

I have been a tutor since my days as an undergraduate student at the University of South Carolina when I tutored other students as my schedule permitted.

 

Since then, some examples of my tutoring experience have included the following:

 

  • tutoring at the university library at Morgan State University

  • my intercambio (language exchange) relationships with English language learners at the Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca in Mexico

  • my work with elementary school children when I served as the Map to Success Family Literacy Program Coordinator (offering afterschool tutoring and a summer academic enrichment program)

  • my work with adults in the Map to Success program who were preparing to take the GED tests

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​​​I have been a teacher since 2001, and the subjects have included:

 

  • High-School English

  • College-Level Composition

  • Literature (Introductory, World, African Diaspora)

  • Humanities (Ancient and Modern)

  • Introduction to the University (for incoming freshmen)

  • History (African American, United States, World)

  • African American Studies

  • Film Studies

 

As an English teacher, I have incorporated an "in-class writing lab" in my high school and college classes, and I have assisted students during my office hours.

 

My experience as an educator also includes four years as a Trio Upward Bound academic counselor for potential first-generation college students in grades 9-12. My duties were as follows:

 

  • monitoring students' academic progress

  • conducting workshops on academic success in high school and college

  • teaching college "survival" skills

  • teaching summer classes for high school students in Upward Bound

  • planning and conducting Upward Bound's academic and cultural events for the academic year and summer program

  • teaching a summer “University 101” class for incoming college freshmen in the Trio Student Support Services Program

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My other professional work on a freelance basis (since 2011) has also demonstrated my proficiency in English and writing:

 

  • Copy Editor

  • Proofreader

  • Script and Story Analyst

  • Writer

 

Feel free to visit me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabian-witherspoon/.

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© 2022 by Dabian Witherspoon

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