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Real name | Kit-Bacon Gressitt |
I am a | Teacher |
Seeking a | Teaching Job |
Join Date | 12/06/2022 |
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Destination Countries - School Locations | Mongolia Panama Thailand Tunisia Turkey |
Resume - Employer Information | CURRICULUM VITAE KIT-BACON GRESSITT kbgressitt@gmail.com 760-522-1064 740 W. Fig Street, Fallbrook, CA 92028 USA EDUCATION AND TRAINING MFA, Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts, University of California, Riverside, USA, 2015. Emphasis in narrative nonfiction and the representation of women in popular texts. BA, Women’s Studies, California State University San Marcos (CSUSM), Escondido, CA, USA, 2012. Certification, TESL/TEFL, American Language and Culture Institute, CSUSM, Escondido, CA, USA, August 2016. System-wide Faculty Learning Community for Climate Change and Resilience, California State University, California, USA, 2022 Summer Institute for Climate Change Education, Climate Generation, Minnesota, USA, 2018 Climate Reality Leadership Training, Los Angeles, USA, 2018 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer, CSUSM Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department Fall 2015, Fall 2018, Spring and Fall 2019, Spring and Fall 2020, Spring and Fall 2021, Spring 2022 • WGSS 101 Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies • WGSS 205 Gender and Identity in Popular Culture and the Media, on campus and online • WGSS 300-23 Representations in Popular Discourse: Objects of Desire and Denigration • WGSS 301 Gender, Race, and Class in Contemporary Societies, on campus and online • WGSS 345 Gender and Violence, on campus and online • WGSS 380 Gender and Social Movements, on campus and online • WGSS 424 Women and Health, on campus and online Volunteer Writing Teacher, Vallecitos School, Rainbow, CA, USA, 2012 to present • Developed an 8th-grade composition and critical thinking program based on California Common Core State Standards. • Create and update culturally sensitive lesson plans and instructional materials. • Teach writing, critical thinking, and introductory research skills to 8th graders at a California Title I school, with a census of 65% English Language Learners and 90% participation in the free or reduced meal program. Creative Writing Workshop Teacher, San Diego County Public Library, Fallbrook Branch and Private Workshops, Fallbrook, California, USA, 2010 to present • Develop curricula and teach workshops on the creative writing craft for diverse adults and teens. • Whitten-Welch Foundation grant recipient, 2017, to develop and teach a workshop for women to provide a platform that challenges silencing social constructs and conducts exercises to explore intersectionality. • Poets & Writers grant recipient in 2016 and 2017, to develop and teach workshops for a culturally diverse community. Director, Center for Living Independence for the Multi-handicapped Blind, Sierra Madre, CA • Directed a staff of 57 professional and nonprofessional employees of a residential school dedicated to teaching independent living, mobility, and job skills to severely disabled adults of racially and ethnically diverse heritages. • Responsible for academic, mobility, and activities of daily living curriculum development and maintenance based on state standards, reporting to government funding agencies, budget management, and nurturing productive relationships with students, their family members and guardians, and regulatory agencies. • Also responsible for maintaining the residential program as an exemplary, experiential independent living skills environment for severely disabled adults. OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Vice President of Marketing and Communications, FFF Enterprises, Inc, 2004 – 2008 Temecula, CA, USA, a healthcare corporation with revenues of $900M+. • Managed all marketing and communications operations for four corporate divisions, including strategy development and a marketing budget of $4M, with the goal of developing and creating new business with hospitals, healthcare providers, patient groups, and government agencies. • Directed a 15-member marketing team and consultants in the conception and creation of publications, websites, advertising, collateral, presentations, reports, and media and community relations campaigns. • Conceived of and edited IG Living magazine, wrote feature articles, and managed freelance writers, including patients and medical professionals. Political Columnist, Letters Editor, and Editorial Board Member, North County Times, Escondido, CA, USA, 1995 – 1998 • Sunday political columnist for a San Diego County mid-sized, daily newspaper. • Served on the editorial board, developed and wrote editorial topics, researched and interviewed political candidates, wrote editorial endorsements. • Wrote arts and culture features, including book reviews and author features. • Edited syndicated columns and letters to the editor. MEMBERSHIPS Authors Guild Climate Reality National Writers Union CURRENT AND PAST COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS • Current Organizer and Host, Writers Read at Fallbrook Library, a free author series with open mic • Current Organizer, Fallbrook Writers’ Conference, Fallbrook Library • Board Member, Marine Executive Association, Camp Pendleton Chapter • Founding Board Member, Youth Task Force, Fallbrook, CA • Advisor, Pasadena City College Special Education Technology Program • Appointee, Strategic Planning Task Force, City of Pasadena, CA • Public Relations Chair, Pasadena Mayor's Committee for Employment of the Disabled • Vice President of Community Outreach, Pasadena Community Access Corporation HONORS AND AWARDS • Grant Recipient, Poets & Writers, to teach writing workshops, 2016 and 2017 • Grant Recipient, Whitten-Welch Foundation, to teach women writers, 2017 • National Finalist, Kentucky Writers Fellowship, 2016 • Conference Choice Award, San Diego State Writer’s Conference, awarded by April Osborn, Editor, St. Martin’s Press, 2015 • First place, California Newspaper Publishers Association, 1995 for column writing • First place, San Diego Press Club, 1996 Journalism Awards for column writing • First place, Society of Professional Journalists San Diego, 1995 for column writing in large daily newspapers • First place, GLAAD San Diego, 1995 for editorial writing • Second place, Greater Los Angeles Press Club, 1995 for column writing • Second place, National Conference San Diego, 1995 for column writing • Second place, Chiron Review, 1995 for poetry • Waveform Award for Excellence in Cable Programming, 1988 • Finalist, Hometown USA Video Festival, 1987, 1988 • Bronze Award, National Health Information Awards, magazine category • Two Bronze Addy Awards for Online Publications |