Language Arts Service Center
Resume:
My greatest passion is to
empower people to reach their
full potential by helping them
discover deep reservoirs of
hidden skills, undiscovered
interests, and untapped talent.
CAREER ASSETS
Reading and Language Arts specialist with 30 years’ experience teaching, training, consulting, and writing curricular and instructional products and services for grades K-12. Excellent speaker, trainer, tutor, and coach with a significant record of accomplishment regarding student performance. Outstanding written and oral communication skill combined with a knack for determining root causes of problems and collaborating to effect long-term, positive change in schools.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CONTRACT CURRICULUM WRITER
Conceptualized and designed virtual coursework (language arts and science) for online education multiple organizations
REGON 4 EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER
CURRICULUM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Evaluated the effectiveness, coherency, and alignment of language arts curriculums, recommend solutions, and worked with administration, specialists, and teachers to design engaging, standards-based, creative, pedagogically sound instructional units based on the principles of backward design, student engagement, and effective learning processes. EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS/PRODUCT CREATION
Designed, created, and delivered a wide variety of products using research and evidence- based best practices to address all areas of reading and literacy, with an emphasis on comprehension, metacognition, vocabulary, and challenges of adolescent learners. DISTANCE LEARNING EXPEREINCE
o Created detailed modules for Master Reading Teacher coursework used to attain certification, with an emphasis on research-based vocabulary and comprehension strategies.
o Facilitated multiple virtual learning experiences regarding literacy, reading comprehension, writing skills and metacognition.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODULES
Designed, created, and deliver a wide variety of professional development trainings using research and evidence-based best practices to address all areas of reading and literacy, with an emphasis on writing, comprehension, metacognition, vocabulary, and challenges of adolescent learners. Worked with school faculty to formulate instructional plans and summative/ formative assessments.
HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
o Interim ELA department director, HISD Curriculum and Instruction Department o English language arts and reading specialist and curriculum writer o Grade 7 English Language Arts teacher
PASADENA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
• Elementary and high school reading and language arts teacher
• Department chair/team leader for multiple years
CONTRACT WRITER
Contract writer for Moxie Institute (corporate speeches for business leaders), Productive Learning (self-improvement coursework for business professionals), and Healthday
(medical research and writing).
KEY SKILLS
EDUCATION
Curricular Analysis/Review
Backward Design/Planning
Root Cause Analysis
Pedagogical Best Practices
Strategic Goal Setting
Student/Teacher
Empowerment
Comprehensive Literacy
Practices
Building Effective Teams
Talent Recognition
Houston Baptist
University, 18 graduate
hours in Curriculum and
Instruction
University of Houston,
9 graduate hours in
Curriculum and Instruction
University of Houston,
Bachelors of Science in
Psychology with a minor in
English (1991)
AWARDS
Employee of the Month
Region 4 Education
Service Center, 2016
Educator of Influence,
Pasadena Noon Optimist
Club, 1998
Teacher of the Year,
Richey Elementary, 1995
GARY LOSS
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Houston, TX
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-loss-5024834a
Education is the spine of
every nation. The better
the education, the better
the nation!
-Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
CAREER PHILOSOPHY
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