Amber Dornan

2 Nutmeg Dr.
Worcester, MA 01603
(781) 571-0400
adornan23@gmail.com

Passion ~ Relationship ~ Dedication ~ Creativity

Professional Degrees/Diplomas
Bridgewater State University (BSU) Bridgewater, MA
MAT in English May 2016
GPA: 3.9
BA in English, summa cum laude May 2013
Major: English Concentration: English Education
Minors: Secondary Education, Special Education Inclusive Practices

Certification, Licensure, and Endorsements:

Initial Licensure: 53218272 June 2013
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
English 5-8, 8-12
RETELL SEI Endorsement June 2015

Professional Experience:
English Teacher (Grade 8) Randolph, MA
Randolph Community Middle School August 2013 to Present
- Educate in an suburban/urban eighth grade English classroom
- Create and teach creative and engaging units and lesson plans
- Assess student work and performance
- Develop and implement action plans for students not meeting
the standards objectives
- Communicate effectively with coworkers and parents/guardians
- Lead and participate in curriculum meetings and professional development sessions
- Advise yearbook club: design and create the yearbook with students
Student Teacher English (Grade 8) Randolph, MA
Randolph Community Middle School January May 2013
- Taught two English classes
- Created curriculum for all 8th grade English teachers
- Assessed student work formally and informally
- Communicated with students individually to increase participation,
work production, and performance
Floral & Produce Clerk/Cashier Canton, MA
Shaws Supermarket January 2008 October 2015
- Communicated with the public respectfully and effectively
- Satisfied customers with product knowledge
- Created beautiful floral and balloon arrangements
- Organized and set up sales areas
- Took and filled orders

Presentations:
Honors Thesis:
RAWAC in Action: Common Core State Standards BSU: January 2013
Spark Reading and Writing Across Curriculum Programs
into Secondary Schools.
 Undergraduate Literary Conferences:
School as a Civilizing and Assimilating Machine: Stonehill College: April 2012
The Annihilation of Race and Culture
Motherhood and Sisterhood: The Agency of Sentiment BSU: April 2011
in Nineteenth-Century African American Feminist Tradition

Awards & Honors:

Undergraduate BSU: September 2009 May 2013
Deans List: 8 semesters, GPA: 3.9
Commonwealth and Departmental Honors
Edith G. Shoolman English Award: BSU: May 2013
For excellence and creativity in English

Personal Hobbies & Interests

Reading novels, writing stories, playing basketball and softball, playing drums, guitar and piano

Related Coursework
Graduate Work
Course Title Institution Professor Grade
Captivity Narratives Bridgewater Emily Field A
State University

Writing Workshop Middlebury Bread Dr. Lou Bernieri A

Loaf School
of English

Language and Power Bridgewater Dr. Julie Stakhnevich A

State University

Jewish American Bridgewater Dr. Kim Davis A

Literature and Film State University

Native Writing and Rhetoric Bridgewater Dr. Joyce Rain Anderson A

State University

Posthumanism and Bridgewater Dr. Jadwiga Smith A

Recent Fiction State University

Undergraduate Work
Course Title Institution Professor Grade
Whiteness in Bridgewater Dr. Kim Davis A
Ethnic Literature State University

English Romantic Poets Bridgewater Stuart Allen A

State University

Shakespeare: Histories Bridgewater Michael McClintock A-

and Comedies State University

U.S. Literature 19th Century Bridgewater Dr. John Kucich A

State University
 Recent American Fiction Bridgewater Dr. Benjamin Carson A
State University

Writing and the Bridgewater Dr. Lee Torda A

Teaching of Writing State University

Major British Writers to 1800 Bridgewater Dr. James Crowley B+

State University

References: Available upon request