Experience Memphis Rise Academy
Education | Memphis, Tennessee
Teacher — July 2017-Present Teach 7th grade reading at Memphis Rise Academy, a school with an extended school day (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and an extended school year (mid-August to mid June). Serve as Ole Miss (classroom) advisory. Write original 7th grade reading curriculum, organized in annual Scope and Sequence, quarterly pacing calendars, and daily lesson plans and student-facing resources. Plan and teach weekly four-day Focus class for students requiring remediation. Plan and lead weekly four-day Enrichment class. Plan and teach once-a-month Saturday school for students requiring literacy remediation. Attend weekly professional development sessions with literacy team and weekly 7th grade team meetings. Attend annual IEP and 504 meetings. Co-teach twice a day with student supports coordinator.
Memphis Business Academy
| Memphis, Tennessee
Teacher — July 2015-May 2017
EMILY ROLAND
Taught 2nd grade reading and writing for three months, 12th grade English and Capstone/Senior Seminar for a year and a half. Responsible for creating a 12th grade curriculum, quarterly academic calendars, weekly lesson plans, and benchmark assessments. Occasionally lead professional development sessions on close reading strategies, higher order questioning, writing, editing, and technology. Created a new website for Memphis Business Academy. Responsible for maintaining, trouble-shooting, and updating the website on a weekly basis.
Teach for America
| Jacksonville, Florida
Social media manager for both magazines, including Facebook pages, Facebook groups, LinkedIn groups, Twitter accounts, Pinterest accounts, Insagram accounts and Google+ pages. Managed both websites, updating different features and posting new articles every day. Managed six freelance writers, edited their articles and posted to web. Wrote news and feature articles for web and print. Designed ads, email blasts and newsletters as needed. Compiled five newsletters each month. Designed and implemented responsive, mobile-friendly, web-version of MASSAGE. Gathered, analyzed and presented weekly and monthly Google Analytics statistics for each website and social platform.
The Florida Times-Union
2159 Harbert Ave. Memphis, TN 38104
References and clips available upon request.
Magna Cum Laude, 3.76 GPA Graduated May 2013
Johns Hopkins University Candidate for Master of Science in Education, Secondary ELA Anticipated Graduation: May 2019
License Practitioner Teacher
Corps Member — May 2015-Present
Digital Editor — April 2014-May 2015
etroland3@gmail.com
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (B.A.J.): Print, Emphasis: Magazine-News Editorial, Magazine Publishing
Active Endorsements: English 7-12, Middle Grades 4-8, Elementary K-6
| Memphis, Tennessee
Chiropractic Economics & MASSAGE
(601) 480-7433
The University of Mississippi
| Jacksonville, Florida
Digital Producer, Design Editor — July 2013-April 2014 Social Media: Promoted content via Twitter and Facebook hourly, crowd sourced and gained general knowledge about readers’ reactions/thoughts/opinions. Used Storify to curate comments on hot topics, large stories, etc. Website: Web the print newspaper at night, making all content online and web appropriate in the morning. Scoured the wires for content relevant to our audience. Created slideshows, multipliers, timelines to maximize viewer experience and page views. Utilized Chartbeat and Google Analytics. Worked in Drupal to maximize web performance. Edited headlines for SEO. Used basic HTML to embed video, create audio players, etc. Print: Gathered content for and designed a weekly newspaper advertorial section, FYI; designed a two-page photo spread each week for the newspaper’s Friday Jack section. Assisted in special projects for newspaper design in collaboration with copy desk and reporters, including FCAT scores, teacher scores, and VPK scores. Designed two weekly newspaper sections, Shorelines and Homes. Designed six monthly advertorial products, the Living publications, which were distributed to various communities throughout Jacksonville. Designed annual special sections, including the Holiday Gift Guide. Assisted in special projects for newspaper design in collaboration with copy desk and reporters, including FCAT scores, teacher scores, and VPK scores. Assisted copy desk as needed.
Skills Lesson planing, curriculum planning, data-driven instruction, Basic HTML and CSS, Web production, CMS, Copy editing, Proofreading, AP Style, SEO, Adobe InDesign CS6, Adobe InCopy CS6, Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Illustrator CS6, Microsoft Office Suite, iWork, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Photography, Graphics, Page Design and Layout, Management, Social Networking (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Wordpress, Blogger, Pinterest), YouTube, Garage Band, Reporting, Writing (narrative, features), Newspaper design, Magazine design, newsletters
Honors Ole Miss Hall of Fame, Kappa Tau Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Lambda Sigma, SEJC 3rd Best Design & Layout, SEJC 4th Best Newspaper, SEJC College Journalist of the Year nominee, SEJC 2nd Best Website, MPA 1st Best Special Section for Back to School Section, MPA 2nd Best Niche Project for Rebel Handbook, Chancellor’s List (all semesters), National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Additional experience: Morris Communications Management Intern (June-July 2013); Editor-In- Chief of the Daily Mississippian (April 2012–May 2013); National Newspaper Association Fellow (March 2013); AlleyWatch Freelance Copyeditor (Jan.-May 2013); Good Housekeeping, Hearst Corp., Intern (May-July 2012); NearSay.com Intern (June-July 2012); Meridian Star Reporter/Intern (May-Aug. 2010)