Welcome to my site. I moved to Randolph County from Lincoln, Nebraska almost seven years ago to join RCS. I have lived in seven states, several of which I have also taught in. I have included my resume below in case you’d like all the details.
Laura M. Ellen
Randleman High School: English as a Second Language
Business phone: (336) 498-2682 e-mail: lellen@randolp.k12.nc.us
My objective is to prepare students for the business world or collegiate success through dynamic instruction that targets standards, challenges intellect, and encourages self-exploration and individuality.
CERTIFICATION: English 9 - 12, Language Arts 6 - 9, ESL K - 12
EDUCATION
English Master of Arts: Composition and Rhetoric – Univ. of Nebraska 2000
Graduate course work - University of Phoenix 2001 - 03
Bachelor of Arts - University of Wyoming
Secondary Education: English and Journalism 1988
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Randleman High School – ESL, English I, II, III 2004 - present
Pinon High School – Pinon, AZ 2001 - 03
Senior + Junior English, Composition, AP, Speech, Reading
Doane College – Crete, NE Spring 2001
Business Writing, Composition
Lincoln Public Schools – Lincoln, NE 1998 – 2001
Substitute Teaching – all areas
Lincoln Northeast High School – Lincoln, NE 1996 – 97
Sophomore English, Composition, Advanced Composition
Lee County Schools, Bishopville, SC 1989 – 1996
Grades 7 -12: Literature, Composition, Journalism, Gifted
TRAINING
ACT I (Applied Control Theory) 2009
RCS Mentor Training 2008
Reading Apprenticeship + follow up session 2006 - 07
Teaching from Bell to Bell 2005
AP Institute – Language 2002
Nebraska Writing Project 2000
Scoring of Writing Assessments (Nebraska Dept. of Education) 2000
Accelerated Reader Program 2000
South Carolina Writing Project 1991
PUBLISHED WORK
British Literature Self-Study Course (in cooperation with UNL Continuing Studies) 2001