Curriculum Vitae - Appalachian State University



Curriculum Vitae

Laurie J. Cousseau

7 Park Avenue

Brevard, NC 28712

Home: (828) 883-2862 Email: Gardenkeep@

Work: (828) 883-2665 Email: lcousseau@

PRESENT The Key Learning Center @ Carolina Day School August 2002 – Present

Asheville, NC 1st – 8th

Established in 1997 to serve children with dyslexia, in order to remove major

obstacles to learning.

Language Tutorial Instructor

• Provide multi-sensory language therapy to groups of 3 daily (4th & 6th)

• 6th Grade Reading Comprehension Class

PRIOR Brevard Academy, Brevard, NC August 1999 – June 2002

EXPERIENCE A charter school with an enrollment of 165 students grades K – 8th

Reading Specialist

• Provide individualized remediation to 15 children identified with language-based processing difficulties

• Provide diagnostic language-based assessments based upon referral of Care Team.

• Design and implement a multisensory-based spelling program for grades K – 5 (included six in-service training sessions.

Transylvania Literacy Council, Brevard, NC June 1998 – Aug. 1999

A community-based, non-profit organization that provides free, confidential literacy tutoring to county residents.

Executive Director

• Program management: tutor/volunteer/student & training, fundraising, grant-writing, community outreach, board development and planning efforts. Increased funding support by 22%

Blue Ridge Community College, Brevard, NC May ’97 – June ’99

Adult High School Diploma Program

Lead Instructor

• Responsible for intake of new students; review of transcripts and formal application process.

• Prepared daily lesson plans, evaluated student work and progress, counseled and advised students.

(Stayed home with children ’93 – ’97)

Amherst College, Amherst, MA Aug. ’91 – Aug. ’92

Office of Career Counseling

Career Services Assistant/Resource Librarian

• Responsible for the Resource Library; member of 5-college library consortium

• Provided assistance to students with their job/internship search.

• Coordinated career workshops and internship program.

• Provided administrative support to three college Deans.

Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT Aug. ’89 – ’91 & Aug. ’92 – July ’93

A non-profit education property dedicated to teaching and demonstrating the stewardship of natural and agricultural resources.

• May – Oct.-Manager, Guest Services – Seasonal Inn

• Nov – April – Led children K – 6 on natural science field trips.

PRIOR Narragansett Clothing Co., Tiverton, RI Oct. ’87 – July ’89

EXPERIENCE A specialty women’s clothing group of 38 stores

Marketing Coordinator

Jason Grant Associates, Providence, RI July ’84 – Sept. ’87

Small Advertising Ship with national client baase

Account Executive

EDUCATION: University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 1983

Bachelor of Arts Major: Communication Minor: English

Western Carolina University 2001 – 2002

NC Teach Program Middle School Language Arts

Appalachian State University 2005

Masters of Arts General Reading Education with Concentration in Classroom/Clinical

Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners & Educators 1999 – present

Certificate Membership in process

St. Michael’s College, Montpelier, VT

1. New England Children’s Summer Institute of Literature 1990

20 participating authors including: Sue Ellen Bridges, Katherine Paterson, Robert McCloskey…

2. Approaches to Reading Instruction at the Elementary Level 1991

OTHER: 4C’s County Citizens Concerned For Children 1998 – 2000

Member of Board of Directors

Transylvania County Family Center 1997 – 1999

Member of Board of Directors

The Big Play 1998

Transylvania organization working to build a community playground

Coordinator & Committee Chair

University of Vermont Continuing Education 1991 – 1993

Kindling Words—Annual Winter Weekend with Children’s Books

Cofounder

Participating authors included: Pat Hermes, Vera Williams, Karen Hesse….

“We must try as best as we are able to give our children words that will shape their minds so that they can make those miraculous leaps of imagination…in the living of this life that will reveal the little truths.”

Katherine Paterson, The Gates of Excellence

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