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1118 Hickory Trace Drive, Greensboro, NC (336-854-8070 ( gainesc@

Cheryl L. Gaines | |

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| |To obtain a job as a High School English or Reading Teacher |

|Education/Certification |

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|* |Appalachian State University, Boone, NC | |

| |M.A. in Reading Education (Classroom/Clinical) K-12 |2006 |

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| |Graduated August 2006 |

| |Certified as a Reading Specialist |

| |Guilford County School/ NCDPI |2006 |

| |English 9-12 Certification/Licensure | |

| |Secondary English Add-on after completion of Praxis II |

| |National Board Certification | |

| |Early Adolescent English Language Arts (ages 11-15) |2003 |

| |Earned National Board Certification in the area of English/Language Arts |

| |High Point University, High Point NC | |

| |AIG Certification/Licensure |1998 |

| |Earned Certification for teaching Academically Gifted students |

| |Guilford County Schools |1997 |

| |Middle Grades Language Arts Certification/Licensure | |

| |Middle Grades Language Arts Add-on Certification after passing Praxis II (Grades 6-9) |

| |Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC | |

| |B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies cum laude |1992 |

| |Area of Concentration: Elementary Education |

| |Minor: Social Studies |

|PROFESSIONAL AWARDS/Achievements |

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| |Center for Creative Leadership Certificate of Achievement |2002 |

| |- Completed a 5-year leadership training program | |

| |National Board Certification: EAELA, ages 11-15 |2003 |

| |- Early Adolescent English Language Arts | |

| |Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (3 years) |2004-2006 |

|Teaching Experience |

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|* |Southwest Guilford High School, Guilford County Schools |Current Position |

| |High Point, North Carolina | |

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| |English Department | |

| |English I Teacher (Ninth Grade) | |

| |Strategic Reading | |

| |Yearbook Journalism | |

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| |Allen Jay Middle School, Guilford County Schools |1996-2006 |

| |High Point, North Carolina | |

| |Eighth Grade Teacher – Language Arts (10 years) | |

| |Eighth Grade Language Arts Teacher | |

| |Reading Teacher for at-risk students | |

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| |R.H. Fulmer Middle School, Lexington District II |1992-1996 |

| |West Columbia, South Carolina | |

| |Eighth Grade L.A./Journalism Teacher – Language Arts, Journalism (4 years) | |

| |Eighth Grade Reading Teacher | |

| |Established and taught a Yearbook Journalism Class, Fall 1993 -1996 | |

| |Established and taught a Newspaper Journalism Class, Fall 1994 -96 | |

|Related Experience |

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| |Allen Jay Middle School |

| |School Improvement Leadership Team Member |1997-2006 |

| |8th Grade Representative (8 years) | |

| |Language Arts Department Chair (7 years) | |

| |SACS Committee Chairperson | |

| |Completed 5 years of leadership training through the Center for Creative Leadership at the Bryan Leadership| |

| |Training Facility | |

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| |Yearbook Advisor |1996-2005 |

| |Yearbook advisor completing production, sales and distribution (9 years) | |

| |Trained three other teachers as co-advisors | |

| |Experience working with Jostens and Herff Jones Yearbook Companies | |

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| |French/American Exchange Trip |1999-2004 |

| |Co-sponsored and hosted visitation of St. Joseph’s Academy from Dijon, France to High Point, NC and Allen |‘99, ‘01,& ‘03 |

| |Jay Middle School |2002 |

| |Chaperoned two student trips to France to visit Paris and the school in Dijon |2004 |

| |Organized and led second trip to France (Toured Paris, Dijon, the Loire Valley, Normandy, and Rouen) | |

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| |Teaching Mentor |2002-2005 |

| |Trained and received mentor’s certificate, Fall 2002 | |

| |Mentored 2 lateral entry teachers for three years | |

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| |Shakespeare Drama Cub Advisor |2003-2006 |

| |Directed a student production of Richard III |2003 |

| |Directed a student production of Much Ado about Nothing & Mid Summer Night’s Dream |2004/2005 |

| |Directed a student production of The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet | |

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| |Assistant Track Coach (3 years) | |

| |Served as Assistant Coach for Boy’s & Girl’s Track for three years | |

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|PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (LAST 5 YEARS) |

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| |QUEST Technology Training (2005-2006) |

| |- Trained to use a variety of technology in the classroom |

| |- Developed and taught several Language Arts lessons using technology. |

| |Shakespeare Lives! (2003-2006) |

| |- Trained to teach Shakespeare at the Globe Theater in London, July 2003 |

| |- Participated in multiple workshops and performances |

| |Cooperative Learning Strategies (2005-2006) (1993-1993) |

| |- Second training on the use of cooperative learning strategies in the classroom |

| |Reading Across the Curriculum/ Reading in the Content Area (2002-2004) |

| |- Completed two years of workshops in RAC & RCA |

| |Mentoring NC’s Novice Teachers (2002) |

| |- Have mentored three new teachers and completed numerous classroom observations |

| |Creating a Web Page (2002) |

| |- Learned to develop and maintain web pages using MS FrontPage |

| |- Co-created two Web Quests and a Classroom Web Page. |

| |Leadership Training: Bryan Leadership Development Initiative (1998-2002) |

| |- Completed a 5-year training cycle conducted by The Center for Creative Leadership |

|PROFESSIONAL Memberships |

| |North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) |

| |National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) |

|REFERENCE (GCS employees - Please email for references) gainesc@ |

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