Tonya Bowen

645 North Louisville Street

Harlem, GA 30814

706-466-0310

E-mail: tlpdbowen@gmail.com

Objective

To obtain either a Media Specialist position, middle school English/Reading

teaching position, a high school English teaching position, or a middle school Social

Studies teaching position.

Education

Master’s of Education in Instructional Technology with School Library Media

Concentration from Georgia Southern University. I will complete the degree

December 2015 and currently have a 3.87 G.P.A.

B.A. degree in English with a French minor and teaching certification (grades

6-12) from Georgia College & State University. Graduated spring 1996 with

overall G.P.A. of 3.97 (Summa Cum Laude).

High School Diploma (Advanced Academic) from Brentwood Academy.

Graduated May 1992 with honors.

Teaching Experience

Media Specialist

Veterans Memorial Middle School in Newton County

2015 - present

Plan all Scholastic activities (book fairs, order forms, documents).

Plan all budgets for book orders, periodical orders, and supply orders.

Review books, magazines, and reference items and place orders for

those materials.

Use Destiny (Follett) system for book circulation, fines, and reports.

Repair, maintain, and shelve collection.

Co-teach and collaborate with classroom teachers to provide lessons in

the media center.

Serve on school's Technology Team.

Serve on school's Design Team.

Serve on school's Leadership Team.

Coordinate Reading Bowl and AR/STAR for school.

Media Specialist

Harlem Middle School in Columbia County

2013- 2015

Plan all Scholastic activities (book fairs, order forms, documents).

Plan all budgets for book orders, periodical orders, and supply orders.

Review books, magazines, and reference items and place orders for those

materials.

Use Destiny (Follett) system for book circulation, fines, and reports.

Repair, maintain, and shelve collection.

Co-teach and collaborate with classroom teachers to provide lessons in the

media center (for example, a 6th grade English class lesson on The Cay).

Data Director coordinator

Fixed Assets coordinator (CSI and Smart Fusion programs)

Assist with standardized testing.

Textbook coordinator

Parent Portal contact for school

Middle Grades ELA teacher (grades 6 and 8)

Harlem Middle School in Columbia County

2007 - 2012

Planned, organized, and implemented CCGPS (the new Georgia common

core performance standards) and served on CCGPS committees as a grade

representative.

Helped to create sample unit plans for CCGPS for 6th grade for not only

HMS but also the other middle schools in the county.

Added Middle Grades Social Studies certification to enhance cross-

curricular teaching for gifted students.

Completed Gifted Certification and taught gifted classes.

Planned and implemented differentiation strategies for co-taught ELA

classes.

Coached cheerleaders.

Served on various county and school committees such as QPA (quarterly

progress assessment testing), CCGPS, and Principal's Advisory.

Worked with vertical planning groups on reading lists, common grammar

practices, and a school writing program.

Worked with other grade level teachers with "protected planning" to share

assessments, compare student work, and do data analysis.

Worked with data including CRCT, benchmarks, etc. to chart growth of

students as well as kept data portfolios to be submitted yearly.

Teacher of the Quarter nominations in 2011-2012 and in 2012-2013.

English teacher (grades 7-12)

Glascock County Consolidated School in Gibson, GA

2002- 2007

Planned, organized, and implemented grade-level appropriate curriculum

according to state standards and create units with programs such as

www.ubdexchange.org (Units include essential questions, knowledge to be

learned, tasks, products, etc.).

Taught grammar using materials such as Daily Oral Language Plus and

Daily Grammar Practice.

Taught literature using programs such as Jr. Great Books.

Taught writing and speech/communications with programs and materials

such as Writing to Win, 6+1Writing, and www.writingprocess.net.

Formally and informally assessed student progress and mastery of skills

with various programs including OAS benchmark (online testing), graphic

organizers, and rubrics.

Collaborated with special education co-teacher in the development of the

curriculum using the Georgia Performance Standards.

Collaborated with special education co-teacher for differentiation to meet

the needs of inclusion students.

Collaborated with colleagues on one-act play, literary events, and

yearbook.

Collaborated with colleagues during “common planning period” as part of

middle school team.

Collaborated with gifted teacher for differentiation to meet the needs of

gifted students in my classroom.

Supervised Yearbook class, spring literary events, and prom events.

STAR Teacher 2003.

Yearbook dedications 2004 and 2007.

Yearbook tribute 2008.

English teacher (grades 8-12)

John Milledge Academy

1996-2002

Planned, organized, and implemented grade-level appropriate curriculum.

Planned and organized summer reading lists for students.

Helped 12th graders with joint-enrollment English classes taken at Georgia

College & State University.

Planned and organized projects for 12th graders to prepare for college

(Projects included college visits, SAT prep, application assistance, etc.).

Served as one-act play advisor (placed at region and state levels of

competition).

Served as literary advisor (placed at region and state levels of competition).

Collaborated with colleagues for events such as dinner theater,

homecoming, etc.

Yearbook dedication 2002.

Professional Growth Workshops and Training

Veterans Memorial Middle School

Various trainings for Canvas, Safari Montage, and One Note

Harlem Middle School (2007 - 2015)

Standards Based Classroom training, Gifted Endorsement, Co-Teaching

Strategies, CCGPS Trainer, Designing Instruction, Differentiation in the

Classroom, Effective Grading Practices, Learning Focus (LFS), GACE

testing for Middle Grades Social Studies, various trainings for fixed assets

(Smart Fusion program), Data Director, and Nettrekker

Glascock County Consolidated School (2002-2007)

Reading Endorsement Program, Jr. Great Books, Orion Training, Reading

Endorsement Certification Training, “Differentiation and Raising

Achievement” PLC, Georgia Performance Standards, “Motivating

Uninterested, Disillusioned, and Disruptive Students” conference, 6+1

Writing Traits, Pyramid of Intervention, In-Tech, Standards Based

Classroom training, Response to Intervention/OAS training, i-Cue online

attendance and grading training, SEMS training (online intervention folder

training).

John Milledge Academy

Various computer training

Volunteer Experience

Union Baptist Church

Warthen, GA

1992-2002

Teacher for Sunday school

Teacher for Vacation Bible school

Georgia Military College

Milledgeville, GA

1992-1996

Tutor for middle school students