Resume

• 2012

  3.9-4.0

  Bachelors

  English Literature

  Alpha Chi National Honor Society

  Grand Canyon University

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  English and Creative Writing

  Southern NH University

• I serve on the Arts Festival Oklahoma committee. I have co-chaired ice logistics and vendor support services.\n\nI have served in this capacity for the last five years. 2009-2014

  Oklahoma City Community College

  OCCC Chair United Way Employee Fundraiser

  I chaired the college wide fundraiser for the United Way of Central Oklahoma. We raised over $32

  000.00 in one month with employee pledges and special events.

  OCCC United Way Employee Fundraiser Campaign

  Serve on Committee

  United Way of Central Oklahoma

  Public Speaking

  Copy Editing

  Curriculum Design

  Higher Education

  Teaching

  University Teaching

  Teaching English as a Second Language

  Instructional Design

  E-Learning

  Editing

  Adult Education

  College Teaching

  Leadership

  ESL

  Student Affairs

  Proofreading

  Curriculum Development

  Tutoring

  Grant Writing

  Research

  Couvas

  Rucker

  Lydia

  Couvas

  Keynote Speaker/ Workshop Presenter

  Oklahoma City Community College

  Conference Speaker and Workshop Leader 2014 IWCA/NCPTW

  Oklahoma city Community College

  •\tResponsible for: research

  development and implementation of curriculum for ESL and Developmental learning

  creation and presentation of workshops for students

  faculty and staff\n•\tDevelop new methods for developmental teaching

  ESL conversation groups

  curriculum development for Collaborative Learning Action Groups

  coordinating the development and guidance of tutors for facilitated Action Groups and ESL Conversation groups\n•\tCoordinate the fellowship of assistants in the multicultural composition classes in order to improve tutoring in the Communications Lab

  foster professional relations with professors and administrators

  takes an active part in committees

  hiring of lab assistants and temporary employees

  mentoring of tutors and assistance with staff meetings.\n•\tAssist students in individual

  one- on- one tutoring in a Writing Across the Curriculum Approach

  emphasizing rhetorical strategies

  mechanics

  sentence structure

  development

  and formatting

  Communications Lab Assistant

  Oklahoma City Community College

  Adult Educators OCCC Family and Community Education

  Keynote speaker at ESL and Adult learning teachers in-service. \n\n\"Breaking Barriers and Building Relationships: Increasing Student Involvement in the Classroom\"\n\nThis addressed how to become a positive motivator in the classroom.

  Keynote Speaker

  Keynote Speaker/ Workshop Presenter

  Oklahoma City

  Oklahoma Area

  Adjunct Professor Of English

  Oklahoma City Community College

  Orlando

  Florida Disney World

  Presented a 75 minute workshop at the International Writing Center Association/ National Conference in Peer Tutoring in Writing. \n\n\"Peer Tutoring “Inside” the Box: Creatively Addressing Multiple Learning Styles with the Tutoring Toolbox\"

  Conference Speaker and Workshop Leader 2014 IWCA/NCPTW

  Oklahoma City Community College

  Oklahoma City Community College

  Oklahoma City

  Oklahoma

  Oversee student entry-level assessment and placement systems in accordance with test company regulations (where applicable) and College policy; which includes administration of testing

  evaluation

  research

  and recommendations used or needed in the assessment process

  record keeping

  and interpretation of assessment information.\n\nDirect the administration of the national and residual ACT

  Pearson Vue certification tests

  TOEFL

  GED

  NLN and TEAS

  career counseling inventories

  and other test and assessment instruments as appropriate.\n\nOversee the process to securely administer academic exams

  including internal academic testing and external proctored examinations.\n\nMaintain an effective organization through the employment of qualified individuals

  the supervision and evaluation of personnel and the motivation of individuals to meet short- and long-range objectives.\n\nCoordinate the preparation of departmental budgets and recommend expenditures. Provide regular monitoring of budgets to ensure maximum utilization of available resources.\n

  Assistant Director of Testing and Assessment

  National College Testing Association