Education:
1973: New York State high school diploma – Alfred-Almond Central School, Almond, New York
1976: Bachelor of Arts – Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1979: Master of Science in Education – Alfred University, Alfred NewAdditional graduate hours in reading instruction at Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1988: Juris Doctorate – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio: Order of the Barristers
Teaching Certifications:
New York State: Secondary English – Permanent Reading K-12 – Provisional
Texas: Secondary English – Lifetime Additional endorsement – English as a Second Language
Teaching Experience:
1977-78: The Wilson School. Mountain Lakes, New Jersey; grades 1-6, supplemental department for children with learning disabilities.
1979-83: Friendship Central School, Friendship, New York; primary responsibility for the first two years was for juniors and seniors who had failed the state’s reading and/or writing assessments. 100% passed the retest. The last two years were spent teaching junior and senior English classes and coordinating the reading curriculum for grades K-8.
1983-85: Watkins Glen High School. Watkins Glen, New York: Sophomore English and Senior English (thesis writing block of Senior English trimester program that included a survey of British literature, an in-depth study of one Shakespearean comedy and one drama, as well as an independent and original research paper).
1996-98: Hargrave High School, Huffman, Texas: STARprogram for high school students at risk of not graduating with their cohort. I taught all levels of high school English and Social Studies courses with the exception of economics. I also facilitated the completion of thirty-two electives. During this time we had a 100% success rate – all students who stayed in the program graduated with their cohort.
2000-08: Alice Johnson Junior High School, Channelview, Texas. During the course of my years at Alice Johnson I taught all levels (regular, advanced, and PreAP) of 8th. Grade reading, English, and ELA.
2008-Present: Channelview High School, Channelview, Texas. I have taught grade 11 English, both regular and AP English Language and Composition for 7 years, grade 10 English, both regular and PreAP for 2 years and am currently in my seventh year teaching grade 9 English. I have also been the English department chair.
Butts, V
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