Joan Cutuly's Resume

Education:

1960-65 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh, PA 

M.Ed.: Secondary Education 
B.A.: English
Minors: Psychology, Anthropology


Teaching Experience:

1991 to 1992 CLARK HIGH SCHOOL Las Vegas, NV
-Teacher: Creative Writing, English 1, English 3


1984 to 1991 LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOL Las Vegas, NV
- Teacher: Advanced Placement World Literature, 
Distinguished Scholars World Literature, Distinguished Scholars Composition, Honors American Literature, English 3, Basic English 3
- Upward Bound Teacher and Program Coordinator


1981-84 DELL H. ROBISON JUNIOR HIGH Las Vegas, NV
- Teacher: Accelerated Language Arts 7, Language Arts 7, Journalism, Creative Writing 


1983 CLARK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Las Vegas, NV
- Instructor: English 101


1978-81 ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE Pittsburgh, PA 
- Instructor: English 101 and 102, Introduction to Poetry, Introduction to Drama, Introduction to Fiction, Modern Drama, Women in Literature, American Short Story


1975-76 CLAIRTON MIDDLE SCHOOL Clairton, PA 
- Teacher: Remedial Reading, English 6, Social Studies


1974-75 ST. ALBERT THE GREAT Brentwood, PA
- Teacher: 3rd Grade


1973 VILLAGE ACADEMY Bethel Park, PA 
- Teacher: English 11 and 12, Communications


1965-71 CLAIRTON HIGH SCHOOL Clairton, PA
- Teacher: American Literature, English Literature, Humanities, Related Arts, Journalism, Composition, Poetry, Shakespeare.
- Developed and taught a 3 credit drama course.

Professional Activities / Awards:

2003-2007
- Project Director, Netarts-Oceanside Reading Series

1994-1995
- Speaker: Nevada Humanities Committee On the Road Program 
- Keynote speaker: Nevada Reading Week / University of Montana teachers’ conference, Utah State writing workshop


1990 & 1991
- Participating Poet: Pinion Poetry Festival, Reno, NV 

1991
- Guest poet: Carson High School, Carson City, NV


1984-87 
Churchill County High School, Fallon, NV 
- 26 workshops on teaching Literature and Writing for the Clark County School District, Las Vegas High School, the Southern Nevada Writing Project, NOVA University, and the Southern Nevada Teachers of English 


1984
- 2 workshops on teaching writing, University of Nevada, Reno

1983
- Project Director: “Desert Readings” Poetry Series sponsored by Allied Arts Council and Nevada Humanities Committee 
- Winner of the 1983-84 Clark County School District Excellence in Language Arts Award 
- Winner of the 1983-84 Clark County School District Dissemination of Excellence Award 


1979-80 
- Writer and host of Rhyme and Reason, 13 week TV series on poetry produced by Robert Morris College

Publications:

• Prisoner of Second Grade: My Life Under the Thumb of That Other Cold-War Enemy—The System That Stifled Art, Humanity, and Reason, The Gulliver Initiative, 2008.
• Home of the Wildcats, National Council of Teachers of English, 1993.
• Selected poems in Desert Wood: An Anthology of Nevada Poets. University of Nevada, 1991

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