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MEIKLE  PASCHAL, Ed.D.
781-248-7039
meiklepaschal@gmail.com


SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
An experienced teacher of English at both college and secondary levels, with the following specialties and strengths:
    A history of exceptional class evaluations
    Experience with both learning-challenged and under-prepared students
    Experience with local, ethnic and community college populations
    Experience using the latest techniques in education reform


SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM TAUGHT
English courses
    Fundamentals of English
    Writing 101/102
    English Composition 101/102
    English Composition 101 (online)
    Intro to Literature
    Writing Workshop I&II

Other courses and specialties
    Misrepresentation of African Americans in the Cinema
    20th Century American Literature
    Multicultural Literature
    African-American Literature
    Black Women Writers
    LN 090  (Developmental Writing)
    Philosophy 102
    Strategies for Learning

    Other initiatives
    MassBay Community College    Wellesley, MA
    Academic Student Athlete Program (A.S.A.P.)
    Development of a series of lectures and activities providing academic support to student athletes


TEACHING POSITIONS HELD

2008 -Present    Middlesex Community College    Bedford, MA
Adjunct Professor of English
Developmental English courses; English Reading and Composition courses.

2007-Present    MassBay Community College    Wellesley/Framingham, MA
Adjunct Professor of English
Developmental English courses; English Reading and Composition courses.

2005-2007    Curry College    Milton, MA
Assistant Professor of English

2003-2005    Curry College    Milton, MA
Adjunct Professor of English

1999-2006    Madison Park Vocational Technical High School    Roxbury, MA
Instructor of English, Grades 10-12.

1998-1999    Woodrow Wilson Middle School      Dorchester, MA
Assistant Principal
Responsible for supervision and evaluation of staff, curriculum development.


1995-1999    Hyde Park High School    Hyde Park, MA
Program Director, Curriculum and Instruction
Supervision and evaluation of teaching, supervision of the English Department, implementation of   instruction models.

1993-1994    J. P. Timilty Middle School     Roxbury, MA
Instructor of English, Grades 7-8

1992-1993    Solomon Lewenberg Middle School    Dorchester, MA
Instructor of English
Principles of Accelerated Learning . Students retained for reasons other than academic (homeless, illness) for purposes of completing academic requirements necessary to be re-assigned to proper grade level.

1986-1992    English High School      Jamaica Plain, MA
Program Coordinator for the Traditional Program with 500 students
Special assignments included teacher evaluations, implementing the Code of Discipline and facilitating the effective operation of the program.


EDUCATION
1998    University of Massachusetts     Lowell, MA
    Ed.D. Major in Educational Leadership
    Dissertation:  “The effects of adolescent fathering on the education of the Black urban male”

1995    Bridgewater State College       Bridgewater, MA
    Master's in English

1979    Antioch College                       Cambridge, MA
    M.Ed.
    Thesis: “A study of Administrative Issues in a Non-Residential Juvenile Facility”

1974    University Of Massachusetts    Boston, MA
    B.A. Dual Major in English & Psychology


TRAININGS RECEIVED
1995    Efficacy Seminars    Lexington, MA
    A program for assuring equal educational access to students of limited income.

1995    Landmark Curriculum    Cambridge, MA
    A program to change attitudes and shift paradigms of underserved/disadvantaged student populations


MASSACHUSETTS STATE CERTIFICATIONS
    Instructor of English, Grades 9 – 12
    Headmaster, High School
    Principal, Middle School
    Principal, Elementary School

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2008 - Present    Young Men Of Color
2012 - Present    Bagels and Bards
2011 - Present    Non-Fiction Writers
1992 - 1994        Fathers Inc.
1996 - Present    West Lexington Buddhist Group
1997 - Present    Massachusetts Heart Association
1974 - Present    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

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