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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
CHARLES E. YOUNGS, A.B., M.A., NBCT
Bethel Park High School
Pennsylvania 15102
412-854-8564
youngs.charles@bpsd.org charlesyoungs@aol.com
EDUCATION
New York University, 1995
New York, New York, US 10003
NYU Oxford Program in English Education, Oxford University, UK 1993-1995
Master of Arts: School of Education: English Education
Grove City College, 1985
Grove City, Pennsylvania, US 16127
Secondary Education Certification in English and Communications, 1985
Bachelor of Arts: Literature, Communication Arts
CERTIFICATION
National Board Certified Teacher, National Board Professional Teaching Standards, US
Pennsylvania: English, Communications (Instructional II, active)
New York: English 7-12 (Provisional, expired)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 2003 - Present Bethel Park High School
English Language Arts Curriculum Facilitator
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania 15102
August 1996 - Present Bethel Park High School
Teacher of English and Communications
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania 15102
Spring 1998 - Present Grove City College
(annually) Guest Lecturer in English Education
Grove City, Pennsylvania 16127
March 1999 - Present Allegheny Intermediate Unit
In-Service Course Instructor
Homestead, Pennsylvania
August 1991 - June 1996 Grove City High School
Teacher of English and Communications
Grove City, Pennsylvania 16127
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT
21st Century Learning Committee
Leading a school district committee and examining contemporary models, paradigms, and pedagogies to meet the needs of educators and students in our age.
COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS
Fullbright-Hayes Group Project Abroad to Ghana, Africa, July 2009
Research and develop curricula on West African literature and culture.
Consultant to School and Teacher Programs, Education Department, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, for the Carnegie International 2008 Exhibition
This involves content, design, and development of educational programs for K-12 student audiences and teachers in conjunction with the Carnegie International exhibition to open in 2008. This project includes design and participation of blog forums for Life on Mars, the 55th Carnegie International, including consultation with Zero Gravity, a blog for teens responding to the exhibition, and teacher-classroom blogs related to school visits.
Art & Writing Weblog, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Prinicipals: Charles Youngs, Christen Palombo, Mary Culberston-Stark
The purpose of this project is to pilot a weblog on art experiences over time with contemporary art on exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art from May 2007 until November 2008. The process and product of this project was used to develop a interscholastic weblog project for the 2008 Carnegie International Exhibition.
Effectiveness in Weblogs to Engage Reader-Response in the Secondary Classroom
Principal Investigator: Nicole Roth, Duquesne University
Participant Observers: Charles Youngs, Michael Bellini
The purpose of this case study, undertaken from September 2006 to March 2007, was to observe and look for evidence of efficacy of blogging in high school students using weblog technology versus word-processing versus handwriting. Questions guiding the study: (1) Is there evidence in heightened engagement in dialogue among students and between students and teachers? (2) How does the use of weblogs influence student engagement in reading literary texts? (3) What affect does blogging have on students versus other ways of journaling?
Results: The study, which concluded in a successful doctoral defense by Roth, indicated a higher proficiency in writing of students who journaled using blogging versus the control groups. Participant researchers presented at 2006 NCTE annual convention and propose to report results at the 2007 convention.
COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECT
Process Drama in the Literary Classroom: Action, Theory, and Practice
Principal Investigator and Participant Observer: Charles Youngs
Independent Observer: Betsy Craig
The purpose of this study was to gain insight from experts (Cecily O’Neill, B.J. Wagner) in the field of process drama and put these in practice in a twelfth grade course. Process drama techniques were utilized in instructional units of four modern novels. Findings suggested that the methodology does facilitate effective learning in literary study.
Publication: Youngs, Charles E. Process Drama in the Literary Classroom: Action, Theory, and Practice.
Manuscript submitted to School of Education, New York University, New York, New York. Marilyn Sobelman, advisor. 1995.
WEBSITES
Charlesyoungs.com < P>
English 12 Honors Blog. Forum at < FONT>e12h.edublogs.com>.
Mr Youngs Wiki. Closed forum
PUBLICATIONS
Compiler of Bethel Park Stylebook: Grammar, Writing, Research. Pearson Custom Publishing. 2007. (919 pages)
Editor of Defined Mind Vocabulary Accelerator 1, 3/e. By Keith London. Defined Mind/Prentice-Hall. 2006. (288 pages)
"Haiku, Hiroshige, and Personal Chops." NCTE Idea Exchange. New York, New York: NCTE Convention, 2007. (2 pages)
"Mapping the Imagery of Shakespeare." NCTE Idea Exchange. Nashville, Tennessee: NCTE Convention , 2006. (2 pages)
“Weblogging in the Secondary Classroom.” NCTE Idea Exchange. Indianapolis, Indiana: NCTE Convention, 2004. (2 pages)
FUTURE PUBLICATIONS
“If By Mine Art: If By Mine Art”: Teaching Shakespeare from the Inside Out with Process Drama.” Chapter in an edited book on process drama, It Was a Dramatizing Experience. Edited by Toby Emert, St. Agnes College, GA.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Common Core: Reading, Bethel Park High School
Bethel Park, PA
Introduction to Common Core State Standards for Reading, including a look at key shifts and K-12 strands. In-service presentation to faculty of Bethel Park School District, English Language Arts and Reading Departments 5-12 on April 24, 2012.
Journey of Rumi Art Exhibition by Muyesser Demir, Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA
Remarks entitled "Rumi: Inspiration and Invitation," at art exhibition opening, May 11, 2011, comparing the inspiration the Rumi receives from God and the artist receives from Rumi, both invitations to the divine. With Prajna Paramita Parasher, Ph.D and the artist Muyesser Demir.
2010 National Council of Teachers of English Convention
Orlando, Florida
This session featured MacbethBook Project, an mock online social network for Shakespeare’s” Scottish Play,” in which high school students’ exploration of dramatic personas is informed by their knowledge of online social networking. In this parody of sites like Facebook, Shakespeare’s theme of versions of reality (appearance versus reality) comes to the fore as students consider versions of self that a social network user puts online. They imagine what "versions" of characters are known among the dramatis personae of Macbeth.
2009 National Council of Teachers of English Convention
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Panel Presentation "Mini-Video Documentaries to Motivate Student Research on Shakespeare," in session: "Shakespeare in the 21st Century" with Diane M. Caracciolo and John Golden. Focusing on a variety of contemporary ways to engage students' study of the work of Shakespeare, from drama to digital media, to film study.
2009 National State Teacher of the Year Pennsylvania Teacher Forum
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Panel Presentation on Best Practices "Visual Thinking: The Art of Inquiry"
2009 Alpha Alpha State Chapter Convention Delta Kappa Gama
State College, Pennsylvania
"Stories Told Together," Lecture at General Board Meeting, 12 June 2009
2008 National Council of Teachers of English
San Antonio, Texas
Panel Presentation: "My Space or Yours: Shifting Perspectives at the Nexus of Art Museum, Student Writing, and the Web"
with J. Crosby and B. Lenosky. Focusing on art museum tour experiences and student writing they inspire, the presenters will share observations, strategies, and speculations on how online blogs and podcasts are shifting student and teacher voices in aesthetic response as 21st century forums are integrated at the nexus of art museum, English classroom, and the Web.
Carnegie Museum of Art Educator's Workshop: "Exploring Life on Mars and on the Web: Student Blogs and Museum Visits," September 25, 2008
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Carnegie Museum of Art Workshop for West Liberty State College West Virginia Governor's School for the Arts, July 3, 2008
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Workshop Presentation: "Podcasting about 'Life on Mars'"
2007 National Council of Teachers of English
New York, New York
Roundtable Discussion: "My Experience Learning with Jimmy Britton and Nancy Martin in the NYU Oxford Study Abroad for English Education" with Table Leader P. Ressler; Chair J. Mayher;Topic Presenter M. Sobelman "Growth in English:The Legacy of Jimmy Britton, Geoffrey Summerfield, and Other British Educators"; as part of Session: "Milestones in CEE HistoryMILESTONES IN CEE HISTORY: THE LEGACY OF NYU" Reflections on the transactional approach to English education at NYU from faculty and alumni: past, present, and future.
Three Rivers Educational Technology Conference, Cranberry, Pennsylvania, November 7, 2008
Lecture Presentation: "Weblog Literacy: Empowering Students with Online Forums of Writing, Research, and Presentation" with N. Roth
Univeristy of Puerto Rico, Cayey and Ponce, Puerto Rico, October 25-26, 2007
Two-day Lecture Workshop: "Art Museums & Schools--Art, Text, and Media Collaborations: Ways of Seeing, Thinking, and Expressing Meaning from Art" ("Integración del Museo al Currículo Académico: Un Ejercicio Interdisciplinario - los Medios y la Web")
2007 Allegheny County-wide Professional Development Day, October 8, 2007
Pittsburgh, PA
Workshop Presentation: "Teacher 2.0: Inspiring Learning with Blogs, Widgets, Podcasts, and Other Web 2.0 Applications" with N. Roth, M. Bellini, and C. Wilson
Carnegie Museum of Art Educator's Event: On a Grand Scale: Architecture Across the Curriculum, October 3, 2007,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lecture and Workshop Presentation: "The Grand Tour of Blogging on the Web" with E. Perry
2006 Allegheny County-wide Professional Development Day
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Workshop Presentation: “To Blog or Not to Blog: Models and Study of Asynchronous Online Literary Discussions in High School Classrooms and What the Research Suggests” with N. Roth and M. Bellini
2006 National Council of Teachers of English
Nashville, Tennessee
Panel Presentation: “To Blog or Not to Blog” : Models and Study of Asynchronous Online Literary Discussions in High School Classrooms and What the Research Suggests” with N. Roth and M. Bellini
2005 National Council of Teachers of English
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Panel Presentation: “In, Out, and In-Between the Art Museum and the English Classroom: Art and Literature as Common Ground for Inspiring Students to Hone Skills of Creative and Critical Response in Viewing, Writing, and Reading” with E. Buchler and L. Totty
2005 Allegheny Countywide Professional Development Day
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Workshop presentation: “The Utopia of Process Drama in the Classroom”
2005 Michigan Drama Education Exchange
Detroit, Michigan
Workshop presentation: “‘Fore Score and Seven’: Addressing the Meaning of Lincoln at Gettysburg with Process Drama”
2004 National Council of Teachers of English
Indianapolis, Indiana
Workshop Presentation: “Making a Scene with Shakespeare: Using Process Drama to Explore Significance”
2004 Pennsylvania Drama Education Exchange
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Conference Chairperson: Keynote Speaker--Christine D. Warner
Workshop Presentation: “Something from Nothing: An Introduction to Dramatic Structures for the Classroom with ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes”
2003 Ohio Drama Education Exchange
Columbus, Ohio
Workshop Presentation: “There Was a Ship!: Reconstructing Story Aboard the ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’”
2002 Michigan Drama Education Exchange
Detroit, Michigan
Workshop Presentation: “From Beans to Greens and Back Again: Using Process Drama with Kate and the Beanstalk (by Mary Pope Osborne)"
2001 Pennsylvania Drama Education Exchange Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Workshop Presentation: “The Problems We All Live With: Art, Photography & Drama on Desegregation in the 1960s”
2000 University of Pittsburgh Teacher Education Network
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Workshop Presentation: “Classroom Drama: Practice in Process with ‘Romeo & Juliet’”
1999 Pennsylvania Drama Education Exchange
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Conference Chairperson: Keynote Speaker--Cecily O’Neill
1998 ACUWPET (Alliance of California University and Western Pennsylvania Council of Teacher of English) Conference California, Pennsylvania
Workshop Presentation: “All the Classroom’s a Stage: Process Drama in Teaching Literature”
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
American Association of Theater Education -- Research Thesis Evaluation Judge 2004
Bethel Park School District -- English Evaluation Committee 2003-2004, Portfolio Committee 1998-1999
National State Teacher of the Year - PA Chapter -- Forum Speaker 2009, Regional Selection Chair 2011
Pearson Education/Prentice-Hall -- Pennsylvania Teacher Advisory Board Member 2005 - Present (Projects: Prentice-Hall Literature, Penguin Edition, 2007 ed.; Master Teacher National Advisory Board Member 2003 - Present (Projects: Prentice-Hall Literature,World Masterpieces, 2005 ed.; Prentice-Hall Literature, Penguin Edition, 2007 ed.; Prentice-Hall Reader's Journey Series, 2007 ed.; Prentice-Hall Literature, 2010 ed.)
Pennsylvania Drama Education Exchange -- Founder 1999, Conference Chairperson 1999, 2001, 2004
Pennsylvania School Press Association, Executive Board Member 1991-1995, Advertising Contest Chairperson 1993, 1994, Contest Entry Judge 1991-1994
Queer Foundation Scholarship -- Essay Reader, 2008-2011
Carlow College, Duquesne University, Grove City College, Penn State University, Slippery Rock University, University of Pittsburgh, Westminster College-- Cooperating Teacher for Student-Teachers 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 University of Pittsburgh -- Teacher Education Network, Member, Presenter 2001
COMMITTEES
21st Century Learning Committee, Bethel Park School District, 2010-11
English Language Arts Curriculum Committee, Bethel Park School District, 2006-07
Portfolio Committee, Bethel Park School District, 1996-97
EXTRACURRICULARS
Poet-in-Resident Program 2007-2010
Host April 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Bethel Park High School Class of 2005
Advisor 2001-2003
Bethel Park High School Class of 2001
Advisor 1998-2001
Grove City High School Quill & Scroll Honorary Chapter
Advisor 1992-1995
Grove City High School Student Newspaper
Advisor 1991-1995
WORK EXPERIENCE
1989 – 1990 Borders Book Shop (Bookseller)
Assistant Manager of Pittsburgh South Store
1987 -- 1989 Kahn & Associates, Inc. (Advertising and Public Relations)
Vice President of Advertising
1986 – 1987 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (Classical Dance Company)
Public Relations Director
1985 – 1986 Kahn & Associates, Inc. (Advertising and Public Relations)
Account Supervisor
1983 Family Communications, Inc. (Producers of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood)
Public Relations Intern
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Carnegie Museum of Art, Consultant to Education Department, 2004 - Present
Turkish Cultural Center Pittsburgh, Supporter
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Alliance of Theatre and Education
American Federation of Teachers
GSEA Assembly NCTE
Michigan Drama Education Exchange
National Council of Teachers of English
National State Teacher of the Year - Pennsylvania Chapter
Ohio Drama Education Exchange
Pennsylvania Drama Education Exchange
Western Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Since 2000) *=presenter
2010
"Wiki 1010." Bethel Park School District In-service Session*
2009
Center for Teaching Excellence (NBPTS Cohort)
National Council of Teachers of English Convention (Philadelphia, PA)*
2008
"BP Wiki Boot Camp," Bethel Park School District, 8-week Professional Development Program*
"Wonderful World of Wikis," Bethel Park School District In-service Session*
National Council of Teachers of English Convention (San Antonio, TX)
2007
Three Rivers Educational Technology Conference*
National Council of Teachers of English Convention (New York, NY)*
"On a Grand Scale: Hall of Architecture at 100" Carnegie Museum of Art Educators' Event*
"Building on Student Success--Allegheny County" Annual In-Service*
A Seminar with Dorothy Heatcote (Columbus, OH)
Teachers Teaching Teachers Conference
2006
National Council of Teachers of English Convention (Nashville, TN)*
"Building on Student Success--Allegheny County" Annual In-Service*
West Penn Cultural Center -- Cultural Exchange Trip (Istanbul, TR et al.)
2005
National Council of Teachers of English Convention (Pittsburgh, PA)*
"Building on Student Success--Allegheny County" Annual In-Service*
Michigan Drama Education Exchange Conference (Detroit, MI)*
PSSA Training -- Allegheny Intermediate Unit
2004
National Council of Teachers of English Convention (Indianapolis, IN)*
2003
National Council of Teachers of English Convention (San Fransisco, CA)
International Drama In Education Research Institute (Northhamton, UK)
Ohio Drama Education Exchange (Columbus, OH)*
2002
National Council of Teachers of English Convention (Atlanta, GA)
Michigan Drama Education Exchange Conference (Detroit, MI)*
2001
National Council of Teachers of English Convention (Baltimore, MD)
Pennsylvania Drama Education Exchange*
2000
International Drama In Education Research Institute (Columbus, OH)
University of Pittsburgh Teacher Education Network*
RECOGNITION
2010 Extra Mile Award, Bethel Park School District
2009 National Board Certified Teacher
2009 Fulbright-Hays Scholar
2009 Pennsylvania National State Teacher of the Year Finalist
2008 Teacher of Excellence Nomination
2005 Teacher of Excellence "Top 100" Honoree
1999 Bethel Park School District Outstanding Teacher Award
1998 Bethel Park School District Outstanding Teacher Award
1985 Grove City College Student Teacher of the Year Award
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