Patricia Walker
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
From Little Rock, AR
From Little Rock, AR
- Master of Arts Degree in Professional & Technical Writing
(equivalent to English/Communications Degree)
- Created the Mission, Goals, Outcomes, & Performance Indicators for Two Writing Courses Within
the Recently Created General Education Division at Philander Smith College
- Designed a Course & Created the Mission, Goals, Outcomes, & Performance Indicators for
that course within the Teacher Education Department to help students pass the Praxis Exam at
Philander Smith College
- Assist others with coping with socioemotional adjustments
- Monitor academic progress of students
- Prepare teaching materials for classrooms
- Produce training guides, manuals, brochures, resumes, lesson plans, newsletters, press releases,
public service announcements
- Compose oral and written matter relating to instructions, policies, or procedures for use in external
or internal publications and/or workshops
- Prepare visual literacy, document design, and working with digital imaging persons to produce
images for publications, posters, and presentations
- Work with budgets
- Mentor and advise
- Use educational tools and online products in and outside the classroom
- Use journalistic style writing and the Associated Press Style Book
- Use market research
Specialties:
- 5+ years Teaching Creative Writing
- Grammar, Punctuation, & Mechanics
- Writing Skills (Proper Structure of an Essay, Writing for Business & Government, Writing Across
the Curriculum, Writing for Various Genres, Research Writing, Argumentation Writing)
- Freshman & Upper Level Writing Courses
- Microsoft Office Tools, Adobe, Photoshop, DreamWeaver, CSS, HTML, XML, XHTML,
JavaScript, Jenzabar, UCompass, Blackboard, WordPress, Google Sites,
- Editing, Proofreading, Designing Skills
- Website Design and Management
- Web Communications Trainer (developing and designing)
- Prepare Speeches
- Communications Specialist
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Patricia Walker enrolls at UA Little Rock for Fall 2018 Semester
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Department Chair, Literacy at Philander Smith College
Recruit, interview, and make recommendations in hiring professional and student employees to the Vice President of Academic Affairs and manage departmental personnel
Coordinate biweekly Department meetings and literacy workshops
Assist new literacy faculty with skills alignment within their courses
Suggest collaborative activities for literacy faculty to use within the classroom
Make suggestions to literacy faculty on how to provide more rigor within the classroom
Create curriculums
Plan course schedules to offer for each semester
Develop and submit monthly, quarterly, and annual reports
Perform needs assessments, planning, data gathering, and collection and analysis of data in order to make continual improvement of remedial programs within the department
Assist with formulating campus-wide retention plan and strategic plans
Advise students on course selections during their first two years at Philander Smith College
Research and evaluate the curricula, teaching procedures, and other education materials
Work with other faculty in the division to direct and shape the curricula to meet the needs of the students and oversee textbook selection for the Department
Provide advice and training through workshops and seminars on teaching techniques
Make policy recommendations relative to the instructional programs of the college
Establish a long-term vision for the Department and work to develop ways to implement new procedures and programs
Coordinate appropriate course offerings, including times and formats for specific classes
Actively participant in campus and community affairs
Assist in the preparation of grants
October 2017 - Present
English Faculty, Department of Literacy at Philander Smith College
Apply student development theories to freshman English and reading students
Teach students notetaking, study, and review skills
Teach students the use of English and fluency with written English
Teach the structure of the English language
Advise students with the proper way to write objectively and subjectively
Teach students the appropriate form, format, and mechanics of an essay
Teach students proper organization, style, punctuation, and grammar usage
Teach students how to prepare and present speeches
Review and edit papers
Prepare lesson plans
Provide customer service and support
Participate in professional development
Attend faculty meetings and serve on academic committees
Mentoring and advising
Determining qualities of excellent literacy instruction
Lead and organize literacy instruction
Examine student work, suggest assessments, model and give assessments
Implement sound practices for adult learning
Uncover areas where growth is needed
Strengthen reading comprehension and English mechanics
Provide individual coaching sessions
Apply both the theory and the practice of literacy education (reading and writing) for college students
Assist with improving the retention rate of the college
August 2011 - Present
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