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Mary Jo Garcia, MA
OTA ID#: 105067

Education Experience: BA, English and Sociology, Our Lady of the Lake University, 1994
MA, English , Our Lady of the Lake University, 2005
Focus of Study: I have completed my Masters of Arts in English (Language and Literature).
Awards: Palo Alto College Staff Council Scholarship Recipient (2004 and 2005)

Alamo Community College District Service Award (2003)

National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Teaching Excellence Award (2001)
Publications:

Publications
“Brazen,” WomanSpace, September 2000

“Dumbfounded,” WomanSpace, September 2000

“Poppies for Young Men,” Palo Alto Writers’ Guild, July 2000

“In the Days of Thorazine and Roses,” Palo Alto Writers’ Guild, July 2000

“The Demonstration Tour,” WomanSpace, November 1996

“The Herbwife,” WomanSpace, October 1996

“The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of San Antonio,” WomanSpace, October 1996

“The Handfasting,” WomanSpace, September 1996

“how i spent my summer vacation,” WomanSpace, September 1995

“Two Women,” The Thing Itself, Spring 1993

“Untitled,” Photographer’s Forum Magazine, July 1991

“Wanderings,” The Thing Itself, 1990-1991

“The Desk Lamp,” The Thing Itself, 1987-1988

“If the Pen Were Mightier than the Sword,” The Thing Itself, 1987-1988

“The Rose,” The Thing Itself, 1987-1988



Presentations

Presented “Building Tutors, Building Teams: eCommunity as Opportunity,” J/CCSPAT 2004 Conference, Austin, October 2004


Presented “Selected Poems,” Society of Educators and Scholars 25th Annual Conference, San Antonio, March 2002


Presented “Teachers as Mentors: Two Sides of the Same Coin,” Spring 2001 Adjunct Faculty Seminar, Palo Alto College, February 2001


Presented “Purple Cows and Blue Roses: One Formula for TASP Writing,” Developmental Educators’ Exchange, Phoenix Institute, February 2001


Presented “Brazen” and “Dumbfounded,” WomanSpace Performance Salon, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, September 2000


Presented “Journal for Life,” Student Success Week, Palo Alto College, September 2000


Presented “Making Every Course an E-Course,” Developmental Educators’ Exchange, Phoenix Institute, February 2000


Presented “Coaching Composition from a Distance: The Non-Traditional Writing Tutor,” Developmental Educators’ Exchange, Phoenix Institute, May 1999


Presented “Effective Tutoring Techniques,” South San Antonio High School, April 1999
Work Experience: Palo Alto College
2000-2005
I was an adjunct instructor of developmental English, teaching the second course in the developmental cycle, Basic English II. I earned outstanding ratings on classroom and student evaluations and created a web-enhanced developmental English curriculum to support my face-to-face classroom activities.



Palo Alto College
1998-2005
As the English Instructional Skills Specialist for the English Learning Center, I taught SPICE (non-course-based developmental education) to those students who had failed the college-level entrance examination. I was responsible for generating the curriculum for this course, and developed web-based and face-to-face versions of the class.

My primary responsibility during my seven years, however, was the hiring, training, and supervision of the writing tutoring staff of the ELC. In addition, I engaged in one-on-one and small group tutoring in writing, grammar, literature, reading, and a variety of other subjects.

During my time as Specialist, I developed Palo Alto College's first Online Writing Lab (1999), and I was integral to tutoring services receiving College Reading and Learning Association's Level I Tutoring Certification (2004).



Floresville High School
1997-1998
I served as a secondary English teacher instructing 9th and 12th grade English. While at FHS, I established and sponsored a chapter of the Texas Association of Future Educators.



Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program, Wilson County Alternative Education Center
1997-1998
As a secondary English teacher, I taught 6th-12th grade English to juvenile probationers in a multi-level classroom.



Oliver Wendell Holmes High School
1994-1996
As a secondary English teacher, I taught 9th through 12th grade English, team-taught Language Lab with a Special Education teacher, worked as a tutor in the Content Mastery Center, and taught summer school to students in need of content remediation.
Skills & Achievements:

Earned ACCD Internet Instructor Certification Completed Parts I and II of Virtual College of Texas Virtual Instructor Course (2003).


ExCET examination passed in following subject areas: English, sociology, psychology, and ESOL (1994-1996).


Provisional Secondary Teacher Certification, State of Texas, Subject areas: English and sociology (1994).
Career Interests:

I am a member of the following professional/academic organizations:

-Conference on College Composition and Communication (2005)

-American Humor Studies Association (2005)

-Junior/Community College Student Personnel Association of Texas (2004)

-Association for the Tutoring Profession (2004)
Outside Interests: I am an avid reader, blogger, and love taking my two dogs to the dog park.
Message to Students
and/or Parents:		 As an experienced teacher of English composition and grammar, I have the ability to quickly diagnose student needs in these areas and to create individualized instructional plans to help meet these needs. I am dedicated to the teaching of writing as a process and embedding grammar concepts within this process. This approach may not always yield the fastest results, but it does generate real, long-term change, ultimately producing writers who understand that their growth is ongoing, resulting only from lifelong practice.
Postings Answered: 54
Cumulative OTA Rating: 4.9/5  What is OTA Rating?
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  1. Interpretation & imaging - PART ONE I need enough assistance/guidance to do a two page response to the following: Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown" I can't determine which of these interpretations makes the most sen ...
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  19. Practice Process Essay - For the freshman English composition student who would like to sharpen his/her skills at the process essay, here is a sample assignment complete with instructions and a basic outline.
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