Addie Scoggin, Instructor of English
It is my goal as an educator to promote open minds and open eyes. I want students to leave my class feeling empowered and equipped with a variety of resources to help them write any type of content their career may ask of them. I challenge my students to be critical thinkers as they write deeply personal narratives and insightful explorations of research and argumentative topics. My lessons are student-centered, interactive, and innovative. Students will always be the course’s focus, and their language progress, the priority.
Education
Master of Arts: Professional Writing / Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO in 2016
- Creative Nonfiction Master’s thesis: “Travel Memoir: An Outward Exploration and Discovery of Self”
Bachelor of Arts: English Writing / Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO in 2014
Associate of Arts: English Composition / Mineral Area College, Park Hills, MO in 2012
ACADEMIC Appointments
Program Director of the OneStar Foundation AmeriCorps Texas Grant at Texas Southmost College in Brownsville, Texas, USA / 2023 – present
- As Director, I oversee two grants with a combined funding of $644,190: 1) AmeriCorps Texas Planning Grant and 2) AmeriCorps Texas Operational Grant
- For the operational grant, I hired 32 students whose goal it is 1) to increase communication about and access to campus resources and 2) to increase engagement in campus activities at the college
- As part of my duties, I recruit students, lead hiring procedures and orientation, on-board and train students for their positions, run background checks, develop supervisor/member handbooks and policies, manage budget, coordinate campus events and community service events, lead biweekly professional development days, create and implement a pay schedule in conjunction with payroll and HR, collect student data (i.e. timesheets, leave requests), and supervise and support the student AmeriCorps members. These students serve in part-time positions across various departments on campus
Instructor of English at Texas Southmost College in Brownsville, Texas, USA / 2020 – present
- Courses teaching: Comp I, Comp II, Forms of Literature, American Literature, Technical & Business Writing for Paralegal
- Committee service:
- Chairperson of General Education Assessment Committee (GEAC),
- Chairperson of the Faculty Review,
- Member of the Signature Assignment Enhancement team for the AmeriCorps Texas Grant,
- Secretary of Curriculum and Instruction committee,
- Member of Hiring committee,
- Member of Master Course committee,
- Member of Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) committee.
Instructor of English at LNU-MSU, College of International Business in Dalian, China / 2019- 2021
- Courses taught: Intro to College Composition, Writing I, and Academic Writing
- Designed curriculum, delivered student-centered lessons for native Chinese students, and assessed students’ written English competence
English Language Teacher at Al Dhara Secondary School for Girls at the Ministry of Education in Hatta, Dubai, United Arab Emirates / 2018 – 2019
- Course taught: English as a Second Language (ESL) for the Advanced Science Program (ASP)
- Designed and delivered about 25 student-centered, science-based English lessons per week to 9th and 10th grade students
- Assessed Arabic-native students’ speaking English abilities and competencies in reading, speaking, writing, listening and grammar
Writing Lab Coordinator at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Missouri, USA / 2017 – 2018
- Courses taught: Basic Writing I, Basic Writing II, Use of Library Resources, and Writing a Research Paper
- Supervised tutoring sessions, hired local writing tutors, led professional development for tutors
- Designed and delivered a two-week intensive “writing workshop” to help education majors pass the Missouri teacher’s MoGEA writing exam
Graduate Teacher Assistantship at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA / 2014 – 2016
- Courses taught: Composition I and Rhetoric and Critical Thinking
- Created syllabi, lesson plans, assignments, and multimodal projects to large and diverse groups of students
- Advisor of the Running Club and Chinese Student Learning Association
| Presentations |
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| Teach English Now!, Arizona State University’s Webinar, March 2022. “Station Rotation” with host Jessica Cinco. |
| Teach English Now! Virtual Conference, May 2019 “Harnessing Social Media: From Foe to Friend in the ESL Classroom” online |
| International Writing Center Association Conference, Nov. 2017 “The Writing Lab Safe House: Support and Sympathy through Mentor Posturing” Chicago, IL |
| Teach English Now! Conference, Arizona State University, July 2017 “Explorative Settings: Teaching Outside the Classroom” Tempe, AZ |
| Radical Writes: Midwest Graduate Students’ Conference, Southeast Missouri State University, Apr. 2016 “Travel Memoir: Redefining Florida” Cape Girardeau, MO |
| National Undergraduate Literature Conference (NULC), Weber University, April 2014 “Native American Winnebago Trickster Tales vs. Wieland’s Carwin” Ogden, UT |
Certifications
Teach Students How to Learn.
20 hours. Dr. Saundra McGuire Course. Institute for Intentional College Teaching. Texas Southmost College. 2020.
TESOL Certification.
150 hours. Teach English Now! Arizona State University. 2017.
Independent Applying the QM Rubric.
Quality Matters (QM). Texas Southmost College. 2020.
Faculty Online Certification Course.
20 hours. Jenzabar LMS training. Mineral Area College. 2016.
ACADEMIC Relevance
2020 – Member, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development.
2020 – Online Portfolio Reviewer. Teach English Now! TESOL Certificate, Global Launch at Arizona State University.
2018 – Proposal Reviewer. “2019 TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo,” TESOL.org.
2017 – 2020. Member, TESOL International Association.
2017 – 2019. Member, International Writing Centers Association.
2017 – 2019. Member, Missouri Community College Association.
2016 – Featured Poet & Author. “Q & A with Established and Aspiring Authors.” Online Literary Magazine: Literary Juice.
2016 – Moderator. “Radical Writes: Midwest Graduate Students Conference.”
2015 – 2016. Advisor, Running Club, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO.
2015 – 2016. Graduate President, Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society.
2015 – 2016. Secretary, Community of Southeast English Educators (CSEE).
2014 – 2015. Advisor, Chinese Student Learning Association, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO.
2014 – Moderator. “Faulkner & Hurston Conference.”
2014 – Undergraduate Vice President, Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society.
2014 – Dorothy & Wendel Nilsen Scholarship Recipient for the Masters in Professional Writing, Southeast Missouri State University.
2013 – Publishing Intern, University Press, Southeast Missouri State University – Cape Girardeau, MO.
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