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DAVID BRODY LIPTON Houston, TX [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Tompkins High School, Katy, Texas 2014-2015 English Teacher (Grade 9 & 10)  Taught preparatory advanced placement courses  Selected texts: Romeo & Juliet, Othello, To Kill a Mockingbird The Lilongwe Academy International School, Lilongwe, Malawi 2013-2014 Drama Teacher (Forms 1, 2, 3)  Designed and implemented introductory drama courses based on Cambridge curriculum  Taught Form 6 general essay writing course Morton Ranch High School, Katy, Texas 2011-2013 English Teacher (Grade 11)  Taught college prep core classes  Selected texts: Catcher in the Rye, Death of a Salesman Monument Mountain Regional High School, Great Barrington, Massachusetts 2009-2011 English Teacher (Grades 9-12)  Taught standard, college prep and honors levels core classes and electives including Fiction, Nonfiction, College Writing and Creative Writing. Developed and taught 9th Grade Youth Literature and Fact & Fiction.  Selected texts: The Known World, The Great Gatsby, Catch-22, Revolutionary Road  Mentored student in creative writing independent study Pembroke Academy, Pembroke, New Hampshire 2008-2009 English Teacher (Grades 10-12)  Taught core courses; developed and taught Media Studies elective Newton South High School, Newton, Massachusetts 2007-2008 English Teacher (Grades 10-11)  Taught regular and honors level core courses  Selected texts: Bible as literature, Macbeth, Their Eyes Were Watching God Student Teacher (Grades 9 and 12)

EDUCATION Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 2006-2007 Masters of Arts in Teaching (Secondary English Education) Practicum: Newton South High School Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 2005-2006 Master of Arts (Creative Writing) Thesis: The Housewarming Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY 2001-2005 Bachelor of Arts Scholarly Concentration: Literature, Creative Writing, Theatre Arts

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Texas Educator Certification 2014

NOTABLE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT Fact & Fiction: History and Literature of America, Monument Mountain HS 2010-2011  Integrated, team-taught, honors course on American history and culture taught through the lens of historical texts, works of fiction, philosophical essays, and drama PUBLICATIONS AND PERFORMED WORKS Platypus Rex, Film Adaptation, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY May 2011 Play, Sarah Lawrence College Theatre, Bronxville, NY April 2004 The Housewarming, Play, Manhattan Repertory Theatre, New York City August 2008 Our Dear Dad, Play, Huntington Theater Company, Boston, MA May 2006