CARLYNN HOUGHTON [email protected], [email protected]

EDUCATION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY A.B. Classics Concentration in Creative Writing Quaintance Memorial Fellowship; Seeger Fellowship; Steele Prize

THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA M.F.A. English Iowa Writers’ Workshop Teaching-Writing Fellowship (2007-08)

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award (2009-2010)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE THE CHAPIN SCHOOL, New York, NY Upper School English Teacher 2011-present Teach four sections (15-18 students each) of high school English (variably including 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th grades) at a New York City independent school. Responsibilities include designing curricula; developing lesson plans and assignments; devising in-class activities; initiating large- and small-group discussions; providing extensive constructive feedback on all student work including drafts; grading; examination development, administration and grading; and communicating effectively with students, administrators and parents about each child’s academic development. Reports are written at the end of the Fall and Winter trimesters.

Upper School Advisor 2011-present Meet weekly one-on-one with each of eight student advisees as a formal mentor; assist them in identifying areas of academic and personal strength and development, and aid them in developing strategies to manage conflicts and challenges; support advisees in planning for two student-led parent conferences per year. In conjunction with the school psychologist, led implementation of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence’s “Anchors of Emotional Intelligence” in the Upper School in 2016.

Yearbook Advisor 2011-present Meet weekly with editorial staff to plan, design, lay out, and organize the Yearbook; teach layout and design principles; approve pages; keep students on deadline. Expanded Yearbook program to include a JV Yearbook team of grades 8-10 and a Middle School Yearbook Club for grades 6-7.

THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Iowa City, IA • Teaching Assistant, Department of Creative Writing 2007-08 • Co-leader, Professional Development Program, Rhetoric Department 2007 • Teaching Assistant, Rhetoric Department 2006-07

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT “Teaching Poetry” August 12-15, 2019 The 92nd Street Y

“Tales From the Chihuahuan Desert” July 13-28, 2019 Summer Scholar, The National Endowment for the Humanities at The University of Texas at El Paso

Presenter, Inspire! Session, “Tear Down the Walls!” June 25, 2019 The National Coalition of Girls Schools Dream, Dare, Do Conference

Advisor Academy Summer 2017 Walsworth Yearbook Publishing Three-day seminar for Yearbook advisors

“The Many Worlds of Black New York” Summer 2016 Columbia University, Institute for Research in African American Studies IRAAS Summer Teachers and Scholars Institute

Volunteer, Lighthouse Relief Summer 2016 Katsikas Refugee Camp, Ioannina, Greece

Upper School RULER Implementation Planning Summer 2015 Summer Work, The Chapin School

“Sacred Texts and Sacred Places: Teaching the History and Practice of Religion in India” Columbia University, South Asia Institute December 2014

Emotional Intelligence: Next Steps for RULER in NYSAIS Schools 2014-15 The New York State Association of Independent Schools

NYSAIS RULER Training 2013-14 The New York State Association of Independent Schools

“9/11 and American Memory” Summer 2013 The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History 2013 Summer Teachers’ Seminars

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS The National Council of Teachers of English The National Coalition of Girls Schools