About Melissa Noël
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Education
Master’s in Educational Technology
Webster University, Webster Groves, MO
2003
Bachelor of Arts in English
College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
1993
Career History & Accomplishments
Cleveland High School,
Clayton, NC 2010-present
*Teaching 9th and 10th grade English.
Clayton High School,
Clayton, NC 2009-2010*Taught 10th, 11th grade English, and Round Table.
*AP/CollegeBoard Grader.
*Published lesson with NCTE, July 2009.
*Contracted by the University of Missouri to write the curriculum for AP Lang for their online (virtual) high school.
Lafayette High School,
Wildwood, MO
2001-2009
*Taught AP English Language & Composition six years.
*AP/CollegeBoard Grader for two years.
*Wrote and developed the curriculum for AP Language &
Composition.
*Taught Senior Composition Flex as an adjunct for
UMSL for two years.
*PLC leader for Senior Composition for two years.
*Taught 10 Honors Language Arts, Language Arts 11,
and Senior Composition.
*Successfully proposed a new course, Multicultural
Literature; wrote the course curriculum.
*Created and developed LA Online, an interactive website, for the
Lafayette High School Language Arts Department.
Leesville Road High School,
Raleigh, NC 1999-2001
*Taught 9 Honors, 9 College Prep, and 11 Regular.
Berkeley High School,
Moncks Corner, SC 1997-1998
*Taught Remedial 10, 9 Tech Prep, and Personal Exploration.
*Developed a course and curriculum, Personal Exploration, for at-risk students.
Alternative School,
Bonneau, SC 1995-1996 Cross High School
*Taught all Language Arts and History courses for
students in grades 6-12.
*Started/opened the school with one other teacher. She
taught math and science while I taught the humanities.
*Taught the 9th
grade and one class of seniors
one year.
*Followed those same students as 10th
graders the next year and again
as juniors.
*Started an 11 Honors class for some of those
sophomores.
Awards & Special Accomplishments
Finalist for Teacher of the Year in 2005, 2008,
and 2009.
(Video Linked)
Extra Distance Award Winner for the 2007-2008 school
year.
Presenter
at CollegeBoard's Forum 2008 Convention, Houston, Texas, November
2008.
Presenter at Successlink’s Technology Convention,
Lake of the Ozarks, July 2008.
Successlink Winner:
April 2008,
October 2008, and
December
2008. (Winning Units Linked).
AP Grader/Reader for AP English Language & Composition in 2007 and
2008. (Invited for 2009)
Technology Award Committee Chairperson, 2007-2009.
Named “Woman of Character” in 2006 by the Care Team.
Technology Award Winner in 2004 and 2005.
Winner of Successlink Award with Diane Tinucci in 2002. (Unit Linked)
Heinz Ketchup slogan winner (“Easier to Spell than Worcestershire”) 2003
Professional Memberships
NCTE - National Council Teachers of English, 2008-present
ISTE - International Society for Technology in Education, 2008-present
NEA - National Education Association, 2001-present
AP English Language Statistics and Successes
*Increased enrollment 221% in four years.
*Achieved a 97.8% pass rate in 2009.
*Taught five sections and 105 students in 2009.
*Average score in 2009 was a 4.2.
*79% of the students scored either a 4 or 5 in 2009.
