306 E. 2ND ST. APT. # 2 FARMVILLE, VA 23901 (434) 607-9509 RHOLMES@JTCC.

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RUTH A. HOLMES
PROFILE

Enthusiastic English instructor committed to fostering a classroom environment of active, collaborative learners in order to help students become productive citizens both within and outside of the community college environment.

EDUCATION

[ August 2010December 2012 ]

LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY

M.A. in English Concentration: Education and Writing

GPA: 4.0 [ August 2007May 2010 ]
LONGWOOD UNIVERISTY

B.A. in English
Major GPA: 4.0
TEACHING EXPERIENCE

[ August 2011Present ]

Adjunct English Instructor

JOHN TYLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Designed and taught ENG 111 and 112 for 6-, 10-, and 16-week sessions. Held regular office hours for individual conferencing. Helped plan and launch the English developmental redesign of ENF 3. [ September 2010May 2011 ]
LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY

Academic Coaching Assistant

Tutored student athletes in English composition and literature. Worked with individual students as well as small groups. Helped students with time management and study skills.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

[ Spring 2013 ]

TOTAL Open Educational Resources Workshop

Discovered how to find and integrate OER into a course to make course materials more accessible to a wide range of student learners, particularly those with economic disadvantages.

SCALE Workshop
Experimented with various active learning techniques with a focus on cooperative learning in order to facilitate higher student achievement.

Classroom Incivility Session

Learned about VCCS policies for dealing with classroom incivility and discussed how to reduce instances of disruption in the community college classroom. [Fall 2011Fall 2012 ]

Peer View
Worked with Dr. Marty Brooks (Fall 2011), Patrick Tompkins (Summer 2012), Jared Hunt (Summer 2012), and Ashanti Luke (Fall 2012) in an individuallydirected program that allowed us to observe each others classes. Each visit was followed by productive discussion that helped generate ideas for improving instruction. [ Spring 2012 ]

www.writejtcc.com Workshop
Learned how to use the JTCC English departments digital collaboration tools to share instructor-created teaching materials via a departmental database. [Summer 2011]

Getting Results # 14: Building a Learning Community

Engaged in transformative learning in order to understand how to build both face-to-face and online learning communities. Discussion focused on considering student needs, creating lesson plans that reflect Student Learning Outcomes, facilitating student engagement, using technology in the classroom, and creating effective assessment tools.

Blackboard: Online Instruction

Learned how use Blackboard for optimized instruction in both face-to-face and fully digital classroom environments.