Kelly Lynn Mulvey

                                                              Klm4@duke.edu

HH 014, Box 98473                                                                                       21430 Donnell Jones Rd

Durham, NC 27708-8473                                                                            Sherwood, MD 21665

919-613-2454                                                                                                                                                                                                   410-886-2080

 

Education

Masters of Arts in Teaching: Duke University, Durham, NC. May 2003

            Honors: Kegley-Pfeiffer Scholarship (full tuition for Spring and Fall 2002 and Spring 2003)

 

Bachelor of Arts in English: Duke University, Durham, NC. December 2001.

            Minors: Psychology, History

            GPA: 3.9 on a 4.0 scale; Summa Cum Laude

            Honors: Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society

                        Golden Key National Honor Society

Jean Ross McNeil Scholarship

Alice M. Baldwin Scholarship

            Study Abroad:  Spring 2001; St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford; study abroad GPA: 4.0

           

Teaching Experience

MAT Teaching Internship: Southern High School, Fall 2002; Northern High School, Spring, 2002

Prepare lessons and units, teaching Standard English I (Genre Study), Honors English III (American Literature), Honors and AP English IV (British Literature) and Journalism/Yearbook/Literary Magazine under the direction of two mentor teachers.

 

Duke University Primate Center: Educational Specialist; Summer 2002

Educational tours, develop curriculum and lesson plans.

 

Substitute Teacher: Talbot County Schools, MD, 1999-2002; Durham Public Schools, 2002-2003

 

George Watts Elementary School: Durham, NC, Partners for Success Literacy Circle Asst. 2002

            America Reads Federal Work Study Tutor, 1998-2002

Worked with individual students and groups of 5-7 students as a guide through the process of reading and analyzing texts.  Work included about 50% ESL students.

 

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science: Durham, NC, Summer Program Teacher, Summer 2001

Taught science summer education programs to children aged 4-12 covering a range of topics.  Program titles included:  Construction Zone, Inventor’s Workshop and Jamming Gems. 

 

Duke/Durham Partners for Youth: Academic Tutor, 1998-2001

            Tutored and mentored an inner-city high school student bi-weekly.

 

Literacy Through Photography: Little River Elementary, Durham NC, LTP Intern; Fall 2000

Taught 5th grade students how to take and develop black and white photographs, to read photography as a text and to develop documentary work

 

Blue Ridge Summer School, St. George, VA, Intern:  Summer 1999, 2000

Taught: English I, Writing I, Writing II; assisted:  English I, Writing I, Writing II, Study Skills; resident advisor; academic advisor; Outdoor School staff (ropes course, hiking, backpacking, climbing, rafting, wilderness survival skills, etc.); tutoring.  Note: the Blue Ridge School is specially geared to middle and high school students who are LD or ESL.

 

Other Work Experience

Resident Advisor: Durham, NC, Jarvis Freshman Dormitory, PRISM selective House, 2001-2003

Student Assistant:  Durham, NC, Office of the Dean of Students, Duke, Summer 2002

Research Assistant: for Dr. Christopher Newfield, Durham, NC and Santa Barbara, CA 1999-2000

Parks and Recreation:  Easton, MD, Day Camp Counselor:  Summer 1996-97 Asst. Dir.: Summer 1998

 

Activities

Round Table Selective House:  1999-2003

Environmental Alliance: 1999-2001, vice-pres. Spring 2000, pres. Fall 2000

The Archive:  1998-2001; Staff member for student run literary magazine

            Poems featured in the Fall of 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Fall 2000 Archive

FOCUS Charity: 2001; Team Advisor for the Challenge Program (Oxford, UK)

Duties include:  Meeting with a group of 8-10 students weekly to plan and implement a community service project, with the goal of building teamwork and leaderships skills.

Spectrum:  2000, co-vice-president 2000; Duke’s umbrella multicultural organization

Safe Haven Volunteer:  1999-2000; Volunteer at Safe Haven, a safe location for women 

Tobacco Road:  1998-1999; Staff member for student run literary and documentary magazine

FAC (First Year Advisory Counselor): 1999; Student advisor for incoming freshman

Coffeehouse: 1997-1998; Organized and coordinated a Performance Coffeehouse for Teenagers

 

Specialized Training

English as a Second Language

Effective Teaching Techniques

Cooperative Discipline

Cooperative Learning

Developing Differentiated Learning Plans for IEP students