Melissa Rhodes has extensive experience in education, including a Ph.D. in Education from Concordia University and teaching positions at various schools. She has taught English Language Arts, drama, and gifted summer camps. Currently, she is a teacher and facilitator for diversity training at Spartanburg School District Five. Rhodes also has experience tutoring and managing retail stores.

1. MELISSA RHODES
252 BethanyChurch Rd, Moore, SC 29369| (864)208-7834 | m.rhodes.godwithus@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Concordia University, Portland, Oregon
Ph.D. in Education with afocusin Higher Education Currently Attending
Should NonverbalLearning Disability Appear on the Spectrum?
I passed thePhase1 capstoneexperiencewith Distinction andwas grantedthetitleofDoctoral
Candidateand passedthroughto PhaseII.
ConverseCollege,Spartanburg, SC
M.Ed. in Teaching the Gifted and Talented 2012
How KinestheticLessons Affect Learning in English Language Arts: The ArtofInvolving All the Senses
in a Predominantly Auditory/Visual Subject
ConverseCollege,Spartanburg, SC
B. A. in Education 2010
Elementary Education
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spartanburg School DistrictFive
Facilitator/Trainer for the topicofDiversity our professional development training cohort, D5Explore. Currently
In addition tomy regularclassroom teaching responsibilities, I teachanafternooncohortfor the
district. I developedthesyllabus, lessons,and overall coursestructure for theDiversity cohort class.
Teacher for Spartanburg School District Five: Berry ShoalsIntermediate Currently
After teaching English LanguageArts for several years I was askedto takeover the Drama
Department. I reorganizedthedrama department and combinedour state’s Collegeand Career
Ready standards for writing andtheSouth Carolina StateStandards for Drama into a new course
calledLiterary Arts.
Instructor for the AthenaGifted Summer Camp 2012
Developed andtaughtthesummercourse for the Science andLanguageArts classes.
Teaching Assistant for Spartanburg School District Five: Berry ShoalsIntermediate 2007
Monitored andtutored students with behavioral issues during their timeinIn-schoolSuspension.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Sylvan, Spartanburg, SC
Teacher 2009 –2010
Tutored andmaintainedcommunications withthestudent’s classroomteachers.
Gymboree,Spartanburg, SC
Assistant and Store Manager 1996 –1999
I opened theGymboreestoreinSpartanburg as anAssistant Manager, however, was later promoted
to store manager. Adistrict manager for another company scouted mefor a Co-manager position at
Lane Bryant.
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
“What My Parent SelfNeeds to TellMy TeacherSelf”
Selected to bepublished intheupcoming 2017 winterissueof Teachers ofVisionmagazine.
Contractpending. 2017
LANGUAGES
English-NativeLanguage