Robert Travers Current Resume

1. Robert Travers
6584 Waters Edge Court, New Market, MD 21774
rtravers63@gmail.com | 240-772-2845
English Teacher
Personal Summary
Experienced English teacher with 23 years of successful classroom instruction at the high school, middle
school and college level. Skilled at teaching college-level writing skills to high school students. Experienced
at instilling rigor in the classroom, leading students to think, read, and write critically. Track record of
improving test scores at every level.
Certifications
● Maryland Teaching Certificate (Current)
● Arizona TeachingCertificate(Current)
Skills
● Highly skilled at teaching writing, language and literary analysis resulting in consistently high SAT,
PARCC and HSA scores, as well as improvement on scores on Performance-Based Assessments and
final exams.
● Effective at designing objective-centered, data-driven lesson plans, which apply the higher levels of
Bloom’s Taxonomy and focus on an Essential Question.
● Adept at creating a student-centered learning environment which allows for different learning
styles to take hold through differentiated assessments, assignments and flexible teaching strategies.
● Experienced at establishing and maintaining high expectations and standards for student behavior.
Excellent classroom management skills and a long record of motivating students to succeed.
Career Highlights
● Taught diverse student populations, including special education, at all levels of the socio-economic
spectrum.
● At Perry Hall High School, 100% of Honors students (from a starting point of 30%) and 87% of
Standard students (from a starting point of 10%) were writing at a college level by the end of the
year. Median SAT Verbal and Writing scores of my Honors students outperformed the overall Perry
Hall HS median SAT scores.
● Received “Teacher of the Year” award at Silver Spring International Middle School
● Chosen as middle school graduation speaker at Silver Spring International Middle School
● Sponsored a student newspaper at Quince Orchard HS that won the “Marylander Award” as the best
high school newspaper in the state.
● In each college course taught, over 90% of all students submitted writing portfolios that scored
high enough to advance to them to the next college level course

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Work Experience
2017- Middle School Teacher, Kingman Unified School District, Kingman, AZ
2015 - 2016 High School English Teacher, Perry Hall High School, Baltimore County Public Schools;
Perry Hall, MD
2014 - 2015 Long-Term Substitute, Urbana High School, Frederick County Public Schools; Urbana, MD
2012 - 2013 Adjunct English Professor, Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD
2011 - 2013 Adjunct English Professor, Penn State University, Mont Alto, PA
2010 - 2012 Adjunct English Professor, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2000 - 2009 High School and Middle School English Teacher and English Dept. Chair, Quince
Orchard High School, Northwest High School, Poolesville High School, and Silver Spring
International Middle School, Montgomery County Public Schools; Rockville, MD
1995 - 2000 High School and Middle School English Teacher, Loudoun County Public Schools;
Ashburn, VA
1994 - 1995 Middle School English Teacher, Aldine Middle School, Aldine ISD; Houston, TX
Education
Master of Education, Education Administration, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA
Master of Arts in Teaching, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Bachelor of Arts, English Writing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Recent Continuing Education
Learning and Teaching with Web 2.0; Teaching Technology and Universal Design; Digital Lesson
Planning for Differing Learning Styles - Courses taught through Thinkport.org, MPT Education,
Spring 2015