Sikaiadah’s CV….
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
English Instructor and English Language Arts Teacher with content and contextual awareness that aligns with socio-cultural subjective and objective knowledge of how language functions in a phrase to a clause to the full essence of discourse as it varies in register be it written, spoken, and/ or signed culturally and progressively working to be an asset to Colleges, Universities, and Public-School settings.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Cultural and Content-Based Knowledge that aligns with education and the needs of the student learners
Professional Instructor and Teaching abilities in a collaborative learning environment
Diverse Organization, Planning, and Capabilities of educating at any level of discipline
Implementation of Orality skills along with writing
GENERAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Present Previous
Norfolk Public Schools, Norfolk, VA Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA
August 2020 to June 2023 August 2020 to December 2020; August 2019 to December 2019
English Language Arts Teacher English Instructor (Adjunct)
Tidewater Community College, Chesapeake, VA
January 2019 to May 2019
English Instructor (Adjunct)
EDUCATION
Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
July 2022 to October 2023
Master of Arts: Communication - Education
*All Courses Taken and Credits Received October 2023; GPA 3.65
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
August 2017 to December 2020
Master of Arts: English - Applied Linguistics via Sociolinguistics
*All Courses Taken and Credits Received December 2020; GPA 3.4
*Emphasis Projects in Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, and Hip Hop Culture
*Oral Comprehensive Exam: December 2020 and April 2022 (failed twice)
January 2013 to December 2016
Bachelor of Arts (Second-Degree Major): Spanish
Tidewater Community College, Chesapeake, VA
August 2011 to December 2015
Additional Language Learning: American Sign Language-English Interpretation
Minor: Spanish
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
June 1996 to May 2000
Bachelor of Science: Mass Communications-Electronic Media
Minor: Psychology