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