1. CHARLES RUSH
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Education
MAEd: Literacy Specialist P-12 Endorsement
Bellarmine University
MAT : Secondary English Education
Bellarmine University
BFA: Acting
Millikin University
Louisville, KY
2014
2011
Louisville, KY
2009
Decatur, IL
Teaching Experience
English/Communications Teacher; Theatre Producer 08/2013 - 05/2016
Trinity High School Louisville, KY
English - 9th grade
Actively improved student's reading and writing with varied strategies, i.e. whole class choral/repeated readings and a writing workshop
class design, grounded in current research on literacy development through the continuum of oral language to fluency.
Communication Skills - 10th Grade
Applied the gradual release of responsibility methodology to emphasize public speaking, debate, and real world business
development, encouraging students to conceptualize and create their own start up business.
Theatre Producer
Produced theatre utilizing a $30,000 dollar yearly budget: hired and managed production staff, made all purchases, and
led a 10 person crew to build/implement production designs.
Theatre/Humanities Teacher ; Theatre Director
Fern Creek Traditional High School
02/2011 to 05/2013
Louisville, KY
Taught scaffolded acting courses developing through four different class levels from introductory Stanislavsky analysis
methods to more advanced Suzuki and Viewpoints training.
Coordinated real life experiences for both humanities and theatre students: Created an installation art piece for the 2013 touring cast of "Memphis
the Musical," which displayed at the Kentucky Center for the Arts for the run of the show and worked with Actors Theatre of Louisville to take part
in their "New Voices" young playwrights and "Living Newspaper" workshops.
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Directed and produced five theatre productions collaborating with students to lead the designs, productions, and run of the performances.
Skills and Accomplishments
Proficient in online classroom tools: Blackboard, Moodle, Microsoft Office 365, Edmodo, and Trinity High School online portal
http://www.thsstudent.com/
Travelled with theatre troupes to England, France, Ireland and Scotland, and Peru, Paraguay, and Argentina performing and participating in
advanced acting workshops .