Marian Melina Bradshaw

Overseas Address:
Shanghai American School
Shanghai Links Executive Community
1600 Ling Bai Road, San Jia Gang
Pudong New Area
Shanghai, China
Email: marian.bradshaw@saschina.org
Mobile: 13816499264
Website: http://teachers.saschina.org/mbradshaw/

Permanent Address:
6532 Nevin Road
Charlotte, North Carolina
United States of America
Home phone: 704-596-5662
Email: sunshinebradshaw@yahoo.com

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Presently working on an ESL certification through the College of New Jersey. Expected date of completion:
summer 2016
2001 Masters in Curriculum and Teaching Michigan State University, Valbonne, France
1993 Bachelor of Arts in History
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
CERTIFICATION
National Board Certification in Social Studies (2008)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aug. 2008
to
present

Aug. 2003
to
May 2008

Teacher, Shanghai American School, Shanghai, China

*Plan lessons and teach 6th and 7th grade Humanities (Social Studies and Language Arts
combined)
*Served as sixth grade team leader which involves setting the weekly agenda, facilitating
weekly team meetings, attending weekly Leadership Team meeting, implementing grade
level activities
* Served as Humanities Department Co-Chairperson
*Served as Model United Nations director
*Served as trip leader for the annual sixth and seventh grade China Alive! trips
Teacher, American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
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v Planned lessons and taught 6 grade Humanities and 6 -8 grade Advanced ESL
v Served as sixth grade team leader for three years which involved setting the agenda
and facilitating team meetings, attending monthly Leadership Team meetings, and
implementing activities
v Served as NESA representative for three years which involved sending monthly
updates, organizing pre-conference workshops, and making travel arrangements
for participants to the annual Educators Spring Conference
v Served as coordinator and trip leader for the annual sixth grade Week Without
Walls trip
v Assisted the director of the spring middle school theater performance
v Assisted the leader of the Reachout program (a community service project on
campus)
v Created and hosted the weekly MS Tea social for the entire MS faculty and staff
v Created and organized the annual faculty gala for two years for the entire school

Aug. 1998
to
June 2003

Teacher, Cairo American College, Cairo, Egypt

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v Planned lessons and taught 8 grade United States History, Global Connections,
Model United Nations, and Language Arts
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v Served as co-leader of the 8 Grade Team which involved setting the agenda and
facilitating team meetings, attending monthly Leadership Team meetings, and
implementing activities
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v Served as trip leader for annual 8 grade trips to Sinai Desert
v Developed standards and benchmarks, grade and subject appropriate, for U.S.
History and Global Connections courses
v Served as Co-Sponsor of the Middle School Student Council and Sponsor of the
Environmental Club
v Mentored a student-teacher from the University of Iowa for one quarter

Sept. 1996
to
June 1998

Teacher, The Ursuline School, New Rochelle, New York

v Planned lessons and taught Global History II, Global History II Honors, AfricanAmerican History, United States History and 6th grade Social Studies
v Served as Academic Advisor for 15 students in grades 7-10
v Moderated the Black Essence and the Environmental clubs

Sept 1993
to
June 1996

Teacher, William W. Niles Middle School 118, Bronx, New York

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v Planned lessons and taught 6 -8 grade Social Studies and 7 grade Career Skills
v Collaborated with Lincoln Center and Julliard School to have Romeo and Juliet
and Othello performed for students
v Coordinated an interactive mock U.S. Supreme Court trial for students at Federal
Hall

HONORS/RECOGNITION
Sept. 1997

Alumnae speaker at a convocation on the 25th anniversary of women being admitted

to my alma mater, College of the Holy Cross

PERSONAL INTERESTS
Traveling, cooking, reading, yoga, pilates, scrapbooking