Teaching:

• Kankakee Community College (February 1995-2001)
  Instructor – Math and English
  •Taught Preparation for College Writing I and Preparation for College Writing II
  •Taught Preparation for College Writing II (for Partners in Success program)
  •Taught Functional Math (high-school credit course at Bradley/Bourbonnais High School)
  Instructor – Computer Literacy I & II
  •Taught IBM (COMP 1521) 1-semester-credit introductory courses, including DOS, Windows, WordPerfect, and MS Word
  •Taught Macintosh (COMP 1511) 1-semester-credit introductory courses, including use of MS Word
  Instructor – IBM Computer Software Orientation seminars
  •Taught several 8-hour introductory overview courses, including DOS, Windows, WordPerfect features, spreadsheets, and data bases
   
  
• JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) (Kankakee County, 1998-present)
  Trainer – Welfare-to-Work Computer Orientation program
  •Taught Windows and MS Word, monthly two-week, 2-hour/day sessions
   
  
• Computer Training Associates (Kankakee, May 1996)
  Corporate Trainer – DOS, Windows, and Windows 95
  •Learned Windows 95 and MS Word for Windows 95
  •Trained corporate classes in MS Word for Windows 95
   
  
• Free-lance
  •Consultant –Train small groups and individuals in DOS, Windows, and Windows 95/98 operating systems and applications
   
  
• Robert Morris College (Chicago)
  Instructor – one term (fill-in)
  •Taught writing course, two nights a week
   
  
• Chicago City-Wide Colleges (1984-85)
  Instructor – part-time in their Office Technology Program
  •Taught Career English and business communications courses to adults entering a word-processing/microcomputer course
  •Wrote two 44-page lesson-plans notebooks for use by all English instructors
  •Wrote module outlines for both courses
  •Wrote competency-based criterion tests (with two retakes each) for modules of both courses
   
  
• Catherine College (Chicago, 1980-82)
  Instructor – half-time
  •Taught basic English skills; taught basic math skills
   
  
• West Suburban Schools (1967-69)
  Teacher
  •Taught eighth-grade English full-time for one year
  •Substitute taught in all areas, grades one through twelve

Education:

• Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, 1968-69)
  •15 graduate semester hours in theatre
  •12 graduate semester hours in English
   
  
• North Central College (Naperville, Illinois), B.A.
  •44 semester hours in English
  •minor in education
  •College paper editor, sophomore and junior years
  •Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
  •Baccalaureate student address
   
  
• West Aurora Senior High School
  •Class rank: 14 out of 320
  •Rotary International guest of the month

Travel:

Throughout the United States, into Canada and Mexico, throughout western Europe and into East Berlin and Yugoslavia (when both were still under Communist control)