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CHARLES ELWOOD YOUNGS, Ed.D. EDUCATION Doctor of Education, Leadership & Administration (EdD), 2018 Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania School of Education Dissertation: Organizational Mindfulness and Mindful Organizing of Highly Effective Schools: A Mixed-Methods Study of Department Leaders' Perspectives Master of Arts, Curriculum & Supervision (MA), 2016 Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Supervisor Certificate Distinguished Masters Student, School of Education Award National Board Certified Teacher, 2009 National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, US Fulbright-Hays Study-Special Project Abroad Scholar, 2009 US Department of Education, Washington, District of Columbia Site: Ghana Masters of Arts, English Education (MA), 1995 Steinhardt | Oxford Study Abroad Programs, '93, '95 New York University, New York, New York PA Instructional II Certificate Bachelor of Arts, Literature & Communication Arts (AB), 1985 Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania PA Instructional I Certificate EXPERIENCE Pre-Service Teaching Supervisor Point Park University, Since 2023 Instructional Technology Coach, 2015-2023 Curriculum Facilitator, English Language Arts, 2003-2023 Teacher of English & Communications, 1996-2023 Bethel Park High School, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania Courses Taught AP English Literature & Composition Honors English 12 - World Survey British Literature & Composition Early American Literature & Composition Public Speaking Scholastic Journalism Introductory STEAM Sponsorships Newspaper Literary Magazine Quill & Scroll Class Ways and Means, Prom Projects & Committees National Math and Science Initiative Leadership Team, 2021-2023 Advanced Placement English Literature & Composition Institutes, Participant, 2019, 2012 Google Certified Educator, Level 1, 2017-2019 1:1 Chromebook Integration Trainer, 2016 K12 STEAM Steering Committee, 2016 STEAM Innovations Studios / Remake Learning Grant Coordinator, 2015-17 Three Rivers Technology Council 2015 Conference In-house Co-Planner, 2015 District Instructional Systems Committee, 2015 Differentiated Supervision Planning Committee, Secretary, 2014 21st Century Learning Committee, Chair, 2011 Common Core Integration ELA & Reading Evaluation Committee.2012 Portfolio Committee, 1999 Teacher of English & Communications, 1991-1996 Grove City High School, Grove City, Pennsylvania Outcomes-Based Education Committee MEMBERSHIPS & SERVICE International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education (IJICTE), Associate Editor, 2019-present English Language Arts Teacher Exchange, Coordinator, 2019-2020 Remake Learning STEAM Bethel Park Grand Bid, Writer, 2015 Pi Lambda Theta Education Honor Society, 2014-2018 National State Teacher of the Year - Pennsylvania Chapter, Apple Award Chair, Regional Selection Chair, 2013-16 Quill & Scroll, Chapter Adviser, 2012-Present Queer Foundation Scholarship Essay Contest Judge, 2007-2015, 2018 Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2009-present International Drama in Education Research Institute Conference, 2004 American Alliance for Theater and Education, Research Project Reviewer, 2003 Pennsylvania Drama Education Exchange, 1999-2004 Carnegie Museum of Art Teacher Advisory Board, 2003-2010, 2015-17 American Federation of Teachers, 1996-Present Ohio Drama Education Exchange, 1995-2003 Cooperating Teacher for Pre-Service Teachers (Carlow, Duquesne, Penn State, Point Park, Slippery Rock, Westminster, U of Pittsburgh), 1994-Present National Council of Teachers of English, 1984-Present PRESENTATIONS & PROJECTS "No More Fake Reading: Benefits of Social Annotation in a Hybrid High School English Class." Perusall Exchange. Perusall, Harvard U and Perusal Labs. Virtual conference, persusall.com/exchange. May 17-28, 2021, "A Teacher's Flipped Classroom Transformation, Part 3." Podcast interview by Mandy Rice, Teach on a Mission, 6 May 2021. https://www.teachonamission.com/blog/a-teacher-s-flipped-classroom-transformation-part-3 English Language Arts Teacher Exchange (ELATE). Southwestern Pennsylvania School Districts, Founder-Coordinator, "Pause," Spring 2019 (Bethel Park High School; "Satisfice," Fall 2019 (Montour High School, "Is It Morning for You Yet?" Fall 2022 (Mt. Lebanon High School). Vocabulary Workshop, William H. Sadlier, Inc., Consultant, 2019. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, Editorial Board, Associate Editor, since 2018-present. "Coding Qualitative Data: Looking for Patterns, Finding a Story," Point Park University, Education Department, Ed.D in Leadership and Administration, "Boot Camp" Workshop, Spring 2019. National Council of Teachers of English, Annual Convention, Presentations: “'Readiness Is All': Access, Rigor and Differentiation in the AP English Classroom," 2018; "Sketchnoting as a Visual Thinking Technique for Efferent Listening, Aesthetic Reading and Literary Analysis, 2017;"Advocating for English Classrooms as Artful Spaces: Creative Writing, Illustration & Paper Circuits,"2016; "Seeing the Literary Light: Hacking Notebooks with Paper Circuits and LEDs to Illuminate Texts and Student Thinking,” 2015; “Reading August Wilson’s Stories Against Teenie Harris’ Photographic Landscape," 2014; "The Paperless Research Paper Using Online Tools," 2012, "Macbeth Unfriends Duncan: Students Creating an Online Social Network for the Scottish Play," 2010, "Mini-Documentaries to Motivate Student Research on Shakespeare," 2009; "My Space or Yours: Shifting Perspectives at the Nexus of Art Museum, Student Writing, and the Web," 2008; "My Experience Learning with Jimmy Britton and Nancy Martin in the NYU Oxford Study Abroad for English Education," Roundtable Discussion, 2007; "To Blog or Not To Blog," 2006; "In, Out, & In-Between: Art Museum and English Classroom," 2005; “Making a Scene with Shakespeare: Using Process Drama to Explore Significance,” 2004;"Whose Who? (stet): Multiracial Perspectives," 1999. International Writing Centers Association, Annual Conference, Presentation: "HS Writing Center Redux: Lessons Learned from R(e)volutions, 1990-2015," Pittsburgh, 2015 Turkish Cultural Center Pittsburgh, "Drowned, Burnt, Drunk: Romanticist Expression in the Poems of Mevlana Rumi," Lecture, 2015. "August Wilson: The Ground Upon Which I Stand Teaching Materials," American Masters Series, WQED, 2014. "Rumi: Inspiration and Invitation," Remarks delivered at Journey of Rumi, art exhibition by Muyesser Demir, Chatham U, Pittsburgh, May 11, 2011. National State Teacher of the Year Pennsylvania Teacher Forum, "Visual Thinking: The Art of Inquiry in Four Questions," Presentation, 2009. Alpha Alpha State Chapter Convention Delta Kappa Gamma, "Stories Told Together," Keynote, 2009. Carnegie Museum of Art, "A Grand Tour of Blogging," Presentation, 2008. Carnegie Museum of Art Educator's Workshop: "Exploring Life on Mars and on the Web: Student Blogs and Museum Visits," Workshop Presentation, 2008. Carnegie Museum of Art Workshop for West Liberty State College West Virginia Governor's School for the Arts, "Student Blogs and Museum Visits," 2008. Three Rivers Technology Council Conference, "Weblog Literacy: Empowering Students with Online Forums of Writing, Research, and Presentation," Presentation, 2008. University of Puerto Rico, Cayey and Ponce, Puerto Rico, "Integración del Museo al Curriculo Académico: Un Ejercicio Interdisciplinario, los Medios y la Web," Keynotes, 2008. BOSSAC, "Teacher 2.0: Inspiring Learning with Blogs, Widgets, Podcasts, and Other Web 2.0 Applications," Presentation, 2007. BOSSAC, "The Utopia of Process Drama: Two Islands," Workshop Presentation, 2005. Michigan Drama Education Exchange, “‘Fore Score and Seven’: Addressing the Meaning of Lincoln at Gettysburg with Process Drama,” Workshop Presentation, 2005. Pennsylvania Drama Education Exchange, Director, 2004 (Keynote: Christine Warner). Pennsylvania Drama Education Exchange,: “The Problems We All Live With: Art, Photography & Drama on Desegregation in the 1960s,” Workshop Presentation, 2004. Education Department, Grove City College, Guest Speaker, "Process Drama Structures for the ELA Classroom," 2004. Pennsylvania Drama Education Exchange, Director, “Something from Nothing: An Introduction to Dramatic Structures for the Classroom with ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes,” Presentation, 2004 (Keynote: Carole Miller & Julianna Saxton). Education Department, Grove City College, Guest Speaker, "Process Drama Structures for the ELA Classroom," 2003. Michigan Drama Education Exchange, "“From Beans to Greens and Back Again: Using Process Drama with Kate and the Beanstalk (by Mary Pope Osborne)," 2002. Education Department, Grove City College, Guest Speaker, "Process Drama Structures for the ELA Classroom," 2002. Ohio Drama Education Exchange, "Rime Drama,“There Was a Ship!: Reconstructing Story Aboard the ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’” Workshop presentation, 2003. Education Department, Grove City College, Guest Speaker, "Process Drama Structures for the ELA Classroom," 2001. University of Pittsburgh Teacher Education Network, “Classroom Drama: Practice in Process with ‘Romeo & Juliet,’” Workshop Presentation, 2000. Pennsylvania Drama Education Exchange, Director 1999 (Keynote: Cecily O'Neill). Process Drama in the Literary Classroom: Action, Theory, and Practice. Unpublished thesis. New York University, 1994. PUBLICATIONS Organizational Mindfulness and Mindful Organizing in Effective High Schools: Department Leaders' Perceptions, By Charles E. Youngs, Dissertation, Proquest, 10936519. Principal Researcher, 2018. Prentice-Hall Literature, Pearson, Teacher Advisory Board Member, 2007-2015. Bethel Park Stylebook, Pearson, Compiler 2008. Vocabulary Accelerator, By Keith London, Defined Mind/Prentice-Hall, Editor, 2005. AWARDS & HONORS Google Certified Educator, Level 1, 2017 Top of Class, Masters of Arts, Education, Point Park University, 2016 Allegheny Intermediate Unit ConnectED Champion of Change Award, 2015 STEAM Grant Executive Team ($20,000), 2015 Graphite Certified Educator, 2015 Extra Mile Award, Bethel Park School District, 2010 Fulbright-Hayes Scholarship, Ghana, 2009 State National State Teacher of the Year Pennsylvania Finalist, 2009 PB Works Wiki Certified Educator, 2009 Teacher of Excellence Nomination, 2008 Teacher of Excellence "Top 100" Honoree, 2005 School District Outstanding Teacher Award, 1999 School District Outstanding Teacher Award, 1998 Grove City College Student Teacher of the Year, 1985 POPULAR PRESS COVERAGE “Journalism honor society inducts Bethel Park High School students.” The Almanac. 7 June 2020. "Bethel Park educators continue successful partnership with Honduras.” By Harry Funk. The Almanac. 25 Oct. 2017. “Bethel Park students learn creative lighting with LED books.” By Harry Funk. The Almanac. 17 Nov. 2016. "Bethel Park teacher advising for Carnegie International Exhibit.” By Shannon M. Nass. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 19 September 2013. "Bethel Park students find Shakespeare in Cyberspace." By Shannon M. Nass. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 15 March 2012. "Online Expressions: School Uses Blogging to Increase Writing Proficiency." By Carol Patton. EdTech. CDW-G. 2009. Also rpt. in 21st Century Classroom Reference Guide. "Bethel Park Teachers Get Cultural Education on Journey to Ghana." By Daveen Rae Kurutz. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. 27 Aug. 2009. "Bethel Park Teachers Spend a Month in Ghana." By Maria Scuillo. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 20 Aug. 2009. "Bethel Park Teachers to Share African Culture." The Almanac. 19 Aug. 2009. "(PA) Department of Education Announces 2009 Teacher of the Year Finalists," PA Dept of Ed. 12 June 2008. "School Coffee Shop Perks Poets." By Maria Sciullo. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 24 April 2008. "Teacher corrects Bethel Park students' grammar ." By Lori Humphreys. The Almanac 14 Nov. 2007. "Bethel Park teachers use blogs to better student writing." By Laura Pace. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 7 June. 2007. "Teacher enjoys cultural exchange in Turkey." The Almanac 23 Aug. 2006. "Let's look for education solutions not scapegoats." Letter by Charles Youngs. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 24 Aug. 2003. "Teacher breathes life into classics." By Mary Niederberger. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 3 Feb. 1999. "Colonial school days." Photo feature by Dave Grib. Observer-Reporter 16 Oct. 1998. "Muster on the square." Photo feature by Barbara Potter. The Advertiser 29 Oct. 1997. "Colonial days come to life." By Carolyn Fitzwilliam. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 28 Nov. 1996. "History lesson." Photo by Joyce Mendelsohn. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 27 Nov. 1996. "Colonial days." Photo feature by Vince Iampietro. The Advertiser 20 Nov. 1996. "GC teacher studies English in England." Allied News 22 Nov. 1995. "Grove City teachers get their students into the act." By Kim Curry. Allied News 11 May. 1994. "Slice of time." Photo by Kim Curry. Allied News 13 Nov. 1991. |