Bryan Bowden
bryan.bowden@gmail.com
CertificationIllinois Initial Elementary Certificate (Type 03) Endorsement in Middle Grade Language Arts, working on mathematics endorsement
Teaching ExperienceThe Second City Chicago – youth program instructor September 2008-Present
- Created first stand-up comedy curriculum for the Second City youth program
- Taught 12 week stand-up comedy class for high school students
Laura Ward Elementary School, 8th grade, Chicago, IL August 2007-June 2008
- Managed a non-departmentalized 8th grade class of 33 students
- Taught math, reading, writing, science, and social studies every day
- Surpassed the school ISAT passing quota of 62.4% with 90% passing in reading and 80% in math
- Planned and executed daily lessons for five subjects within an academic diverse classroom
Laura Ward Elementary School, 5th grade, Chicago, IL February 2007-June 2007
- Took over a 5th grade classroom in the middle of an academic year
- Established regularity for a class that had seen four teachers leave in five months
- Prepared the class for ISAT testing in reading and math
- Taught hands-on science and math lessons
EducationDePaul University, Chicago, IL – Masters in Elementary Education May 2007
Student taught 8th grade language arts as well as 7th and 8th grade science with classrooms of 28. Also, did after school literacy tutoring as well as co-edited a section for a student magazine at Waters Elementary in Chicago.
Miami University, Oxford, OH – Bachelor of Arts in English Literature August 2000
Skills and InterestsIntegration of technology in the classroom
Open approach mathematics
Improvisational comedy and theater