James J. Donnelly
81 N. Main Street
Massena, NY 13662
(315) 769-0382
jessnjay@northnet.org

Professional Experience

Sept. 2000-present Potsdam Central School District, Potsdam, NY

English Language Arts Teacher 7-8
Training Effective Teacher Training Workshop, 2000-2001
English Language Arts Strategies Workshop 2000
Activities Professional Development Committee member
Helped organize English Language Arts curriculum grades 5-12 for 2001
Junior Varsity Baseball Coach 2001

Salmon River Central School District, Fort Covington, NY

Sept. 1997-June 2000 English Language Arts Teacher 7-12
Developed a standards based curriculum.
Taught Grade 7-8 English with daily 85-minute block scheduled classes during 1999-2000
Developed and taught 25 Book Campaign, 1999-2000

Training

America's Choice School Planning Team member, 1998-1999
America's Choice National Conference - San Diego, CA .,1999
America's Choice Model Classroom Teacher, 1998-2000
New York State English Regents trained scorer, 1998-2000, grade 11
New York State English Language Arts Test trained scorer, 1999-2000,
grade 8 Workshop with author Harry Wong, 1999
Effective Teacher Training Workshop, 1997-1998

Activities 
Grade 7 and 8 Student Advisor, 1998-2000

Salmon River Modified Baseball Coach, 1998 - 1999

Feb. 1996 -Sept. 97 St. Lawrence Radio, Inc., Potsdam, NY
On-air personality- WSNN-FM, WPDM-AM
Experience in communication skills - news gathering, writing, reporting, sports
broadcasting, interviewing, commercial production

Education

Potsdam State University College, Potsdam, NY

M.S. Ed. - Secondary English, August 1997
Activities Academic Mentoring Program: Mentor, Spring 1997

Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY

Bachelor of Arts Degree - May 1995

Major: English - Concentration: Communications
Minor: Education - New York State Provisional
Certificate, Secondary Education (7-12)

Hugh C. Williams High School, Canton, NY
New York State Regents Diploma - June 1991

Classroom Related Knowledge: Computers

Hardware IBM pc, Macintosh
Software Word processing, Data Base, Power Point, Spreadsheet, Internet
Personal Web Page: http://northnet.org./the_donnelly_family/jaypg.html

Other Educational Experiences

Pre-service 1. Cicero-N. Syracuse Jr. High School: English, grade 8
Teaching 2. Baker High School, Baldwinsville: English, grade 10 Honors, grade 12

Workshops HIV/AIDS Education: Issues and Strategies
Attended Child Abuse Workshop
Preventive Substance Abuse Workshop
Performance Assessment: Systemic Reform
Other Le Moyne College
Education Club
Published, 1994 & 1995 Salamander literary magazine
Member, Le Moyne varsity baseball, 1992-1993
Intramural volleyball, basketball, soccer
Community Service
Umpire, Canton Pee Wee Inc., 1989-1994
Coach, Canton Pee Wee Inc., Soccer, 1989 & 1990
Coach, Canton Pee Wee Inc., Baseball, 1995

References available upon request

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