MARK ZACHARIA
school e-mail: mzacharia@pthsd.k12.nj.us

OBJECTIVE
To use English Language Arts or Journalism to help students become lifelong learners. To teach students to become better writers, for by becoming better writers, they becomes better thinkers.

EDUCATION
· Master's Degree in Curriculum & Instruction from Kean University. GPA: 4.0, National Honor Society.
· BA Degree in English from C.W. Post University. Graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, National Honor Society.

QUALIFICATIONS
· Establish exceptional rapport with students at all skill levels.
· Enthusiastic, knowledgeable, optimistic and empathic regarding each student.
· Experience as a public speaker.
· Award-winning journalist; professional writer/editor for 20 years.

EXPERIENCE
· Teacher at Parsippany-Troy Hills High School Fall 2005-Present.
· Teacher at Teaneck High School Fall 2003-Spring 2005.
· Preferred SAT tutor at The Enrichment Center of Westfield Fall 2004.

AWARDS
Jesse H. Neal Award in Business Publishing from the American Business Media as an editor in 2000. This is the business-to-business equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize in Consumer Journalism.

 

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