Philippe Ernewein, MA
Experience
July 2008 – Present: Denver Academy, Colorado
Dean of Faculty Development and Training
- Coordinate, organize & facilitate teacher in-services, workshops, annual retreat & summer training sessions
- Communicate with Board of Trustees, parents, students & education professionals on programmatic topics
- Collaborate with Program Director and Deans on topics including curriculum changes, teacher advancement & hiring
- Present on educational topics at local, state-wide, national & international conferences
- Continuing duties & roles as Cross Country Coach & Chaco Canyon Experiential Lead Guide
Summer 2007 & 2008: Teach For America Institute @ Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Summer 2009:Teach For America Institute @ Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
Literacy Specialist
- Delivered training sessions to corps members (groups varying from 50 to 80)
- Provided direct instruction on the fundamental framework of effective, research-based classroom practices to corps members
- Collaborated with school team members to make decisions on how to best meet corps members’ needs
January 2008: Jack Kerouac Wrote Here, Crisscrossing America Chasing Cool
Teacher/Facilitator with Dr. Audrey Sprenger
- Taught traveling by train on an 8-day, cross-country sociology & documentary making class
- Students turned Kerouac’s On the Road into a map & followed it through: San Francisco, Denver, New York and all the road in between
- Conducted conferences, tours and lectures during this highly intensive learning experience
- Student documentary projects submitted to gallery exhibit: Jack Kerouac’s America, 50 Years Old
1997-2008: Denver Academy, CO
Head of Core Knowledge HS (2002-2008)/High School Teacher (1997-2008)
- Full classroom responsibilities: High School English, Literature; Character Education
- English Chair, Cross Country Coach, Chaco Canyon Experiential Lead Guide
- Managed eight teachers in the model of school within a school;
- Facilitated weekly meetings and conducted observations, maintained daily communication with parents
- Teacher Training: led workshops, in-services & on-going teacher evaluations
- Committees: Technology, Retreat (1997, 2000), LDAC Liaison (1997-2003), Building Community (2006-2008)
6/1996-12/1996: Chaco Culture National Park, Nageezi, NM
Interpretive Park Ranger
- Member of Student Conservation Association committed to protecting and preserving the environment
- Seasonal position, led tours, managed Visitor Center, provided evening fireside chats, chopped wood, and supervised backcountry trails
1994-1996: East St. John High School, Reserve, LA
High School Special Education Teacher/Teach For America Corps Member
- Member of national corps of teachers committed to teaching in urban and rural public schools, and become lifelong leaders in pursuit of educational excellence and equity
- Teach For America's mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our country's most promising future leaders in the effort
- Full classroom responsibilities in a behaviorally disordered/ emotionally disturbed classroom, Head Cross Country Coach and Assistant Track Coach, founded student literary magazine “Project Poetry”
Education
1999-2003: University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO
- Masters in curriculum and instruction; teaching secondary English focus
1994-1996: Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
- Started Special Education degree to maintain emergency teaching license
- Courses in meeting the needs of students with special needs
1990-1994: Longwood College, Farmville, VA
- Presented Senior Thesis at National Collegiate Conference, Austin, TX
Publications
“Teacher as Facilitator in Flatter Classroom,” Statement, The Journal of the Colorado Language Arts Society. Autumn 2008, Volume 45, No. 1.
“Being and Seeking Charismatic Adults in the Facilitation of Literacy,” Statement, The Journal of the Colorado Language Arts Society. Spring 2009, Volume 46, No. 1.
Openings Into Diversity: A Professional Journal. Association of Colorado Independent Schools, June 1998, Volume 1, No. 1. & May 1999, Volume 2, No. 1.
Recognition
5/2007: Wings of the Future Award, Denver Academy
- Recognition of excellence in educational leadership
8/2006: Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Nomination
- Annually recognizes outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education
5/2001-2008: Denver Academy, Denver, CO
- Nominated each year, Teacher of the Year
5/2000: Denver Academy, Denver, CO
5/1995: East St. John High School, Reserve, LA
8/1994: East St. John High School, Reserve, LA
Professional Memberships
- Association or Supervision and Curriculum Development: www.ascd.org