Judith E. Darling
(919) 772-2471

Experience | Education | Certification | Achievements | Professional | AP Score History | Current Assignments | Current Memberships | References

Experience: Classroom Teacher of English and Latin
Garner Senior High School
2101 Spring Drive
Garner, North Carolina 27529
January 1990 to present

Education: North Carolina State University
Box 7313
Raleigh, NC 27695-7313
May 1990 BA in English Valedictorian of English Department
May 2000 MA in English Education

Certification:
Secondary English
Academically Gifted
National Board Certified ~ AYA/English Language Arts

Achievements:
Duke University TIP Sawyer Teaching Award 1998
Wake Co. Outstanding Teacher of the Gifted 1998
Second place Central Region Teacher of the Year 1997
Wake Co. Teacher of the Year - 1996/1997
NCETA Outstanding English Teacher - 1995/1996
Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program
Three week study in Japan June 2000
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching
"Leadership and Change" July 1997
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching
"Virtual Reality" January 1997
National Endowment for the Humanities July 1996
Foundation Grant for four week seminar $2800
Athens, Greece. "Virtue, Happiness, & The Common Good"
Seminar Participant - April 1995
Joint Committee on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
NCSU, UNC, & Duke University
"Religion and Feminine Identity in the Middle Ages"
National Endowment for the Humanities July, 1993
Foundation Grant for six week seminar $3200 Duke University "Petrarch, Erasmus, & Machiavelli"
Two time First Place Winner, 1988 & 1989
Phi Kappa Phi essay contest $400 award
North Carolina Teaching Fellows award recipient
1988 - Two year grant $8000 award

Professional: 2000/2001 | 1999/2000 | 1998/1999 | 1997/1998 | 1996/1997 | 1995/1996 | 1994/1995

2000/2001
  • Instructor for TIP Scholar Weekend
    October 2000 "Tension and Balance"
    March 2001 "Myths and Movies"
  • Instructor for North Carolina State University
    Teaching Fellows Senior Seminar
  • Task Force member for NC State Writing Assessment
    September – January 2001
  • Keynote Speaker Tennessee Association of Independent Schools
    October 2000 "Teachers as Professionals: Charting our Course"
  • Presenter 10th Grade Writing Workshop & MC Assessment
    January 2001 Warren County Schools Staff Development
  • Trainer for North Carolina Teaching Fellows
    January 2001 Writing Assessment for Regional Finalists
  • Presenter for NC Holocaust Council
    January 2001 "Night and the 10th Grade Writing Assessment"
  • Speaker for Beta Club Induction
    October 2000 Garner Senior High School
  • Presenter for E. E. Smith High School, Fayetteville, NC
    September 2000 Schools that Work: "Marzano’s & MC assessment"
  • Presenter ~ 10Th grade Writing Workshop
    August 2000 Davidson County
  • Presenter ~ 10Th grade Writing Workshop & MC Assessment
    August 2000 Alamance County
  • Presenter ~ North Carolina English Teacher’s Conference
    October 2000 "Japan: A Tenth Grade Teaching Unit"
  • Presenter ~ 10th Grade Writing Workshop
    October 2000 Greensboro
  • Presenter ~ 10th Grade Writing Workshop
    September & October 2000 Wake County
  • Presenter ~ 10th Grade Writing Workshop
    November 2000 Chapel Hill Schools
  • Presenter ~ Marzano’s Dimensions of Learning and MC Assessment
    November 2000 Garner Senior High School
1999/2000
  • Director of Baccalaureate Services
    May 2000 Garner Education Foundation
  • Reader for AP English Exam
    June 2000 Daytona Beach
  • Instructor for Duke TIP Summer Program
    July 2000 "Tension and Balance"
  • Facilitator/Presenter North Carolina Teaching Fellows
    July 2000 Senior Conference at Elon College
  • Instructor North Carolina State University
    Spring Semester Teaching Fellows Senior Seminar
  • Keynote Speaker Meredith College Teaching Fellows Banquet
    March 2000 – "What Good Teachers Know"
  • Presenter NC Social Workers’ Conference
    March 2000 – "A Survivor’s Story"
  • Presenter ~ 10th Grade Writing Workshop
    September & October 1999 Wake County
  • Presenter ~ 10th Grade Writing Workshop
    November 1999 Pitt County
1998/1999
  • Instructor for Duke University International Program
    June 1999 "Odyssey & Cold Mountain" taught in Greece
  • Keynote speaker for Johnston County ILT celebration
    May 1999 "Teaching from the Heart."
  • Speaker for Wake Co. League of Women Voters
    May 1999 "What is a Quality Education."
  • Presenter for NC Department of Public Instruction
    March 1999 "Teaching the 9th Grade End of Course Test"
  • Presenter for NC Division of Social Services
    March 1999 "A Survivor’s Voice"
  • Speaker for Teaching Fellows prospective teachers
    February 1999 Elon College
  • Presenter for Cabarrus County English Teachers
    February 1999 "Teaching the 10th Grade End of Course Test"
  • Keynote speaker for Central Region Teacher of the Year Symposium
    November 1998 "What Good Teachers Know"
  • Presenter for NC Association of English Teachers
    October 1998 "Teaching with MC Questions"
  • Workshop Presenter for Durham Co. Teachers
    October 1998 "Teaching the 10th Grade End of Course Test
  • Workshop Presenter for Goldsboro teachers
    October 1998 "Teaching to 9th & 10th Tests."
  • Workshop Presenter and Facilitator for Wake Co. 10th Grade Teachers
    October 1998 "The Tenth Grade Writing Test"
1997/1998
  • Instructor for Duke University Talent Identification Program
    July 1998 "Tension and Balance"
  • Facilitator/Presenter for NC Teaching Fellows Junior Conference
    July 1998 "Strategies for Differentiated Instruction"
  • Presenter for Workshops for Wake Co. Schools
    July 1998 "Design and Implementation of AP Literature Course"
    July 1998 "Design and Implementation of AP Language Course"
    July 1998 "Vertical Teaming: Preparing Early for AP English"
  • Reader for AP Literature Exam – Daytona, Florida
    June 1998
  • Workshops for Trojan Academy Teachers - Garner Senior High School
    1997/1998
    "Using Art and Graphic Organizers"
    "Designing and Using Rubrics"
    "Designing Seminars & Writing Questions"
    "Test-taking Strategies"
    "Writing Across the Curriculum"
  • Pilot Program - On-Site Training for Prospective English Teachers NCSU.
    Fall 1997 Designed and implemented observations, practice teaching, and lecture series on management of student emotions and behavior,
    instructional time, and professional growth.
  • Workshop for Tenth Grade EOC/AP Literature & Language/ Ninth Grade EOC
    Franklin Co. New Hanover Co. Durham Co. Pender Co.
    Yadkin Co. Edgecomb Co. Harnett Co. Wayne Co. Vance Co. Camden Co. Burke Co. Cumberland Co. .
  • Keynote - May 5, 1998 Elon College Student NCAE Banquet
    "What Good Teachers Know"
  • Keynote - April 30, 1998 Vance Co. Teacher Executive Institute
    "Vision, Collision, Decision"
  • Presenter: March 1998 North Carolina Gifted and Talented Conference
    "A Year-Long Model for Training AP English Teachers"
    "Teaching the Tenth Grade Writing Test"
  • Keynote - August 1997 Warren County
    "What Good Teachers Know"
  • Keynote - August 1997 Vance County
    "What Good Teachers Know"
  • Speaker - August 1997 West Lake Middle School
    August 1997 North Garner Middle School
    June 1997 Ligon Middle School
    May 1997 East Wake Middle School
    "What Good Teachers Know"
  • Keynote - October 1997 NC Assoc. for Supervision & Curriculum Dev.
    "Engineering Alternatives for Effective Student Management."
  • Presenter: October 1997 North Carolina English Teachers Conference
    "How to Conduct a Seminar."
    "Teaching Annie John"
    "Differentiation in the English Classroom"
    "Teaching the Tenth Grade Writing Test"
  • Presenter: November 1997 National Council Teachers of English Conference
    "Using Laser Disc Technology in the English Classroom"
1996/1997
  • Guest Lecturer for Dr. Ruie Pritchard
    College presentation to Prospective English Teachers
  • Teaching Research - fall of '93, ‘94, ‘95, '96, '97.
  • Presenter - October 1996 North Carolina English Teachers Association Conference
    "Like Water for Chocolate" and "Multiple Intelligences in the English Classroom"
  • Attended - February 1997 Writing Across the Curriculum National Conference.
  • Presenter - March 1997 North Carolina Association for Gifted Education.
    "Making English Different for the AG Student"
  • Keynote - May 1997 Wake Co. Teacher of the Year Banquet
    "What Good Teachers Know"
  • Keynote - June 1997 North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
    "Literacy: A New Perspective"
1995/1996
  • Developed Differentiation chart for English Instruction Levels I - IV
    Wake Co. High Schools as part of STAGE pilot program.
  • Speaker - Beta Club Induction - Fall, 1996
    "Building Equity through Attitude"
  • Presenter - October 1995 North Carolina English Teachers Conference
    "Developing Theme" & "Song of Solomon"
  • Attended SITE conference, Phoenix, Arizona - March 1996
    Computer technology and education
  • Presenter - March 1996 North Carolina Association for Gifted and Talented Conference
    "Developing Theme in AP English"
  • Speaker - Elon College - February 1996 North Carolina Teaching Fellows
    "Top Ten Reasons to Stay in Teaching"
  • Speaker - Raleigh Lions Club - February 1996
    "How to Assist the Abused"
  • Published - Raleigh Magazine - November, 1995
    "Life Beyond the SAT."
  • Published - News and Observer - February, 1996 "When Standards Derail students."
    (reprinted in North Carolina NEA)
  • Speaker - Trinity Baptist Church - April 1996
    "The Act of Listening"
  • Speaker - Student Teacher Reception for Wake Co. Spring 1996
    "A New Metaphor for Education"
  • Speaker - Vandora Springs Elementary Grant project - May 1996
    "To Boldly Go..."
  • Reader for AP Exam at Trinity University - June 1999
1994/1995
  • Garner Education Foundation liaison between community and high school.
  • Speaker - Regional Beta Convention.
    "Creating A Whole New World"
  • Wake Co. AG Task Force work
  • Statewide Technical Assistance for Gifted Education.
  • Judged Latin poetry contest for Junior Classical League.
  • Drama role at Thompson Theater, NCSU - Pajama Tops
  • Drama role at NCSU Foreign Lang. Dept. - Latin Comedy
  • NCAGT Convention, Winston-Salem - March/1995
  • Reader for AP Exam at Trinity University - June/1995
Previous work and service history available upon request

AP Score History:
1992 –7 students taking test - 43% pass
1993 –7 students taking test - 57% pass
1994 13 students taking test - 69% pass
1995 31 students taking test - 75% pass
1996 36 students taking test - 58% pass
1997 37 students taking test - 68% pass
1998 26 students taking test - 58% pass
2000 22 students taking test - 80% pass

Current Assignments:
Classroom Teacher –AP English 12, Latin I, II, & III
Junior Marshals - Graduation ceremonies.
Department manager - English Department

Current memberships:
NCTE - National Council Teachers of English
NCETA - North Carolina English Teachers Association
Phi Kappa Phi
Delta Kappa Gamma
American Mensa
Wake County ACT/National Education Association

References:
Ann Bagley, Director of English Programs
Wake Co. Public Schools
3600 Wake Forest Road
Raleigh, NC 28041 (919) 850-1814

John Williams, Principal
Garner Senior High School
2101 Spring Drive
Garner, NC 27529 (919) 662-2382

Back to the top!!!