Stony
631.689.7619
PROFILE
I am an accomplished, skilled educator who has
specialized in professional development for secondary teachers throughout my
career. I am an experienced leader and manager who has taken many educational projects
from conception to completion. I have excellent writing and interpersonal
skills and a strong background in performance and technology and their use in
teaching and learning.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts 1972
Stony
Brook University
Bachelor of Arts in English 1968
EMPLOYMENT
The Folger
Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC
2005-
Senior Consultant for National Education
· Present keynote speeches at state and national
conferences
· Lead day-long and week-long regional workshops
· Oversee the Shakespeare Set Free outreach, presenting
teacher-training workshops around the country
· Direct the curriculum strand of the NEH sponsored
Teaching Shakespeare Institutes
· Develop initiatives for Web-based education
· Write grants to National Endowment for the Humanities
and other foundations to support initiatives
· Organized and led three week-long Teaching Shakespeare
Institutes for summer 2007 at UCLA, University of Tulsa, and BAM
· Organized two week-long workshops in Georgia and
Nebraska for June 2008
Stony Brook University 2000-present
Adjunct lecturer
· Designed and teach EGL 440/CEE 593 “Performance and
Technology
in Teaching Literature and Composition” for
undergraduate
and graduate pre-service teachers
Stony Brook
University 2003-2007
Professional Education Program (PEP)
Special Technology Coordinator
· Reported to
· Conducted general technology presentations for all
· Worked with
· Taught innovative methods for faculty to help enhance
their curricula with class Web sites, Blogs, and WebQuests during two-day
workshops.
· Met with individual teacher education classes to
demonstrate to students how to intelligently integrate media and technology
into their lesson planning
· Compiled Technology Alignment Data for NCATE
accreditation
· Represented
· Instructed incoming Ph.D. candidates in English Dept. on
the use of technology
· Researched Electronic Portfolios to be used by faculty
and students
The
English-Speaking
Associate Director of Education
· Conducted teaching Shakespeare workshops, “Shakespeare:
Words & Actions” for member Branches across the
· Served as Keynote Speaker and presenter at Branch, National,
and International functions
· Conceived and implemented “Global Conversations, a Blog,
designed to facilitate communication among members worldwide.
· Conceived and implemented a real-time Distance
Learning Project “Shakespeare Across Cultures” that connected American students
with students in Bucharest, Romania; St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia; London,
England; and Sydney, Australia
· Worked closely with director of education and a four-member
staff to organize and coordinate the annual National Shakespeare Competition at
Shakespeare magazine 1996-2003
· Sponsored by
· Founder, editor and contributing writer
· Oversaw staff of 10 editors and designers
· Continue to maintain Web site and “News on the
The Folger
Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC 1996
· Co-Director of the NEH Teaching Shakespeare Institute
· Oversaw staff of 12, including scholars, master
teachers, actors, and interns
· Instituted Technology
The Folger
Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC
1990-2005
· Master Teacher and consultant, The NEH Teaching
Shakespeare Institutes; workshop leader for U.S. Dept. of Education and
Geraldine R. Dodge outreach; contributed to Folger/PBS curriculum for “In Search
of Shakespeare.”
Adjunct
Assistant Professor of English
SUNY Farmingdale 1972-1989
Adjunct
Assistant Professor of English
Farmingdale (NY) High
School 1968-2001
Teacher of English
· Designed curriculum for and taught AP Language and
Composition, a college-level Shakespeare elective, Humanities, and several
other courses
· Director of “Farmingdale 2000,” a committee exploring
total school reform in conjunction with
PUBLICATIONS
Print:
“Why We Teach Literature (and How We Can Do it
Better)”
The Minnesota English Journal, Fall 2006
http://mcte.org/journal/index.html
“Close Reading on Your Feet” The English Journal September 2005
Shakespeare
101, Gramercy Press/Random House:
2003.
“Beyond Character, Plot, and Theme,” Cable in the Classroom
Magazine: December 2002.
The
“Teaching
October 1995.
“Teaching in the New Millennium,” CPB Digest (for the Corporation
for Public
Broadcasting): September/October 1995.
“To th’ Amazement of Mine Eyes:
Fall 1997.
“A
Triumvirate of
Fall
1998.
“I Have Had a Most Rare Vision: Teaching
in
Part 1.
Internet:
Film School http://www3.ifctv.com/filmschool
· Wrote entire curriculum for a project that integrates
filmmaking with the teaching of literature
Shakespeare: Subject to Change www.ciconline.com/bdp1
· Served on production team as the
Researcher and Content Expert and worked
closely with designers
In Search of Shakespeare www.pbs.org/shakespeare
· Contributed article, “
· Wrote lesson plans,
“Images of Othello, a Shakespearean WebQuest,” Shakespearean Conversations,” and
“Quick Tips”
Global
Conversations www.global-conversations.org
·
Led Blog by posting
regular articles about the short stories of Grace Paley, the English language,
and other topics
News on the
Rialto www.shakespearemag.blogspot.com
· Post Blog entries on current Shakespeare productions
and other relevant material
Personal/Professional
Web site www.LoMonico.com
Editing:
Shakespeare
Magazine 1997-2004 Editor and
contributing writer
A Midsummer
Night’s Dream.
The Complete
Idiot’s Guide to Shakespeare.
Technical editor
PRESENTATIONS
AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (selected):
California
Council of Teachers of English (CATE) Conference, Long Beach
Led double-session at Annual
Conference, March 2008
CORE
Knowledge Conference, Washington, DC
Conducted workshops, February 2007
Georgia
Council of Teachers of English, Jekyll Island
Delivered Keynote address and led workshop,
February 2007 and 2008
Region 8,
Mount Pleasant, Texas
Conducted a two-day workshop on
teaching Shakespeare with
Performance and Technology, December
2006
Central High
School, Little Rock, AR
Led workshop for teachers, November
2006
New York
State English Council
Led workshop for teachers, October
2006
Florida
Council of Teachers of English Conference, Orlando
Led teacher workshop, October 2006
Brooklyn
Academy of Music (BAM)
Taught “Shakespeare
Teaches Teachers,” an eight-week course for NYC teachers, 2004-present
The Hudson Valley
Shakespeare Festival, Garrison, NY
Designed and taught summer institute
for teachers of Shakespeare
in 2005 and 2006
The English-Speaking
Union’s National Shakespeare Competition, NYC
Finals Judge, April 2006
Minnesota Council of
Teachers of English Conference
Keynote Speaker, April 2006
The Learning Curve, WLIW
Participated in televised panel
discussion on teaching and learning,
March 2006
Led teacher workshop, March 2006
Georgia Council of
Teachers of English Conference
Led teacher workshop, February 2006
Led teacher workshop, February 2006
Led teacher workshop, November 2005
Led teacher workshop, October 2005
The
Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, “ShakeFest,” a summer institute for teachers, Featured Presenter, July 2005
The
Hudson Valley Shakespeare, three-day workshop for teachers, Guest Instructor, July 2005
Philadelphia
Shakespeare Festival, “Shakespeare Goes to School,” taught two-day workshop for
National
Educational Computer Conference (NECC) in
“Innovation and the Future
of Learning” panel discussion sponsored by International Society for Technology
in Education (ISTE), Panelist, June 2004
Digital
Dialogues: Where Visionaries Meet Pragmatists, Santa Monica, CA
Sponsored by
NCTE
International Teaching
Featured speaker, 1998 and 2000
Annenberg
Foundation/the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Advisor for 8 one-hour
video programs, 2 supplemental Authors' Notes videos, workshop guide,
and Web site www.learner.org/channel/workshops/isonovel
Pre-performance workshops
for teachers on Love’s Labor’s Lost, 2000 and
All-day Shakespeare
workshops, guest presenter, 1999-2003
Stony Brook
University
A series of
1998-2000
Led workshops and made presentations
on teaching with technology, 1983-2000
National
Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) National Conventions in
led a variety of workshops and made
presentations, 1988-2004
NY State
English Council (NYSEC)
Led
workshops and presentations, 1988-1997
Taught graduate course, “Shakespeare
Set Free” parts 1 and 2,
1994-2000
“From
the Page to the Stage,”
Led week-long workshop for teachers, 1997
NY
State Education Dept. Conference,
Led teacher workshops, 1993
Workshop presenter, 1992
Site evaluation of Folger Festival’s
Project for the U.S. Dept. of Ed. 1991
Teaching
Presentation, 1991
Site evaluation of Folger
Festival’s Project for the U.S. Dept. of Ed.
1992
Royal
Shakespeare Company and the Folger Library’s Teaching Shakespeare
Institute in
Master Teacher 1990
Folger Library Festival
Trainer. Trained teachers in
Organized
and directed institute for 75 secondary and college teachers, 1988