Bryan Starchman Resume
Bryan Starchman Resume

Bryan Starchman

 
San Francisco, CA 94114
Cell:------------ - ------------
Summary
Diligent professional teacher and published author with 20 years of experience and a proven knowledge of classroom management, course design, and curriculum development.

Skills

Experience
High School English Instructor/Drama Coach?September 2001 to Current
Mariposa County Unified School District ? Mariposa, CA
*Effectively managed a six-hour rotating block class schedule with up to four different classes. Prepared daily lessons for students grades 9-12. Focus on American literature, history of film, AP Composition and Rhetoric, struggling readers, and drama.
*Produced and directed three to five drama productions a year as part of an after school program including at risk youth. Cast sizes up to 40 students and included technical theater students as well.
*Instructed students on original playwriting and produced an annual student-written and directed musical.
*Created a safe, productive, and trusting classroom culture that focused on students' strengths, weaknesses, and diverse learning styles including ESL students.
*Designed and implemented challenging units for classic novels, short stories, and non-fiction writings (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Grapes of Wrath, The Crucible, various screenplays as literature).
*Trained in suicide prevention, blood borne pathogen safety, mandated reporting, COVID-19 safety protocols, and vast experience working with autistic students on communication through theater and puppetry.

Writer?August 2002 to Current
Eldridge Publishing
*I have 20 plays published for high school and elementary audiences that have been produced over 3000 times in all 50 states and 10 countries.
Saturday Evening Post
My short story The Very Last One was featured in The Saturday Evening Post (August 2020)
ROVA Magazine
A travel essay about travel in the time of COVID-19 will be featured in the October/November 2020 issue
National Steinbeck Center
The center sponsored my series of twenty essays about traveling in 2020 in celebration of the 60th anniversary of John Steinbeck’s book “Travels with Charley”
Drama From a Distance textbook
Wrote and published a textbook to help guide Drama teachers through Distance Learning
United Scenes of America: Travel in the time of COVID-19
Wrote and published a book compiling my series of essays about traveling during COVID-19
Travels with Starchman Podcast (available on iTunes and Hulu)
During my cross country trip reporting for The National Steinbeck Center I created a dozen episodes from the road detailing my experiences in search of my America in celebration of the 60th anniversary of John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charlie.

Cal Berkeley College Prep Camp Instructor?June 2012 to Current
Quest Counseling Services ? Berkeley, CA
*Every summer I work with students from around the world at Cal Berkeley to complete their college applications and personal statement essays. Students that I have worked with have been accepted by UCLA, UC Berkeley, USC, Stanford, Vanderbilt, NYU, and many more.
California Arts Council Summer Instructor?June 2017 to Current
Mariposa Arts Council ? Mariposa, CA
*I have designed and run a three week summer course to introduce Drama to young students aged 5-11. This course is financed by the California State Arts Council.
Education and Training
Bachelor of Arts : English, June 2001
University of California - Los Angeles ? Los Angeles, CA
Single Subject Credential : English, June 2003
Chapman University ? Orange, CA