Professional+Curriculum+Vita

2625 Rolling Oaks, San Marcos, Texas78666 (W) (512) 757-2582, (H) (512) 353-2850; thrasher.mary@gmail.com ** Education/Certification ** M.Ed. Educational Leadership Technology, LamarUniversity Beaumont, TX 2012
 * Mary Holman Thrasher **

BS Distributive Education/Business, AngeloStateUniversity, San Angelo, TX

Teacher Certificate 6 – 12 Vocational Distributive Education Secondary – Distributive Education – Texas 6 – 12 Secondary Reading – Texas 6 – 12 Secondary English – Texas 6 – 12 Secondary English Language Arts – Texas 6 – 12 Secondary Business Administration – Texas 6 – 12 Secondary Basic Business – Texas

** Administrative and Leadership Experience **


 * District Professional Development Coordinator – Project Read **
 * San Marcos **** Consolidated **** Independent **** School District ****, **** San Marcos **** , **** TX **** , 1992 – 2000 **
 * Designed and implemented an in-service Project Read program for K- 12 teachers in all subject areas to ensure successful reading and writing instruction for all students with dyslexia and learning disabilities.
 * Presented all strands of Project Read: Phonology, Linguistics, Written Expression, Story Form and Report Form Comprehension.
 * Demonstrated and created lessons for every grade level.
 * Aligned state curriculum expectations with all strands of Project Read


 * Language Arts Department Chairperson **
 * Doris **** Miller **** Junior High School ****, **** San Marcos **** , **** TX **** , 1992 – 2000 **
 * Designed and implemented 7th and 8th grade Language Arts Scope and Sequence for Instruction
 * Collaborated with all grade levels to create a vertical alignment framework for the Language Arts department.
 * Planned and presented various Language Arts department in-services designed to improve student achievement.
 * Mentored new teachers in the Language Arts department.


 * Team Leader – 7th Grade Team Determination **
 * Doris **** Miller **** Junior High School ****, **** San Marcos **** , **** TX **** , 1992 – 1994 **
 * Created interdisciplinary units for the core subjects
 * Lead Team to highest achievement on the campus in TAAS scores for three consecutive years.
 * Increased parental involvement at the junior high level through effective Parent Community Day Workshops, Parent Contact Logs, and Positive Feedback Procedures

** Teaching Experience **
 * 7th and 8th Grade Language Arts and Reading Teacher, **
 * San Marcos **** Consolidated **** Independent **** School District ****, San Marcos, TX, 1991-2000 **


 * Implemented multisensory instruction and learning styles in classroom instruction
 * Increased student performance in all sub-groups to 90%+
 * Maintained positive relationships with students and parents while raising rigor in the classroom for all students of all learning abilities.
 * Equipped student’s with learning disabilities with strategies and tools to be successful and exit the special education program.
 * Evaluated data and made data-driven decisions for instructional practices.
 * Published student’s writing in class books every year.
 * Increased the overall reading levels of students by 2 – 3 grade levels with audio books.


 * 7th and 8th Grade Title One **** Reading **** Specialist **
 * Owen **** Goodnight **** Junior High School ****, **** San Marcos **** , **** TX **** , 1990 – 1992 **
 * Improved reading co-teaching instruction.
 * Increased student achievement by 30% with Title One Students
 * Implemented a Morning Breakfast Club for all Title One Students to monitor homework, grades, and attendance.


 * 7th and 8th Grade PALS (Peer Assistant Leaders) Teacher **
 * Owen **** Goodnight **** Junior High School ****, **** San Marcos **** , **** TX **** , 1991 – 1994 **
 * Designed and implemented a strong peer mediation program, Students Talk it Out!
 * Organized campus community service projects to raise awareness of the homeless and hunger in our community
 * Incorporated a successful peer tutoring program during afternoon advisory periods.

** Training/Professional Development **

“Frameworks in Literacy”, SMCISD, San Marcos, TX, Fall, 1992 Marie Carbo’s “Reading Styles Institute”, San Antonio, TX, February, 1993 Dun & Dunn’s Learning Styles Institute, New York City, New York, July, 1994 Project Read Phonology, Language Circle Enterprises, San Marcos, TX September, 1994 Project Read Written Expression, Language Circle Enterprises, San Marcos, TX, October, 1994 Project Read Story Form and Report Form Reading Comprehension, Language Circle Enterprises, San Marcos, TX, January, 1995 Project Read/Language Circle Enterprises Trainer of Trainers, San Marcos, TX, Summer, 1995 Learning Styles and Student Achievement, Goodnight Junior High School, San Marcos, TX, 1995 New Jersey Writing Project, San Marcos, TX, Summer, 1996

** Presentations **


 * Differentiating Instruction: From Staff Development to the Classroom, TexasMiddle School Conference. Ft. Worth, TX
 * Project Read Presentations with Language Circle Authors, International Dyslexia Association, Fall, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
 * PowerPoint and Research Project: “Code Butterflies”, TexasMiddle School Conference, Corpus Christi, TX, 1996


 * Interdisciplinary Units in the Middle School, TexasMiddle School Conference, Austin, TX, 1997


 * Project Read/Language Circle: Written Expression, SMCISD, San Marcos, TX, 1996 – 2000


 * Project Read /Language Circle: Phonology, SMCISD, San Marcos, TX, 1996 – 2000


 * Project Read/Language Circle: Reading Comprehension – Story Form and Report Form, SMCISD, San Marcos, TX, 1996 - 2000


 * Gifted and Talented Higher Order Thinking Skills & Bloom’s Taxonomy, SMCISD, San Marcos, TX, 1996


 * Title One Reading Success for At-Risk Students, Title One Conference, San Antonio, TX 1995


 * Mediation: Conflict Resolution, SMCISD, San Marcos, TX, 1995


 * Project Read, Learning Styles, and TAAS, PrideAlternativeEducationCenter, San Marcos, TX, 1994