Robert F Williams
robert.franks.williams(at)gmail(dot)com
Education
University of St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Graduate Coursework
Major: Dark Age of Scotland
GPA: 3.000
September 2000 to June 2001
University of St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Medieval History
GPA: 3.000
September 1998 to August 2000
American International College
Springfield, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Education/History
GPA: 3.670
September 2004 to May 2006
Williston-Northampton School
Easthampton, Massachusetts
September 1992 to June 1996
Relevant Experience
Four Rivers Charter Public School
Division 2 Social Studies Teacher
Greenfield, Ma
Dec 2009 - Jun 2009
Four Rivers in an Expeditionary Learning School of about 200 students. The school places an emphasis on student centered learning in a heavily supportive environment. Teachers are encouraged to design a standards based curriculum that focus on skills, content, and behavioral instruction. The EL methodology is similar in many ways to the Understanding by Design model. Both focus on thematic curriculum development driven by guiding questions. Assessment attempts to be as authentic as possible and is, in most cases, a part of the instructional process.
Courses Taught
US History I (American Revolution - Civil War)
US History II (Civil War - Present)
Reason for leaving: The position was temporary to fill in for a teacher who left part of the way through the year. That teacher has since returned.
Supervisor: Peter Garbus
Hopkinton Public Schools
History Teacher
Hopkinton, MA
Sep 2006 - Jun 2008
Courses Taught:
World History II (Enlightenment - Present)
US History I (American Revolution - Present)
Literature, Rhetoric, and History of the Roman Republic
Law in America Today
Other Experience:
Understanding by Design Curriculum Development
Advisor- Hopkinton Youth Commission Club
Editor- NEASC Self Study (Mission Idicator)
Reason for leaving: Contract was not renewed.
Supervisor: John McCarthy
Massachusetts Historical Society
Teacher Fellow
Boston, Massachusetts
Jul 2008 - Aug 2008
The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is offering fellowships to public and/or parochial/independent schoolteachers and library media specialists during the summer of 2008.. Applications are welcome from any K-12 teacher who has a serious interest in using the collections at the MHS to prepare primary-source-based curricula, supported by documents and visual aids, in the fields of American history, language arts, or science.
My project deals with the particular problems associated with racialized slavery in a republic based upon enlightenment priciples. I will be exploring the practice of bracketed universalism. That is, the transition of free person status from a condition of land ownership to a condition of race. I will then develop a curriculum project to help my students access this concept.
Supervisor: Jayne K. Gordon
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School
Administrative Assistant/Substitute Teacher
South Hadley, MA
Aug 2005 - Jun 2006
Substitute Teaching of all subjects grades 7-12
Coordination of Student Evening Activities
Coordination of Student Safety and Discipline
Guidance Office Support
Reason for leaving: I found employment as a full time teacher.
Supervisor: Robert Brick
Hampshire Shakespeare Company
Actor
Amherst, Ma
May 2009 - Jul 2009
Performed:
as the Earl of Douglas in Henry IV, part 1 by William Shakespeare. Directed by Ann Garner.
as Sir Toby in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Directed by Barry Magnani.
Reason for leaving: Project ended
Supervisor: Sean Landers, Producer
University of Massachusetts Renaissance Studies Center
Voice Actor
Amherst, Ma
Feb 2009 - May 2009
Voice actor in radio broadcasts of Shakespeare's Richard II, Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part2, and Henry V.
Reason for leaving: Project complete
Supervisor: Matteo Pangallo
American International College
Adjunct Professor of Western Civilizations
Springfield, MA
Sep 2005 - Dec 2005
Interdisciplinary approach to the study of various cultures that contributed to the formation of modern Western Civilization
Emphasis on critical thinking and historical methodology
Reason for leaving: I began student teaching in the spring so I did not accept a spring posting.
Supervisor: Gregory Schmutte
Baypath College
Adjunct Professor
Longmeadow, MA
Sep 2001 - Dec 2002
Analytically based courses that focused on both content and critical thinking skills.
Supervisor: John Jarvis
Other Experience
Iron Horse Entertainment Group
Doorman
Northampton, MA
Nov 2001 - Aug 2005
Promotion of Staff and Public Safety
Wide-ranging Public Relations work
Supervisor: Neal Robinson
Aikmen's Bistro
St. Andrews, Scotland
Sep 1998 - Aug 2001
Management of a gourmet Tavern/Bistro
Staff management and team building
Wide-Ranging Public Relations work
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
Lewiston, ME
May 1997 - Sep 1997
Archiving and cataloging a variety of documents (both personal and government) from the life of Senator Edmund S. Muskie
Research and data collection in aide of visiting historians