Mary Courtney:
CLASS OF 1973
Bishop Dunne High SchoolClass of 1973
Dallas, TX
Mary's Story
Life
Besides singing, folk dancing and writing fiction, here's what I've been up to, in pseudo-resume format:
Test Development:
WRITER, Applied Practice, Dallas, TX, Summer 2006.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ANALYST, UCLA, California, 2/00Â2/06.
Teaching and Training:
INSTRUCTOR, THE ART INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES. Santa Monica, California, 1/98Â2/00.
FREELANCE TRAINER/TUTOR, U.S. and abroad, 1982Â1997.
RESEARCH & TEACHING FELLOW, WRITING PROGRAM, SMU, Dallas, Texas, 1991.
TEACHER TRAINER, WRITING PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF MASS. Amherst, 1984Â1985.
INSTRUCTOR, WRITING PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF MASS. Amherst, 1982Â1984.
INSTRUCTOR, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, URSULINE ACADEMY. Dallas, Texas, 1979Â1980.
Writing, Editing & Web Freelancing:
EDITOR, since 1982; WRITER, since 1987; WEB SITE PRODUCER, since 1996.
Book Editing Projects include:
Maximum MIDI: Music Applications in C++ by Paul Messick, Manning Press, 1997.
Implementing SAP R/3 by Nancy Bancroft, for Manning Press, 1997.
Alligator Dance by National Book Award Finalist Janet Peery, for SMU Press, 1993.
Pigtails and Froglegs, a Neiman Marcus Cookbook, 1993.
Web Projects include:
"Copyright Issues, GD101," (supplement to AILA course), 1999.
"Zen Mountain Center," (brochure & workshop catalogue), 1997.
Education Administration:
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, THE ART INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES. Santa Monica, California, 10/97Â12/98.
RESOURCE CENTER MANAGER, SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER AND MUSEUM. Los Angeles, California, 1997.
ASST. EVENT COORDINATOR, SHAKESPEARE ASSOC. OF AMERICA/INT'L SHAKESPEARE ASSOC. Los Angeles, California, 1995Â1996.
TRAINING DIRECTOR, GREATER DALLAS COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL & DRUG ABUSE. Dallas, Texas, 1988Â1990.
TEACHER SUPERVISOR, INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC MIGRATION COMMISSION. The Philippines, 1985Â1986.
Education:
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S, Southern Methodist University.
English & Creative Writing. Cum laude, May 1994.
MASTER OF EDUCATION, University of Massachusetts. Nonformal Education. Cum laude, February 1985. Massachusetts Teacher Certification in Secondary English, 1983.
BACHELOR OF ARTS, The University of Texas at Austin. Honors English. May 1977.
Year Abroad: Univ. College Cork, Ireland. 1975-1976.
Conference & Institute Presentations
ÂLINGUISTIC MODIFICATION OF TEST ITEMSÂ
(for standardized test developers, editors, and policymakers)
American Institutes for Research (national test reviewer training)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education
California Education Research Association (CERA) Conference
Los Angeles County Department of Education
Stanislaus County Department of Education
Los Angeles School District
PUBLICATIONS
Abedi, J., Courtney, M., Mirocha, J., Leon, S., & Goldberg, J. (2005). Language accommodation for English language learners in large-scale assessments: Bilingual dictionaries and linguistic modification.
Abedi, J., Herman, J. L., Courtney, M., Leon, S., & Kao, J. C. (2004). English language learners and math achievement: A study on classroom level opportunity to learn.
Abedi, J., Courtney, M., & Leon, S. (2003). Effectiveness and validity of accommodations for English language learners in large-scale assessments.
Abedi, J., Courtney, M., & Leon, S. (2003). Research-supported accommodation for English language learners in NAEP.
Abedi, J., Courtney, M., & Leon, S. (2002). Language accommodation for large-scale assessment in science.
Abedi, J., Courtney, M., & Goldberg, J. (2000). Language modification of reading, science and math test items.
Courtney, M. (1995). Visionaries and Rebels: American Literature after the Atom Bomb, Dallas: Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library.
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