Lynne Potts

370 Manhattan Avenue, #2F

New York, New York 10026

 

212.749.6710

lynnepotts.com

Education

B.A., cum laude, Wheaton College

M.A., New York University

M.F.A., Columbia University

Qualifications

  • Taught English literature and writing on all grade levels including classroom instruction as well as individual coaching and tutoring.

  • Wrote literature and writing curriculum for high school Advanced English classes and for adults learning English as a Second Language

  • Wrote a text called Eating Poetry teaching students about poetry by having them imitate interesting and engaging poets.

  • Was a consultant and writer on all major designed and printed pieces for a leading New England private educational institution for blind and handicapped children; Developed and served as main consultant for Partnership for Infant and Toddler Professionals, a collaboration between major Boston hospitals and four colleges with early-education programs

  • Wrote proposals, projects descriptions and other materials for several schools and educational programs including Wheelock College Theatre, Walnut Hill Schools, Mrs. Halls School, Emmanuel College, Wheelock College, Boston Public Schools and others

  • Authored a regular newspaper feature column for three years

  • Published poems in Art Times; Poem, Memoire, Story; Paris Review; River Oak Review. Green Hills Literary Review. Oregon East; Southern Humanities Review, Oxford Magazine: Phi Kappa Phi Forum: Drumvoices, Cumberland Poetry Review and other publications

  • Published articles in: Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal, Boston Phoenix, Computech Publications, Foundation News, Houghton Mifflin Publishers text, International Focus, Square Foot Magazine

      • Employment Experience

      • Elementary School Teacher, Advent School, Boston, Massachusetts
      • English teacher in Hanover, New Hampshire
      • English Teacher for grades 9-12 in New Milford, New Jersey
      • English Teacher for grades 9-12 including honors English in Richard, California; also Department Chair
      • English Teacher for 11 and 12th grade, Albany, California
      • Curriculum Developer and Teacher for Bilingual Adult Learning Center. Boston, Massachusetts
      • Free-lance writer for more than 80 journals, agencies, institutions, and cities in Massachusetts, New York, and Washington D.C., developing copy on a range of subjects including travel, short histories, position papers, and general topics
      • ESL teacher at Globe Institute of Technology, New York City.

      Other

      Traveled in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and other Balkan countries during the break-up of former Yugoslavia in a project providing knitting supplies to refugee groups; documented this for numerous reports and news articles. Traveled in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and most European countries.