John Young

Current

• Teacher at BUSD
• Biographer at Amoeba Records
• Teacher at Bellflower Unified School District

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Past

• Literacy Coordinator at BUSD

Education

• California State University-Long Beach

Recommended

2 people have recommended John

Connections

11 connections

Industry

Education Management

Websites

• My Website

John Young’s Summary

I have taught the elementary school grades for twelve years and have written both nonfiction and fiction for at least as long. Teaching children to be creative in their thoughts and actions is my passion. Writing professionally is my goal. I am experienced in conducting interviews as I wrote a column for over three years in Pamelyn Casto's Flash Fiction Flash. Currently, I am writing band biographies for Amoeba Records.

John Young’s Specialties:

I have four years of early literacy learning training as a literacy coordinator/coach through CELL (Comprehension Early Literacy Learning). Additionally, I have presented at educational conferences several times.

John Young’s Experience

• Teacher

  BUSD

  (Education Management industry)

  Currently holds this position

• Biographer

  Amoeba Records

  (Entertainment industry)

  June 2008 — Present (3 months)

  I write band biographies for Amoeba's web site.

• Teacher

  Bellflower Unified School District

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

  September 1998 — Present (10 years)

• Literacy Coordinator

  BUSD

  (Education Management industry)

  September 1999 — June 2004 (4 years 10 months)

  I coordinated the literacy-realted staff development for my school, Albert Baxter Elementary, also serving as the Literacy Coach there, and conducted district-wide staff development in the area of reading assessment.

John Young’s Education

• California State University-Long Beach

  1995 — 2000

Additional Information

John Young’s Websites:

• My Website

John Young’s Interests:

Writing, reading, golfing, gardening

John Young’s Contact Settings

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