MAURA GOUCK
300 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10025
[email protected] 212-998-5203 (work) 646-418-4385 (cell)
EDUCATION
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Graduate School of Arts and Science –
M.A., English
BOSTON UNIVERSITY School of Communications
Non-matriculated studies
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY –
B.A., English, minor in Education
TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (2002 – Present)
STEINHARDT SCHOOL OF CULTURE, EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
Director of the Fast Track Program. (2007- 2013) Collaborated with all Program
Leaders, the Office of Clinical Studies, and Graduate Advisors to create a year-long
experience that enabled career changers and recent college graduates to fulfill
course work and field requirements in an accelerated Masters Program leading to
teacher certification.
Co-facilitator of the Early Career Project, (2007 – 2009), a grant-funded initiative,
which offered a series of workshops for NYU recent graduates teaching in NYC
schools. The workshops addressed issues of differentiated instruction for ELL and
LD students in general education classrooms and explored varied aspects of work
management.
Member of the Office of Clinical Studies which met regularly as a team of supervisors
and coordinators to draft guidelines for, student teachers and learning partners in
their responsibilities in the field; sponsored student teaching convocations.
Designed assessment tools for student teachers.
Member of the Curriculum Committee (2008 – 2010) – reviewed proposals for new
courses across all disciplines.
Co-Coordinator of Job Strategies Workshop (2008 – present) Open to all graduating
students, this event provides participants guided steps for their job search and
moderates a panel of recent graduates, administrators and faculty working in NYC
public schools.
Supervisor of student teachers of secondary English (2003 – present) Work with
middle and high school student teachers and cooperating teachers to oversee the
field work component in several of NYU’s partnership schools.
Liaison to two partnership NYC public schools: Beacon HS and Landmark HS.
Facilitated internships, professional development and special programs by working
alongside the administrators and teachers at each site.
Instructor: Education foundations course: Inquiries into Teaching and Learning,
Masters Seminar in English Education, Student Teacher Seminars in ELA at the
Graduate and Undergraduate levels, Literary Seminar and English Educator as
Reflective Practitioner.
Panel member for the development and evaluation of DRSTOS, a student teaching
assessment tool. Trained field supervisors in the use of this rubric.
NYC Department of Education (2001-2002)
MENTOR -Supported new teachers of Art, Math and English in their classroom practice at
secondary schools in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx
TEACH ABROAD (1998-1999)
Beijing- Fengtai Experimental School
Exchange Program funded by the Freeman Foundation
EFL instructor to middle and high school students
NEW YORK CITY WRITING PROJECT (1986- 2001)
Coordinator of the Project’s CORE program at a Department of Education High School; taught
several courses in the basic workshop and I-Search
Offered workshops at the NYCWP Center at Lehmann College, Bronx, NY
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON U S – CHINA RELATIONS (2010-2014)
Guest lecturer/teacher at NCUSCR mid-winter conference for Chinese exchange teachers
NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Taught English, Writing, and Film, served as a student advisor at two New York City
High Schools. Coordinated an award-winning program designed to prepare students for
the rigors of college writing for Outstanding Writing Program in a High School.
PUBLICATIONS/WRITING
CHILD’S WORLD PUBLISHERS -author of several books in a nature series for young readers
SCHOLASTIC PUBLICATIONS -scripted several segments of READ 180, a media support
program for secondary reading remediation
3-2-1 CONTACT – scripted segments of an after-school science show produced by SESAME
WORKSHOP
AMIGOS – scripted segments of the ITV program developed by the University of
Tennessee - Knoxville designed to teach Spanish to a K-5 audience
MEMBERSHIP
National Council of Teachers of English
National Writing Project
NYC Writing Project
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
National Committee on US-China Relations
Active in my local 102nd & 103rd Streets Block Association