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Andrew Plemmons Pratthttp://appratt.com 202 596 9685 appratt@gmail.com Washington, DC, 20009

EducationUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2001-2006

M.A. in English awarded 2006 (GPA: 4.0). B.A. in English Language & Literature (High distinction for undergraduate thesis, major GPA: 3.94),

second major in American Studies, awarded 2005 (cumulative GPA: 3.85).

Echols Scholars academic honors program, 5-year B.A./M.A. program, Lawn resident, Raven Society,Phi Beta Kappa, 2003 Waggenheim Memorial Scholarship in English ($5,000).

Professional ExperienceTeacher, Prince Georges County Public Schools, G. James Gholson Middle School, August 2010present

Teach four sections of 7th grade Reading / English / Language Arts at pioneering turnaround school. Piloting self-designed program to accelerate student literacy with a suite of digital tools, using eBooks,

iPads, and a customized Learning Management System. Serve as 7th grade academic liaison on school leadership team, developing data-driven instructional

practices with other faculty.

Design and implement rigorous literacy instruction to accelerate students who enter class reading, onaverage, at a 4.5 grade level.

Collaborate with co-teacher and team of other core content area instructors to invest students inlearning and engage parents as partners.

Taught four sections of 7th grade Reading / English / Language Arts during 2010-2011 school year;three of those sections were co-taught inclusion with a high proportion of students with IndividualEducation Plans.

Lead 2010-2011 classes to collective reading-level gains before close of first year; individual studentsgrew as much as 3.7 years.

Won first annual PGCPS / Teach For America Innovation Challenge with colleague Matthew McCreafor proposal to build online training tools for district data-driven instruction software.

Teacher, Teach for America Summer Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Summer 2010

Responsible for developing and implementing five-week 10th grade English summer school curriculum. Attended six research-based courses including: Instructional Planning and Delivery, Elementary

Literacy, Classroom Management and Culture, Teaching As Leadership, and Learning Theory.

Collaborated with a team of teachers to determine strategies for increasing student achievement.Managing Editor, ScienceProgress.org, Center for American Progress, August 2007June 2010 Guided new magazine of science and technology policy through start-up phase as sole full-time

employee.

Developed engaging packages of content that communicated complex policy ideas to diverse audiencesusing dynamic written material and new media tools such as podcasts, video, social networkingplatforms, interactive maps, timelines, and information graphics.

Solicited, edited, and produced for the web policy research, reporting, and commentary on major issuesin life sciences, energy and environment, security, and innovation from experts in academia, industry,and policymaking.

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Allocated $40,000 yearly budget for a stable of award-winning freelance science writers. Wrote for site blog on current events, studies, and issues in science and tech policy. Grew website audience with attention to email and site analytics data; increased traffic 64 percent from

June 2008 to June 2009; developed one of the top-performing weekly emails at the Center as measuredby average open rate.

Recruited, trained, and managed a class of up to 3 interns each semester.

Worked on small team to edit Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President, acollection of policy plans for the transition published by Basic Books.

Special Assistant, Online Communications, Center for American Progress, May 2006August 2007

Conceived and coordinated digital projects, including interactive features never before offered onCenter website; managed contract designers; and worked with policy experts, editors, in-housedesigners, and developers to produce information-rich media.

Managed print production process for eight major policy reports per monthcoordinating editorialschedules, spearheading graphic design, and assisting with layout.

Leadership ExperienceCo-Editor,Edtech 101, internal Teach For America blog on TFANet.org, September 2011-present

Write about technology tools that enable TFA corps member to increase student achievement. Produced and curated content on education technology that increased weekly blog visits 10-fold.Executive Editor,The Declaration, 20022003; Literary Editor, 20032004 (University of Virginia)

Elected to manage staff of 20 students during the school year, publishing weekly magazine of politics,culture, and humorcirculation of 5,000, annual budget of $15,000.

Orchestrated the March 13, 2003 issue, winning the Independent Press Associations CampusJournalism Project award for coverage of Race & Racism; the November 11, 2004 issue won for Humor.

President, Consortium of University Publications, 20032005 (University of Virginia) Managed and administered independent digital publishing lab and umbrella organization serving 12

member periodicals, including literary magazines, political journals, and humor publications.

Allocated $8,000 annual budget; won $9,000 in additional grants from Parents Program.Technology Skills and Experience Web design and development: Extensive experience building standards-compliant websites for

academic and nonprofit clients using XHTML and CSS. Four years experience with database-drivenopen-source content management and blogging systems, including WordPress, Drupal, and Zope.Basic skills with Adobe Flash, Actionscript, Java, JavaScript, and PHP languages.

Freelance web design includes award-winning digital catalog for U.Va. Art Museum exhibit. Webmaster, University of Virginia Womens Center, 2004-2006. Audio: Produced podcasts with professional radio studio equipment and Audacity software. Graphics, print, and video: Extensive experience with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator;

experience with iMovie and Final Cut Pro.