Jayne Serna

Post-Secondary Education

Southwest Texas State University
Master of Arts
History

Teaching Experience

Additional Education:

Angelo State University

Bachelor of Arts

English, History

Lamar University

Master of Education

Professional School Counseling

Professional Experience:

Adjunct Professor of History, Austin Community College, 2003 to present

History Instructor, 1993 to 2019, Cedar Park High School, Leander ISD

-Responsible for lessons, grading, curriculum development, and paperwork for an  

average of 150 students per year.

-Taught US History, 1993 to present

-US History subdepartment coordinator, 1994 to present

            -Taught Advanced Placement US History, 1994 to present

            -Taught International Baccalaureate History of the Americas, 2000 to 2005

            -Have also taught US Government

            -Supervised two student teachers

AP US History Exam Grader, Educational Testing Service, 1999 to 2006, 2010 to present

            -Responsible for scoring AP US History Exams for purpose of awarding college credit

            -Trained in national scoring standards for Document Based and Free Response Essays

English Instructor, 1992-93, Dobie Middle School, Austin ISD

            -7th Grade English

Language Arts Instructor, 1991-92, Seale Junior High, Robstown ISD

            -7th Grade Language Art (reading/English)

            -Academic Pentathlon Advisor/Sponsor

English Instructor, 1990, A.S. Johnston High School, Austin ISD

            -10th Grade American Literature

English Tutor, Student Language Lab, 1987, Northeast Missouri State University

-Tutored students, especially foreign students, in English language and composition

(Now Truman State University)

Professional Publications

Academic Preparation:

M.A. in History, Graduate College of History, Southwest Texas State University, 2003

            Concentration: U.S. History

Thesis (unpublished): “Beneath the Shrill Accusations and the Radical Dialectic”:

Political and Feminist Influences in Mc Call’s and Ladies’ Home Journal, 1965 and 1970

Advisor: Dr. Mary C. Brennan

Presentations at Conferences:           

November 1999, National Council of the Social Studies, San Antonio, Texas

            James Madison Fellows Present…Current Events and the Bill of Rights

February 1999, Leander ISD Continuous Improvement Conference

            Project Based Learning for Social Studies, Historical Newspapers