• Substitute teaching position teaching English/Language Arts and Social Studies in middle or high school.

Education Experience

• Editor and Publisher, LitPlans.com (online directory of literature lesson plan resources for secondary English teachers), Feb. 2004 - present
• English Teacher, Oakland High School (Grades 9 & 10), Oakland USD Aug. 2003 - Feb. 2004
• Substitute Teacher, Pleasanton Unified School District (Grades 6 - 12), Pleasanton, California, Sept. 2002 - June 2003
• Volunteer speaker in schools, 1993 - 2002; Adult Educator (estate planning), Pleasanton USD, 1996 - 1998
• Taught estate planning seminars and internet-advertising workshops, 1993 - 2000

Education

• Completed first two quarters of Teaching Credential program at California State University, Hayward (2003)
• Passed CSET-English (January 2003) and CBEST (June 2002) exams
• University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1989)
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst (B.A., 1983, Journalism / Interdisciplinary [Computer Science])

Other Employment

• Consultant on performance marketing, affiliate program design, and internet advertising, 1997 - present
  - Clients included Art.com, SheetMusicPlus.com and MovieGoods.com, among others
• Editor and Publisher, Adbility.com ("Web Publishers' Advertising Guide") 1996 - 1999
  - Created profitable information directory & commentary site; sold at dot-com peak
• Attorney, Law Office of Mark J. Welch (Pleasanton, CA) 1993 - 1998
  - Estate Planning, Probate, and Child Guardianships
• Attorney, Turner & Beeler (business law, litigation, estate planning) (San Ramon, CA) 1990-93
• Syndicated columnist, Law Office Technology Review 1987-90
  - With co-author, wrote weekly technology column for legal newspapers
• Reporter, InfoWorld magazine (Menlo Park, CA) 1985-86; Review Board 1986-87
• Author, Generic Adventure Game System, 1985 ; co-author, Adventure Game Toolkit (shareware) 1987
• Associate News Editor, BYTE magazine (Peterboro, NH and San Francisco, CA) 1983-85
• Associate News Editor, Massachusetts Daily Collegian (p/t, daily college newspaper) 1982-83

Interests

• Reading, writing, digital photography, consumer advocacy, hiking, investing

Email: MarkWelch@WelchEnglish.com
URL: http://www.WelchEnglish.com/