Angela
McClary-Rush

Instructional Leader • Excellent Communicator • Master Teacher

Angela is a professional educator with exceptional leadership skills that include collaboration with others, analyzing and interpreting data as a means of focusing instruction, and managing instructional programs. She is highly capable of presenting and disseminating information pertaining to state/national standards and effective teaching practices.

Qualifications and Experience

Education and Certifications

Degrees

  • Master of  Education in Elementary Education/with a concentration in Special Education, Coastal Carolina University, 2006
  • Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature/Teaching, Fayetteville State University, 1995


Certifications

  • Secondary English, SC Department of Education. 1995-Present
  • Advanced Placement Teacher Endorsement, English Literature, 1997-Present
  • National Board Certification, Adolescent and Young Adulthood/ELA, 2002-2013
  • Critical Friends Group Training, National School Reform Faculty, 2016
  • Project Based Learning Training, Buck Institute, 2015
  • Reading Recovery Training, Audited Coursework, Clemson University, 2015

Professional Experience

  • Curriculum Specialist & District SAT/ACT Facilitator, Andrews High School, Georgetown County School District, August 2019-Present
  • Advanced Placement Literature and Composition and Humanities Instructor, Scholars Academy/Coastal Carolina University, Horry County Schools, August 2017-Present
  • English/Language Arts & Social Studies Coordinator/Curriculum, Williamsburg County School District, July 2009 to June 2017
  • SC Virtual School Instructor, Williamsburg County School District Franchise, 2017
  • Adjunct English Teacher, Florence-Darlington Technical College, 2013 to 2014
  • Teacher Ambassador Fellow, U.S. Department of Education, August 2011 to July 2012
  • South Carolina Reading Initiative–Literacy Coach, C. E. Murray High School, Greeleyville, SC, August 2007 to June 2009
  • High School English Teacher, C. E. Murray High School, Greeleyville, SC August 1995-June 2007
  • College Adjunct Professor, Williamsburg Technical, 2002-Spring 2010 
  • Adjunct Teacher, South Carolina State University, 2007-2009
  • Literature Instructor, Upward Bound, 1996-2007

Professional/Personal Affiliations

  • Horry County Chapter of South Carolina Education Association (SCEA)
  • National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE)
  • South Carolina Council for Teachers of English (SCCTE)
  • South Carolina Council of the International Reading Association (SCIRA)
  • South Carolina/American Association of School Administrators (SCASA)
  • Iota Mu Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. (Basileus/President)

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