Jill Colella Bloomfield TEACHING WRITING PROMOTING COOKING Entrepreneurial Team Player Accomplished in innovating organizational processes and introducing and managing dynamic change Effective Communicator Extensive experience teaching, delivering training and promoting messages through various media, including print, online, broadcast and direct mail. Teaching Convey instruction about food with enthusiasm and passion Break down complex ideas and processes into understandable components Create lesson plans, handouts and assessments Present material in multiple ways to appeal to all learning modalities Modify activities for age appropriateness and developmental ability Create safe and respectful learning environments Writing and Editing Author, The Jewish Festivals Cookbook for Kids, DK Books (2008) Author, foreword Grow It, Cook It, DK Books (2008) Food Consultant, Grow It, Cook It, DK Books (2008 Author web content, blog posts, and recipes for corporate clients Author, CliffsNotes on Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, IDG Books (12/00) Author, LitPlan on Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, Teacher's Pet (3/07) Author, LitPlan on Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, Teacher's Pet (7/07) Author, LitPlan on Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome, Teacher's Pet (9/07) Author, Teaching Kids to Cook and Eat, an original cookbook (forthcoming) Read writing samples Promoting Media Spokesperson for DK Publishing, Select Cook Book Titles Perform cooking demonstrations: on live television, at trade shows, at public events Design, create and maintain www.teachkidstocook.com and www.picky-eaters.com Write press releases, newsletters and direct mail Authored marketing plans for omni-media policy outreach campaigns and various book launches Cooking Hands-on Cooking Educator for corporate clients, including Whole Foods Market Plan and present cooking lessons for adults and children in hands-on recreational cooking school environment Create educational cooking programs appropriate to elementary school audiences Designed and hosted children's hundred of cooking instruction parties for private clients Read Jill's media dossier Work History Teachkidstocook.com (8/06-present) Founder and Content Developer Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD (8/02-6/04; 8/05-6/08) English, Cooking, Film and Public Speaking Teacher Ronaldo's of Potomac Cooking School, North Potomac, MD (6/04-6/05) Owner, Cooking Instructor and Marketing Manager Picky Eaters Kids Cooking Parties, Rockville, MD (7/01-2/05) Founder and Cooking Instructor The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC (5/99-8/02) Manager of Publishing Services; Senior Web Producer; Web Producer and Marketing Manager Education University of Maryland, College Park, MD Master of Arts, English State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Bachelor of Arts, English, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa American Personal Chef Association Training, L'Academie de Cuisine Professional Personal Chef Training