Christopher Sullivan

Experience

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  Mount Washington College (formerly known as Hesser College*)

  Nov 2009 - Apr 2016

  Adjunct Instructor

  • Taught various online and in-person English composition, creative writing, and other courses to a wonderfully diverse group of students. Courses taught: College Writing, English Composition I, English Composition II, Professional and Technical Writing, Creative Writing, Mystery Writing and the Detective Story, Introduction to Children’s Literature, First Semester Seminar, Critical Thinking Workshop, and Oral Communications.__________________________________________________________________________• Emphasized the importance of logical thinking, grammar, sentence structure, and the writing process to the students.• Crafted the course syllabus, prepared detailed lesson plans, and provided constructive feedback on all student coursework. • Inspired students to develop their writing voice, creativity, critical reading, and critical writing skills.• Consistently received excellent scores on the EOT (End-of-Term) Satisfaction Survey reports, which continually exceeded the mean of all sections. Received an “Exceeds Expectations” rating on multiple classroom observations.*Unfortunately, this college closed in April 2016. Show less

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  Southern New Hampshire University

  Sept 2011 - now

  Adjunct Online Instructor

  • Teach several online English composition and creative writing courses to an amazing and talented group of undergraduate and graduate students.Courses taught: Research and Persuasion, English Composition I, English Composition II, Introduction to Creative Writing, Introduction to Screenwriting Workshop, Intermediate Screenwriting Workshop, Advanced Screenwriting Workshop, Screenwriting Fundamentals (Graduate), and Screenwriting Thesis Writing (Graduate). __________________________________________________________________________• Expose students to the fundamentals of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, memoir, screenwriting, playwriting, and composition.• Lead discussions and facilitate students to write, share, and critique their work in a constructive and engaging environment.• Consistently receive excellent summative course evaluation results that exceed comparative discipline averages.• Appointed as the course author (and successfully revised the course content) for two screenwriting courses: Introduction to Screenwriting Workshop (Undergraduate) and Screenwriting Thesis Writing (Graduate).• 2025 Distinguished Online Teaching Award in Liberal Arts• 2024 & 2025 Outstanding Educator Award in Liberal Arts• Member of The Penmen Review editorial board Show less

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  Northwood Rehabilitation & Health Care Center

  Feb 2012 - Oct 2014

  Administrator

  Oversaw the overall operations of a 123-bed (Joint Commission accredited) skilled nursing facility.

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  Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

  Oct 2014 - Oct 2017

  Executive Director

  Oversaw the overall operations of a 78-bed (Joint Commission Nursing Care Center accredited and Post-Acute Care certified) skilled nursing facility.

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  Bay Path University

  Oct 2015 - now

  Adjunct Professor

  • Teach various online English composition, creative writing, and literature courses (and previously in-person courses) to an extraordinary group of students. Courses taught: Research and Writing in the Disciplines, Critical Reading and Response, Literary Genres, American Literature and World Literature.__________________________________________________________________________• Introduce students to research processes, MLA and APA formatting, critical inquiry, academic writing, creative writing (fiction, poetry, and drama), and rhetorical appeals (e.g., logos, pathos, and ethos).• Provide students with tools to strengthen their rhetorical analysis, critical reading, critical analysis, and critical thinking skills.• Consistently receive excellent course evaluation results. Show less

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  Wingate at Chestnut Hill

  Oct 2017 - Dec 2018

  Administrator

  Oversaw facility operations for a 131-bed (Joint Commission Nursing Care Center accredited ) skilled nursing facility.

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  Leonard Florence Center for Living

  Dec 2018 - Oct 2019

  Executive Director

  Managed the operations of a state-of-the-art, award-winning, 100-bed Green House model center. LFCL is Joint Commission accredited (Nursing Care Center Accreditation Program and Post-Acute Care), which serves long-term and short-term residents as well as those living with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and MS (multiple sclerosis).

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  Commonwealth Care Alliance

  Dec 2019 - now

  Manager of Operational Performance, Quality, and Compliance

  • Responsible for leading the development and maintenance of quality programs to improve and monitor regulatory compliance and quality within several centralized clinical operations teams and delegated care coordination partners. • Initiate and conduct various training sessions related to performance, compliance, and quality.• Manage a robust and detailed denial notice quality program, resulting in consistent and compliant denial notices.• Create job aids, resource materials, and case studies to educate team members and ensure ongoing regulatory compliance.• Assisted with NCQA Utilization Management (UM) survey preparation, resulting in accreditation. Update the UM Program Description, UM Program Evaluation, and other documents required for continued compliance.• Update UM member and provider letter templates (e.g., denial, approval, extension, withdrawal, and others) when required. Show less