Philip Michael Carr-Harris

Experience

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  Diocese of Montreal

  Aug 1977 - Jun 1980

  Anglican Minister

  I was curate at a large inner city congregation in Montreal and chaplain to Concordia University.

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  Diocese of New York.

  Sept 1982 - Jun 2006

  Episcopal Minister

  For 28 years, I served urban, suburban, and rural congregations in the Episcopal Church in Canada and the United States as a full-time ordained minister. As such, I developed skills in: financial and property management, oversight of staff, written and oral communication, counseling, teaching children, adolescents, and adults, organizational development of small institutions, working with volunteers, and spiritual leadership in the larger community. I also designed, planned, and presided at hundreds of liturgical events. In 2006, after a difficult divorce and a time of vocational discernment, I voluntarily renounced my orders and began a second career as a public and private school teacher. Show less

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  Dutchess County Interfaith Council

  Jul 2006 - Jun 2008

  Executive Director

  I was responsible for educational and social action programming for 96 religious communities of 10 different traditions (Hindus, Buddhists, Quakers, various Christians and Jewish congregations, Muslims, and Christian Scientists). We shared inspiring non-traditional faith-related activities and maintained an interfaith community.

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  NYC Department of Education

  Aug 2008 - Aug 2013

  Teacher

  I came to Urban Science Academy through the New York City Teaching Fellows program. During these years I taught sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students in the following subject areas: Special Education, Academic Intervention Services (AIS), Humanities, English Language Arts, and Writing. Beyond the classroom I was the Technology Coordinator, led after-school programs in student newspaper and music, wrote curriculum, and chaired the Pupil Personnel Team.

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  American International School Egypt (AISE)

  Aug 2013 - Jul 2014

  English Teacher

  I taught fifty tenth grade students English Literature and Composition. My students were Egyptian nationals, mostly Muslim, preparing to attend colleges and universities in Europe or North America. They came mostly from privileged families in Egypt.

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  The Academy for Young Writers (NYCDOE)

  Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

  English Teacher

  I taught English Composition and Creative Writing to 175 11th and 12th graders. We worked on fiction and nonfiction texts with the accent on imaginative work.

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  King's Academy, Jordan

  Aug 2015 - Jun 2018

  Upper School English Teacher

  King's is an independent day and boarding school founded by King Abdullah II of Jordan to be a Middle Eastern sibling to Deerfield Academy in Greenfield, Ma. (where he was a student in the 1970's). It's purpose is to educate young men and women to be transformative leaders in civic, social, political, academic, and artistic fields. In 2018 there were students from 37 countries—57% from Jordan. All students are admitted based on their achievements and goals and 45% receive generous financial aid. I was honored to be part of a team of learned and motivated international educators, working with small groups of students on a stunning campus setting to fulfill the school's mission in the Middle East and beyond. I spent three years teaching English Literature (AP and Honors) to Seniors. Here is a link to the address I gave at the King's Academy Senior Graduation dinner in May 2016.https://youtu.be/hGjKPSjVHr0 Show less

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  The West Norfolk Schoolhouse

  Jun 2018 - now

  Retired

  I have retired and am developing a practice of writing imaginative literature and tutoring students. The West Norfolk Schoolhouse is my home. It was a school for 75 students from 1839-1922. We still have the bell.