Ma. Jessamine Anne Verzosa

Experience

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  MFI Technological Institute

  May 2012 - Mar 2013

  Instructor

  I taught college algebra, trigonometry and differential calculus to first year students under electronic, electrician, instrumentation, and IT courses. I was also an adviser of one section of first year students.

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  Teach for the Philippines

  Apr 2013 - Apr 2015

  Teaching Fellow

  I was one of the pioneer fellows of Teach for the Philippines who was assigned to teach third grade math in Commonwealth Elementary School (CES). During this period, I actively participated in school activities and became a member of the school’s teachers’ choir and the policy writing committee for the implementation of the antibullying program in CES. Alongside this, I served as one of the academic committee heads for the inaugural cohort who designed lesson plans, clarified curriculum issues, and constructed skeleton exams to be used as guides for the periodical exams. Show less

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  Summit Media (Summit Publishing Co., Inc.)

  Nov 2013 - now

  Author

  Wrote young adult and adult romance novels under Pop Fiction, an imprint of Summit Media

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  Teach for the Philippines

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2016

  Alumni Ambassador

  I worked as a technical assistant in the Bureau of Learning Resources at the Department of Education. The bulk of my work was about assuring the quality of learning materials and harvesting materials from government agencies and nongovernment agencies for the development of senior high school reading materials. I also coordinated with the Commission on Higher Education regarding the donated teacher’s guides and communicated with content and language evaluators and reviewers for grades 5, 6, 11, and 12 learning resources. Show less

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  Department of Education - Philippines

  Jul 2016 - Jan 2021

  Reviewed learning resources across different levels in the primary and secondary education by leaving comments to clarify issues on coherence and clarity; grammar, syntax, spelling, and punctuation; and consistency in style Copyedited learning resources across different tracks in the upper secondary education to ensure coherence and clarity; correctness in grammar, syntax, spelling, and punctuation; and consistency in style Evaluated learning resources across different levels in the primary and secondary education in terms of coherence and clarity; correctness in grammar, syntax, spelling, and punctuation; and consistency in style

  • Language Reviewer

    Jul 2016 - Jan 2021

  • Language Editor

    Jan 2018 - Dec 2020

  • Language Evaluator

    Jul 2016 - Jul 2019
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  InWrite Professional Editorial Services

  Apr 2017 - Jan 2019

  Editor

  As an editor, I proofread and copy edited assigned or required manuscripts or texts and ensured that all edits adhere to the quality and style required by the assignment. During my stay, I also shared my skills in content creation and created content for inWrite’s social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).

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  MyBlogDealer

  Sept 2019 - Jun 2020

  Content Writer

  Wrote and researched content for assigned topics in construction and health

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  REX PUBLICATIONS LIMITED

  Oct 2020 - now

  Evaluated self-learning modules, worktexts, and teachers' manuals in mathematics across different levels in primary education according to completeness and sequence of manuscript elements; alignment with the DepEd K–12 curriculum standards and learning competencies; learning area and social content accuracy; and other in-house specifications Edited content and language and evaluated illustrations and photographs of self-learning modules, worktexts, and teachers' manuals in mathematics across different levels in primary and secondary education to ensure correctness, clarity, cohesion, and consistency Reviewed and approved curriculum maps, supervised the implementation of design and content requirements and standards, and validated the outputs of the developmental editors (DEs) and content and language editors (CLEs) in mathematics across different levels in the upper primary education to ensure high-quality enhanced learning modules Evaluated draft materials and publishing plans to ensure alignment with the DepEd standards and competencies, organization of learning unit and lessons, and compliance with in-house specifications

  • Developmental Editor

    Nov 2020 - now

  • Content and Language Editor

    May 2020 - now

  • Subject Area Head

    Mar 2021 - Sept 2021

  • Evaluator

    Oct 2020 - Aug 2021
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  Department of Education, University of Oxford

  May 2021 - May 2021

  Research Assistant for the Age of Acquisition Study

  Assisted and guided participants through video-communication applications to accomplish a survey involving the relationship of oral language and age of children

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  Department of Education - Philippines

  Oct 2021 - Nov 2021

  Test Item Validator

  Validated assessments in mathematics across levels in the lower secondary education according to alignment of item to target skill, alignment of item to competencies, grammar, relevance of item, and clarity of item using the scale indicated in the validation form

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  Wattpad

  Nov 2021 - Apr 2023

  Editorial Associate

  Provided editorial support, including story edits and ideation, story coaching, and development of writer resources to 20 exclusive Filipino writers

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  Taralikha

  Nov 2022 - now

  Editor

  Copyedited and proofread self-published literary works by Filipino authors