Travis Drury
1208 Longford Lane
Bloomington, IL 61704
druryt@district87.org
(217) 415-8652
OBJECTIVE
To continue to help students grow as people and in the classroom, while challenging myself to
improve my teaching ability
EDUCATION
Illinois State University
Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies – Teacher Education 2008
Minor: English
Professional Educator License I
American College of Education
Administrative Master’s Degree – Educational Leadership 2011, Certificate: Type 75
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Journalism 2006
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bloomington Junior High School – 8th Grade English Teacher, Fall 2008 to present
Classroom responsibilities:
 Worked with 8H team, which is the ELL and instructional IEP team for the 8th grade
 Responsible for teaching students various forms of writing including informational,
argumentative, research-based and narrative pieces
 Utilized sentence patterns to teach and reinforce grammar for sentence variety
 Employed strategies, such as close reading and using graphic organizers, to help students
understand complex texts
 Co-taught with instructional English special education teacher during 2011-12, 2012-13,
2013-14 and 2014-15 school years
 Collaborated with school’s ELL teacher to differentiate instruction for ELL students
 Created a writing rubric based on the common-core standards and the PARCC writing
rubric that is used by the English department throughout BJHS
 Transitioned traditional English classroom to effectively utilize laptops as part of the
One-to-One program
 Used student surveys to monitor progress for learning targets
 Used parent surveys periodically to encourage parental involvement in student learning
and to get parental input on the curriculum and learning targets
 Proctored the 8th grade ELA PARCC testing sessions for my team
School and District Leadership:
 Provided building-wide professional development on use of technology for educators
during a spring SIP day of the 2014-15 school year
 Facilitated a professional development session in the District 87 Academy at our opening
SIP day of the 2013-14 school year
 Interim administrator – administered discipline for office referrals sent by teachers when
filling in for administrators who were out of the building
 Curriculum development with 8th grade ELA teachers
 School-level Rising Star Committee – evaluated current level of implementation for
educational initiatives in our school
 Founded the BJHS Fellowship of Christian Athletes huddle
 Respect Committee – helped create programs for teachers to foster an atmosphere of
respect in our school
 Co-coordinator/founder of staff vs. student basketball game – promoted school spirit and
raised over $9,000 for various local charities that have a direct impact on students/staff in
D87
Professional Development:
 Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) Conference – National technology conference for
educators held in Rosemont, IL
 You’re Going to Love This Kid – District 87 offered course to help with differentiation
for students with autism
 Love and Logic – District 87 offered course for classroom management strategies
 The Feast – Regional week-long conference on technology use in the classroom held at
Bloomington High School
 Co-teaching Workshops – District 87 offered workshops to learn more about how to
successfully co-teach and work directly with the co-teachers
 Administrative masters program – American College of Education
Extracurricular responsibilities:
 Bloomington Jr. HS Baseball – Head Coach, 2012 to present (3 seasons)
 Bloomington High School Baseball – Varsity Assistant Coach, 2007 to present
(9 seasons)
 Bloomington Jr. HS Boys Basketball – 7th Grade Head Coach, 2011-12 (1 season)
HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE
Normal Community High School – Student Teacher, Spring 2008: Two sections of junior
Basic Fiction, one section of junior regular literature and two sections of journalism
University High School – Practicum Teacher, Fall 2007: Sophomore Oral Communication