Resume

Objective 

·         To obtain an elementary or special education teaching position

Education

·         Southern Connecticut State University

        Master’s: Special Education

·         Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA

  Major: Elementary Education

  Concentration: Special Needs

  GPA:  3.3

Teaching Experience

·         2010-2011- Old Saybrook Public Schools/ Lyme-Old Lyme Public Schools

·         Substitute Teacher

·         2008-2009- Poquoson Elementary School

·      3^rd grade teacher

·         2007-2008- Merrimack Elementary School

·      4^th grade teacher

·         2006-2007- Canterbury Elementary School

·      Intensive Special Needs

·         May- June 2006- Old Saybrook Middle School

·      Student Teaching- 5^th and 7^th grade Special Education

·         Spring 2006- Cornwall Elementary School

·      Student teaching- 4^th grade

·         Fall 2005- The Janus School

·      4^th-5^th grade

·         March 2003-January 2006 – Old Saybrook Middle School

·      Substitute paraprofessional

·         January 2001- August 2003 – The Children’s House Learning Center

·    Camp counselor

·    Head Teacher

Honors and Distinctions

·         Elizabethtown College Dean’s list

·         NEA Human and Civil Rights Committee- 2005-2006

·        Award Ambassador (National Collegiate Representative)

Related Experience

·      Junior Block- Fall 2004- Donegal Springs Elementary School- 5^th grade Learning Support

·      Planned and co-taught a unit on Colonial New England with a fellow student

·      Developed and executed math lessons

·      Designed and taught 2^nd grade guided reading lessons

·      Created and conducted social skill lessons

·      Sophomore Block- Spring 2004- St. Peter’s Catholic School- 1^st  grade

·      Created interactive bulletin boards with a corresponding lesson

·      Planned and taught reading and writing lessons

·      Special Education Placement- Spring 2004- IU 13 Manheim-Middle School Emotional Support

·      Developed and taught one-on-one lessons for students with special needs

·      Child Psychology Placement- Spring 2003-Elizabethtown Brethren Nursery School

·      Assisted teachers in care of young children

·      Fall 2005- Elizabethtown Fitness Center

·      Babysitter

·      Summer 2005- Camp Pattagansett Girl Scout Camp, East Lyme, CT

·      Counselor for juniors (3^rd-5^th grade)- 6 week

·      Counselor for brownies (1^st-3^rd grade)- 2 weeks

·      Spring 2003- Fall 2005 – Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA

·      Writing Consultant

Professional

 Conferences/ Workshops

·      Step-by-Step Inclusion Training- Fall 2006

·      CMT Skills Checklist Training- Fall 2006

·      Physical Management Training- Fall 2006

·      Learned and practiced protective holding techniques

·      Keystone State Reading Association Conference- Fall 2005

·      Attended reading and writing workshops

·      Assisted vendors as a Student Ambassador

·      Student Pennsylvania State Education Association- Spring 2004

·      Team taught a lesson on diversity with students from other colleges

·      Attended professional workshops

·      Keystone State Reading Association Conference- Fall 2003

·      Attended reading and writing workshops

College Activities

·      ED Club- 2002- 2005 

·      Into the Streets- 2002-2005

·      ED Club coordinator- 2004

·      Assistant coordinator- 2003