Resume

OBJECTIVE
Obtain a full-time teaching position in an elementary school.

EDUCATION
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Bachelor of Science, Education, Elementary
Expected Dec. 2009 Cumulative GPA: 4.0
Area of Concentration: English as a Second Language (ESL)

Butler Community College, El Dorado, KS
May 2007 Associate in Arts

LANGUAGES
Limited Spanish

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, Manhattan KS
Practicum Experience, 1st Grade, Spring 2009
Collaborated to create and present a social studies unit.
Investigated and analyzed reading information for a case study.

Lee Elementary School, Manhattan KS
ESL Practicum Experience, 4th Grade, Spring 2009
Worked with two ESL students for 45 hours.
Conducted a case study.
Gathered student profile information and assessment results.
Developed and implemented five lesson plans.

Northview Elementary School, Manhattan, KS
Clinical Experience, 5th Grade, Fall 2008
Created and presented three science and three math lessons.
Collaborated with two partners
Developed 5E lesson plans based on state standards.

Olathe Christian School, Olathe, KS
Lead Teacher, 3-5 year olds, Summer 2008
Supervised 11 children Monday-Friday for 6-8 hours each day.
Guided students in arts/crafts activities to strengthen fine motor
skills such as painting with water colors, finger painting with
shaving cream, manipulating play dough, and using
scissors to cut out objects.
Used songs to help students learn the days of the week, months,
numbers, and the alphabet.
Collaborated with parents on behavioral management issues.

Hand-to-Hand Program, Manhattan, KS
Tutor, Volunteer, Spring 2008
Tutored 1-2 students during two hour sessions from local schools
in math and reading.
Encouraged students to play educational games when they were
finished with their homework.

Butler Community College, El Dorado, KS
Children’s Literature, Fall 2006
Planned and presented a 30-minute lesson based around
Eric Carl’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
to a 2nd grade class at Jefferson Elementary School.
Executed the lesson in three stages:
Read the book to the class then on the white board wrote
down and discussed vocabulary (egg, larva, pupa, adult)
Grouped students and had them organize the stages of a
butterfly by giving them a set of identification cards that
listed the stages name, a description, and had a picture.
Early finishers were allowed to start working on a butterfly color
by number worksheet.

Northridge Elementary School, Newton, KS
Community Aide, Fall 2004 – Spring 2005
Assisted a kindergarten and special education teacher.
Prepared activities, games, and other resources for teachers
to use in future lessons.
Worked with students to complete assignments.

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
Created an educational/personal website using iweb.
Learned how to use free online tools such as delicious, animoto, voicethread, and letterpop which can be used in my future classroom.
Applied my knowledge of web 2.0 and apple’s garage-band to create podcasts.