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The Resume
8564 Golfside Dr.                                                                              (248)363-8671
Commerce, MI 48382                                                                       [email protected]

Objective
To obtain a secondary teaching position in General Science, Earth Science and/or Psychology (certification pending completion of internship, May 2001).

Education
Michigan State University                                                College of Education
         1996- 2000                                                                           BS, Earth Science
                                                                                                    Psychology Minor

Lansing Community College                                           General Education
1994-1996

Field Experience
McPherson Middle School- Completion of a 1-year internship in a seventh grade General Science class. The internship consisted of the following: Creating and teaching units, planning and teaching lessons, parent conferences, parent meetings and contacts, IEP's, 12 hour days, daily interactions with students ranging from gifted to special education, development of behavior management skills, worked with a special education co-teacher, and had the entire year to develop teacher skills.

Holt Junior High School- Completion of a 22-week placement in two 9th grade Earth Science classrooms. Placement consisted of the following: teaching four separate lessons, teaching for a three-day lesson sequence, working with and responding to students, daily opportunities for assisting the corresponding teacher and for one-on-one interactions with the students.

Birmingham Groves High School- Completion of a 6-week placement in a 10th grade integrative science class. Involved observation of classroom management, classroom set-up, lesson flow, and classroom inclusion.  

Related Experience
Substitute Teaching- Howell Public Schools
  Fall 2000 - spring 2001

Science Olympiad- Created and coached the Science Olympiad team for       McPherson Middle School
  Fall 2000 - spring 2001

Winter Waldon- Member and junior coach of the Winter Waldon Ski School
           Winters 1990 - 1992

Individual Educational Planning Committee- Attended and participated in numerous IEPC's.
           Fall 2000 - Spring 2001

Site Based Meetings- Member of a decision making team for McPherson Middle School.
     Fall 2000 - spring 2001

Professional Development
Planning and Teaching- Attended professional development conferences and teacher education classes at MSU.

ClassXP- Development of the attendance program used at McPherson MS.
         September 2000

Intergrade Pro- Development of the grading program used at McPherson MS.
September 2000

Competent in Using the                                  Member of the
   Following Programs                                        Following
Electronic Mail                                                      National Science Teacher Association   
Classroom XP                                                      (NSTA)
   Intergrade Pro                                                       Michigan Earth Science Teacher
   MS Word                                                               Association (MESTA)
   MS Excel                                                               Michigan Education Association
   MS Power Point                                                   (MEA)
   Internet                                                                   American Association for the
                                                                               Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Willing to Coach and/or organize the Following Extracurricular Activities
    Football, Ski Team, Ski Club, Science Olympiad, Destination Imagination, Quiz Bowl