Resume Sample 1

Add a link to your electronic portfolio or LinkedIn url. THERESA M. TEACHER [email protected] 12 Duh Dr., Apt 1234 (610) 555-5555 Bethlehem, PA 18015 [email protected]

Use key words to describe your SECONDARY EDUCATOR greatest relevant . Strength in teaching language arts and incorporating mixed instructional media into standards-aligned lesson competencies and plans. skills. . Intensive, specific training in implementing positive behavior support and scaffolding skills for children with special needs, including autism. . Specific experience modifying instruction to accommodate students with autism, dyslexia, and ADHD. . Interest in leading the school’s Yearbook and/or Reading Olympics club.

List most recent EDUCATION degree first. Lehigh University ∙ Bethlehem, PA M.Ed. in Secondary Education January 2013 PA Instructional Level I Certificate in 7-12 Secondary English Expected January 2013

Fairfield University ∙ Fairfield, CT Bachelors of Arts Degree ∙ English & Politics; Minor: Women’s Studies May 2009 Cumulative GPA: 3.86, Summa Cum Laude . Dean’s List: All semesters . Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Tau Delta (National English Honor Society); Pi Sigma Alpha (National Political Science Honor Society); Alpha Mu Gamma, the Eta Pi Chapter (National Spanish Foreign Language Society) . Consecutive Literary Critical Essay Award recipient (April 2009 & 2008): Awarded by the English department to the student, regardless of the field of study, with the most outstanding critical essay submission

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

East Hills Middle School ∙ Bethlehem, PA August 2012- present Begin description Student Teacher lines with action . Develop standards-based lesson plans and units addressing the different learning needs and styles of eighth grade students, including those with autism, dyslexia, and ADHD. words. . Make accommodations and modifications to teaching and learning materials as enumerated in students’ IEPs. . Differentiate instruction for students who have been identified as at-risk for failing core content area classes. . Model and reinforce a classroom management plan, predicated on the class-created “norms” sheets. . Correspond with parents at the school’s annual Open House as well as at report card conferences.

Easton Area High School ∙ Easton, PA February 2012 – March 2012 Pre-Student Teacher . Taught four eleventh grade British literature classes for 25 days. . Developed standards-based lesson plans on Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities that contained instructional variety and multi-media resources. . Created two performance assessments and corresponding grading rubrics that simultaneously aligned with the curriculum and targeted higher-order thinking skills within Bloom’s Taxonomy.

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Centennial School of Lehigh University ∙ Bethlehem, PA August 2011 – June 2012 Villa-Woodring Master’s Scholar . Assisted the school’s Life Skills classroom in implementing Positive Behavior Support strategies to support students diagnosed with autism and emotional and/or behavior disturbance. List all experience . Developed and implemented standards-based lesson plans in English language arts over a 30-day period to a student with autism who required various accommodations and modifications to learning materials. in reverse . Provided mediated scaffolding of curriculum to students with autism and emotional and/or behavioral disturbance chronological order. in the school’s Life Skills classroom.

Head Start ∙ Bridgeport, CT January 2008-December 2008 Mentor . Developed and implemented reading activities for pre-school aged children identified with learning impairments. . Managed daily record keeping of several activities, including student attendance and snack distribution.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fairfield University English Department ∙ Fairfield, CT Work Study September 2005-May 2009 . Collaborated frequently with English professors to complete research projects that used Microsoft Word, Excel, and the university’s electronic library databases. . Assisted in the final editing process for publications of the university’s Dogwood Journal of Poetry and Prose and The Connecticut Writing Project.

Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN) ∙ Fairfield, CT Spring 2008-May 2009 Leadership Team Member . Organized team of 10 to research present humanitarian issues and how they relate to the global community. . Planned and executed monthly meetings. . Delegated tasks to team members and established timelines for completion. . Created an action plan that both raised awareness on-campus about respective humanitarian crises and offered strategies to respond to them.

St. Joseph’s Manor ∙ Trumbull, CT November 2004-October 2008 Food Service Aide . Mediated frequently between the facility’s food service and nursing staff to discuss the status of and/or the changes made to a resident’s diet. . Filed and distributed breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal tray slips. . Managed the main cash register at the employee cafeteria.

SKILLS

. Knowledgeable in Spanish and Portuguese . Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Google SketchUp programs