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. Theresa M. Teacher, Resume, Page 2 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 .