JANE SMITH
17 Allds Street
Nashua, NH 03060
(603) 883-3814
jsmith@rivier.edu

• Student taught for seven weeks under seventh grade cooperating teacher in English
• Student taught for eight weeks under eighth grade cooperating teacher in English.
• Tutored and taught children with learning disabilities in mainstreamed classroom and one-on-one.
• Developed strong classroom management skills through college methods classes, student teaching experience, and volunteer work with students in grades 7-9.

Education and Certification
English Education, B.A., Rivier College, May 1999
State of New Hampshire Teaching Certification, Grades 7-12 (expected May 1999)
Overall GPA: 3.4 out of 4.0

• Four seventh grade English classes totaling eighty-three students.
• Total responsibility for all four classes for two weeks.
• Developed and taught a unit on the novel The Pearl by John Steinbeck.
•  Successfully managed a classroom in which eleven out of the fourteen students were learning disabled, creating a learning environment which promoted student achievement. 
• Attended and participated in parent conferences to discuss student progress and enlist their cooperation in assignments. Received outstanding rating from cooperating teacher.

• Worked closely with special education teacher to respond to needs of eleven children in class with learning disabilities. Co-developed IEP plans emphasizing concept development, language, communication, motor, and self-help skills.
• Worked with team of teachers to put on the school’s annual speaking contest which consisted of Team Finals, Semi-Finals, and Finals, held at Souhegan High School; promoted oral expression and communication skills in students.

• Observed and assisted in an English class of twenty-five students
• Developed a short unit on Point of View and Edgar Allan Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart."  Developed essay questions, corrected papers, and developed a quiz on Point of View.

• Observed and assisted with reading and writing.
• Ran a vocabulary bee to help students review words for the upcoming SAT.

• Observed and assisted twelve special education students in a Directed Studies class.
• Assisted a boy with multiple learning disabilities, in developing better reading and writing skills; utilized one-on-one strategies to concentrate teaching methods on student's individual needs.

• Substitute teacher, Alvirne High School, senior year, college.
• Sunday School teacher, junior and senior year, college, grades 5 and 6.
• Literacy Festival group leader at Rivier College, junior and senior year, college, grades 7 and 8.
• AWANA leader, sophomore and junior year, college, grades 5 and 6.
• AWANA Olympics coach, sophomore and junior year, college, for girls grades 3-6.
• Reading Tutor for America Reads program, junior year, college, K-3.
• Reading Volunteer for ninth grade student, senior year, high school.

• Internet: Extensive use of the Internet, via Netscape, for college research. Worked with students to post samplings of literary work at the Webster School.
• Software: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Print Shop Deluxe II.
• Hardware: Both IBM and MacIntosh proficient.

• Making Prevention Work in NH Families School and Communities, October 1998.
• Managing Challenging Behaviors, May 1997.
• Transitioning Toward High School Graduation, March 1997.
• Children at Risk, September 1993.

Additional Employment to Help Finance College Education (solely responsible for 60% of Education Costs)

• Non Foods Clerk and Cake Decorator at Shop’n Save, senior year, high school through the present.

• Jim Dale, Cooperating Teacher, Amherst Middle School, Amherst, NH, (603) 673-2155.
• Colleen Brent, Cooperating Teacher, Amherst Middle School, Amherst, NH (603) 673-2155.
• Dr. Susan Doe, secondary education advisor and professor, Rivier College, (603) 888-1311.

Karen Michaels
13 Bog Brook Road
New Boston, NH 03070
(603) 487-7563
kmichaels98@yahoo.com 

Job Objective: Spanish teacher position at Pelham High School

 Professional Highlights

• Student-taught for fourteen weeks under seventh grade cooperating teacher in Spanish I.

• Tutored and taught Spanish I and II students.
• Studied abroad in Sevilla, Spain for fifteen weeks.
• Studied abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico for five weeks.
• Translated for a mortgage company.
• Developed strong classroom management skills through college methods classes, student teaching experience, and volunteer work with students, grades 7-12 and adult English students.

Education and Certification

• Modern Language, Spanish, B.A., Rivier College, (expected January 2003).
• State of New Hampshire Teaching Certification, Grades 7-12 (expected January 2003).
• State of Massachusetts Teaching Certification, Grades 5-12 (expected January 2003).
• Overall GPA: 3.4 out of 4.0

Classroom Experience

Student teacher, 7th Grade, Parker Middle School, Chelmsford, MA, September-December,

    2002.

• Five seventh grade Spanish I classes totaling ninety-six students.
• Total responsibility for all five classes for two weeks.

Pre-Practicum, Grades 9 - 11, Pelham High School, Pelham, NH, October- 

     December 2001

• Observed and assisted in Spanish I and II classes of 25-29 students.

• Developed and taught a lesson on “Clothing Vocabulary” accompanied by a kinesthetic activity using real clothing.

Pre-Practicum, Grades 10 - 11, Nashua High School, Nashua, NH, January-April, 2002

• Observed and assisted in Spanish II and III classes of 24-28 students.

• Developed and taught lesson on Spanish culture and bullfighting using personal experience and photographs

Pre-Practicum, Grades 9 – 12, Nashua High School, Nashua, NH, January-April 2002

• Observed and assisted in various classes with special education students.  Classes ranged from Life Skills to Physical Science and Pre-Algebra.  Students ranged in abilities from severely disabled to moderate learning disabilities.

• Utilized one-on-one strategies
• Developed and taught a modified lesson on Fossils accompanied by a fossil making activity in which all students could participate in some way.

Work and Volunteer Experience with Children

• Volunteer homework helper and mentor, Boys and Girls Club of Nashua, senior year, college.

• One-on-one Spanish tutoring for a seventh and eighth grader, senior year, college.
• One-on-one tutoring in all subjects for a middle school student, sophomore through senior year, college.
• Full time nanny for an infant, junior year, college.
• Various in home child care positions for children of all ages, high school and college.
• Assistant to teacher with children ages infant to Kindergarten, Little Sprouts Child Enrichment Centers, junior and senior year, high school. 
• Co-Sunday School Teacher, Nursery and Kindergarten and First Grade, freshman to junior year, high school.

 Computer Skills

• Internet:  Extensive use of the Internet via Internet Explorer for college and personal research.  Used classroom software called Blackboard.

• Software:  Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Oracle database.
• Hardware:  IBM and MAC

 Professional Seminars (sponsored the Chelmsford School District)

• Restraint Training from Merrimack Education Center, September, 2002.

Additional Employment to help Finance College Education

• Receptionist, Communication and Marketing at CreoScitex America, Co., summers sophomore and junior year, college.

• Work Study in Registrar’s Office, Keene State College, freshman through junior year, college.
• Sales and Assistant Manager at Hickory Farms, seasonal, sophomore through senior year, high school, freshman year, college.

References

• Elizabeth Loiselle, Cooperating Teacher, Parker Middle School, Chelmsford, MA, (978) 251-5133.

• Grace Marino, Cooperating Teacher, Pelham High School, Pelham, NH, (603) 635-5113.
• Dr. Barry Jackson, secondary education Spanish and advisor and professor, Rivier College, (603) 888-1311.