< b>OBJECTIVE	A teaching position in Elementary Education
EDUCATION	University of Scranton  Scranton, PA B.S. Elementary Education/ Early Childhood Education May 2000 Major GPA: (as of February 2000) 3.96 Overall GPA: (as of February 2000) 3.75
HONORS	Alpha Sigma Nu - Jesuit Honor Society of the University of Scranton Kappa Delta Pi - Education Honor Society Staff Member of the Year (1999) - Office of Residence Life Co-Director of the Year (1999) - Office of Student Activities Dean’s List - Fall 1996, Spring 1997, Fall 1997, Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999
STUDENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE	Pocono Mountain Elementary Center -North Campus (Fall 1999) Tobyhanna, PA Completed over 200 teaching hours  in a first grade included classroom Assumed full time teaching responsibilities for 8 weeks Designed and taught lessons for Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art and Opening Activities Designed and implemen ted integrated thematic unit on “Fall” Responsible for classroom bulletin boards Assessed individual students in Math and Reading skills Attended Parent Teacher Conferences and Back to School Night Participated in  Faculty Meetings and Teacher Inservices Chaperoned Grade level field trip
	Frances Willard Elementar y School (Intersession 2000) Scranton, PA Completed over 90 teaching hours in a four-year-old Preschool classroom Designed and taught lessons for fine and gross motor skills, communication and social skills, introductory math, reading and science skills Tested individual skills in fine and gross motor, pre-math and pre-reading Participated in Teacher Inservice “Fine Motor Skills and Young Children”
	Audobon Elementary School (Intersession 1999) Scranton, PA Completed 30 hours of observation and teaching in first grade class Designed and taught lessons in mathematics, reading and Language Arts Worked individually with children needing special assistance
	Rober t Morris Elementary School (Spring 1998) Scranton, PA Completed 20 hours of observation and individual tutoring in a kindergarten class Worked individually with students one-on-one and in small groups with reading concepts
POSITIONS	Student Director and Curriculum Coordinator Afterschool Children’s Tutor ing Program (1998-2000) Coordinated program and curriculum for 60 University and 60 at-risk elementary students who spoke English as a second language
	Resident Assistant - (1998-2000) Responsible for educational programming, community building and administrative tasks in freshman female residence halls
	Co-Director of Student Government Even ts (1998-2000) Responsible for campus publicity - Bulletin Boards and Calendar
	Team Leader - SEARCH Retreat Program (Spring 2000) Organized and led retreat for 40 college students about college life issues
	Team Member - SEARCH Retreat Program (1998-1999) Chosen to be part of  8 person leadership team to give talks and l ed small group exercises and discussions about college

• life issues

• Learning Resources Center (1997- 2000) Byron Recreational Complex (1996-2000)
• Receptionist and secretary
• Responsible for designing and maintaining department databases

• Prepared activities, taught, assisted and supervised preschool students with special needs
• Worked intensively and individually with an Autistic student

RELATED ACTIVITIES
Weekly Tutoring Programs (1997-2000)

• Afterschool Children’s Tutoring Program - Helped an ESL student with her homework.
• East Scranton Intermediate Tutoring Program - Helped at risk junior high school students with their homework

COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Access, Word Perfect, Print Shop, WWW and E-mail