I am seeking employment as a Chemistry teacher or a Media Specialist at the high school level.

 

8/2004 – Present    BCPS – Woodlawn High School        Baltimore, MD

 

I teach at a comprehensive high school with a seven period day.  (2005-2006) Currently, I teach, one section of GT chemistry, and four sections of standard chemistry.  I have students in all four grades within these classes as well as IEP children with need for modification.  (2004-2005) I taught five section of standard level earth science on a team, meaning they all have the same core subject teachers, of repeating ninth grade students.   One of my sections was an inclusion class that requires modified time allotments and assignments.

8/2002 – 6/2003   AACPS – Chesapeake High School      Pasadena, MD

 

I taught at a comprehensive high school, with a four period day, split semester schedule.  First semester, I taught three sections of general chemistry.  During the second semester, I taught two sections of general chemistry and a cooperatively taught section of Earth Space Systems Science (ESSS).

 

Within the chemistry classes, the main modifications needed were to accommodate different learning styles during an 86-minute period.  The ESSS class required more specific modifications such as extended time and more extensive explanations due to 14 of the 19 students having an IEP.

 

 

1/28/2002 – 5/16/02   BCPS – Pikesville High School             Pikesville, MD

Student Intern

 

When my placement started, my cooperating teacher had five chemistry classes, three GT and two standard.  I began my teaching with the standard level.  Two weeks later, two of my classes switched, due to a departmental resignation.  From there, I picked up a standard and an honors Earth Science class. 

 

Within each course, there were special modifications.  Period 1 was my most homogeneous class, ability wise.  In period 2 and period 4, I had three students and one student, respectively that were registered for the honors level.  These students participated in all of the regular class notes and labs.  Their modifications came in the form of altered problems, different questions on tests, graded classwork and a moderately altered grading scale.

 

In Earth science, each class had special education students.  In honors, the majority of the modifications came in the form of extra time or fewer essays on a test.  In standard, there were many modifications to classwork and a slightly different grading scale.

 

Participation in STEM workshops

Participation in Science Summer Institute

Participation in AP Summer Institute

Participation in on-site in-Service

Participation in new teacher in-service

Participation in a student intern seminar

Participation in Project Wild/Aquatic Wild workshop

Attendance of Riall lecture series, a semesterly lecture furnished by the Seidel School of Professional studies.

 

Summer 2001            Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks – Teen ‘Scapes: Mayfield Woods Site

Leader

 

As a leader, I was responsible, with five of other leaders, to plan and supervise activities as well as participate in those activities with the campers.  I was also required to help supervise students when off site, on field trips.  While on field trips, all Teen ‘Scapes sites participated.  I was then responsible for my campers, in addition to monitoring campers from other sites that chose activities with my campers.

 

Summer 1999 & 2000           Johns Hopkins University – Center for Talented Youth

Program Assistant & Resident Assistant

 

Program Assistant (1999): As a program assistant, I was responsible, with a team of other PAs, to plan and supervise activities.  I was also responsible to escort students to and from class, to and from their drop-offs and pick-up and while they were not in class.

 

Resident Assistant (2000): This camp was very unique in the fact that over the course of a three-week program, the students spent half of the time ‘land-based’ and half of the time ‘sea-based.’  For the land-based portion, I was responsible to take a specific group of students to and from their classes and the USCG Cutter Taney in the Baltimore, Inner Harbor.  During activity time, meals and lights out, each RA was responsible for the students in their immediate vicinity.  While sea-based, I worked with the crew of a boat as we sailed, on a Skipjack, or motored, on a buy boat, around the Chesapeake Bay.  As part of the crew, I worked on ship related details, such as meal prep and duties, and aided the class instructors.  I was also responsible for the students while they were in camp at night (duties, activities, sleeping arrangements).

 

Winter 1999 & 2000  BCPS Substitute Teacher    Owings Mills High School

Substitute Teacher

 

For this job, I performed the general functions of a substitute teacher.

 

April 2005 – May 2006                       Caribou Coffee, LLC

Team Member

 

As a Team member, I am responsible for customer service, sales, register, and barista duties (describe products, make beverages, etc.)

 

October 2003 – May 2004     Panera Bread

Associate Trainer

 

As an associate trainer, I was responsible to train new employees in “the Panera way.”  This included, but was not limited to, running a cash register, providing customer service in ordering products (in person and via telephone), providing accurate product descriptions, and maintaining sanitary facilities, preparing beverages and meals.

 

June 2003 – September 2003, Summer 2005, Summer 2006         Maryland Spectral Services, Inc.

Extraction Analyst

 

As an extractions analyst, I worked with mainly water and soil samples, performing tests on the samples from logging the sample in to analyzing the data to determine their diesel range organic (DRO) content.  I also performed pH experiments, couriered sampled to other labs, organized and logged samples, maintained sanitized glassware for experiments, and trained my replacement. 

 

1/2001-12/2001        Bellavance Honors Program at Salisbury University

Program Assistant

 

For the Honors program, I filled the position of department secretary, despite the fact that I was a student.  Some of my other duties included, but were not limited to clerical work, writing, filing and distributing purchase orders and organizing various Honors program functions.  In this capacity I also served as assistant to the program director.

 

9/1999-12/2001        Salisbury University Bookstore

Textbook Associate

 

In this position, I handled many clerical duties, including data entry, bill inquiry and correction.  In dealing with billing, I had to call many different publishing companies and follow a very specific procedure for submitting bills.  During ‘book rush,’ and when not working in the office, I provided customer service support and aided in stocking shelves.  Also, at the end of the semester, the store participated in buy back and I was one of the cashiers accepting books and paying students for them.

 

9/1999-12/2000        Blackwell Library at Salisbury University

Interlibrary Loan Student Worker

 

In this department, I once again performed clerical duties involving data entry, and myriad of different searching techniques to find information.  I handled patron inquiry calls and in my last semester there I supervised the other student members of my department.

 

For all of the aforementioned jobs, I was required to be versatile in the use of MS Word, MS Excel, e-mail, the internet, and the campus telephone system.  Each job also required training in job specific software.  Please contact me for a full list.

 

2005-2007       Towson University  Towson, MD

MLS, Library Services (December 2007)

1998-2002       Salisbury University            Salisbury, MD

BS, Chemistry, Secondary Education Track

Graduated Bellavance Honors with Distinction

Graduated Cum Laude.

Certification in Chemistry

Certification in Earth Science

 

1998-2002 Honors Student Association (Executive Board 2000-2001)

1998-2002 Writer for Honors Newsletter, The Saunterer

2000-2001 Editor of The Saunterer

2000 Inducted into Kappa Delta Pi Education Honors Society

2000 Member Team SafeRide

1999 Inducted into Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honors Society (Executive Board 1999-2000)

 

I am a certified SCUBA diver.  I am interested in working with a drama club, as a class advisor, an ecology club or a field hockey team.