ALEXANDRA M. GERE 112 Colonial Crest Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601 Telephone: (802) 291-3006 Email: Alexandra.gere@gmail.

com Skype: alexgere218

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT York Country Day School, York, PA August 2008 - Present French Teacher Technology Experience Gained Team leader for Powerful Learning Practices/Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools, a group working to integrate Web 2.0 tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Diigo, YouTube, Ning, Glogster and Prezi into independent school classrooms. Created topics and facilitated a two Student Expo to teach students how to use Google tools, digital video editing software, and Picasa. Students learned how to use digital tools and how to take an active role in their own education. Recorded grades, comments, and attendance using GradeQuick online software. Taught colleagues and students how to convert Apple files to Microsoft formats. Researched and suggested new technology tools to be purchased and integrated into the classrooms at YCDS. Advisor for student online magazine The Hound one Tumblr. Daily Responsabilities Taught French one, two, three, four, five, six and AP French to Middle and High School students. Organized and led a trip to Arles, France with five students April 2011. Co-Advised 7th, 8th and 10th grade students. House Manager for all Middle and Upper School plays. Founded and organized the French Club. Co-organized Upper and Middle School Relief Efforts for Haiti. Kimball Union Academy, Merriden, NH July 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 French Teacher Technology Experience Gained Filmed, edited, and recorded sound for a bilingual music video using iMovie. Created lesson plans for SmartBoards. Daily Responsabilities Taught elementary and intermediate level French to students between the ages of eight and fourteen during a four-week summer camp.

 Wrote language drills for elementary and intermediate French classes. Supervised evening activities such as dances. Lexia International Study Abroad, Hanover, NH August 2006 June 2007 Student Services Coordinator Technology experience gained Updated and maintained database and website using FileMaker Pro and Joomla. Managed correspondence with students, parents, universities and Resident Directors using Microsoft Outlook. Daily Responsabilities Communicated with international and national staff. Organized and collected the materials needed to acquire visas for students. Reviewed student applications and advised on acceptance to Lexia Programs.

Centre International des tudes en Littrature de la Jeunesse, Charleville-Mezires, France Summer 2005 Stagiaire Technology Experience Gained Assisted with comprehensive on-line resource regarding international childrens literature in France. Researched and described American and British publishing houses for educational web site. Daily Responsabilities Read, researched and wrote critiques of childrens literature in French. Represented the CIELJ to French publishing houses during informational meetings. Translated interviews and letters from French to English. EDUCATION DREXEL UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Concentration: Learning Technologies, Game Based Learning

MS expected June 2013 G.P.A.: 4.00 / 4.00

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.A. Concentration: French Literature

MA August 2008 G.P.A.: 3.58 / 4.00

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A. BA May 2006 Major: English, French Minor: Theater G.P.A.: 3.59 / 4.00 Honors: Dean's List all semesters, Esther C. Cary Prize for Excellence in French, Cum Laude, Honors and distinction in French Selected Scholar: Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts (CISLA) Language: Fluent in French, Elementary Italian INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Centre Madeleine, Paris, France Fall 2007 Spring 2008 Paris III, Paris, France Fall 2007 Spring 2008 Umbra Institute, Perugia, Umbra, Italy Summer 2006 Universit di Stranieri, Perugia, Umbra, Italy Summer 2006 Institute for the International Education of Students (IES), Nantes, France Spring 2005 Universit de Nantes, Nantes, France Spring 2005

REFERENCES Nathaniel Coffman, Head of School, York Country Day School Phone : (717) 843-9805 email : ncoffman@ycds.org Lisa Riker, Head of Middle and Upper School, York Country Day School Phone : (717) 843-9805 email : lriker@ycds.org Jeffrey Zemsky, Head Middle School, Sewickley Academy Phone: (412) 741-2230 email: jzemsky@gmail.com Helene Rassias-Miles, Executive Director, Rassias Foundation Phone: (603) 646-2922 email: helene.rassias-miles@dartmouth.edu Scribner Fauver, World Languages Department Chair, French Teacher, Director of Summer Languages Institute Phone: (603) 469-2311 email ; sfauver@kua.org