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Career Objective
A teaching position in English education at the secondary
level, grades 9-12 with involvement in an extracurricular
activity and/or sport.
Teaching Certification
Illinois Initial Secondary Certificate in English (Type 09)
Education
Master of Education, Teaching & Learning, DePaul University
Chicago, IL.
GPA 3.9/4.0. June 2008
Bachelor of Arts, English and East Asian Languages and Culture
(Japanese), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. GPA 3.4/4.0.
December 2003
Experience
Substitute for Chicago Public Schools in several Westside Schools,
grades 9-12, Chicago, IL. October 2009- Current
English teacher at Wendell Phillips Academy High School, grades 9-10,
Chicago, IL. August 2009-October 2009
Head Debate Coach at Wendell Phillips Academy High School, part of
the Chicago Urban Debate League, Chicago, IL. September 2009-
October 2009
English teacher at George Henry Corliss High School, grades 9-12,
Chicago, IL. August 2008-June 2009
five weeks teaching freshmen English Kaplan IDS curriculum
eight weeks teaching sophomore regular and honors English
from Springboard
eight weeks teaching freshmen Loyola IDS Biology
six weeks teaching junior AP Language and writer’s workshop
ten weeks teaching regular junior English
Band Director at George Henry Corliss High School, afterschool
program, Chicago, IL. December 2008-Current
Knitting Club at George Henry Corliss High School, founded the
afterschool program, Chicago, IL. December 2008-April 2009
Student teaching at Nicholas Senn High School, grades 9 & 12,
Chicago, IL. March 2008-June 2008
Ten weeks teaching freshmen regular and honors English
Ten weeks teaching seniors English from Springboard
Service learning project leader at Nicholas Senn High School for an
improved writing lab, Chicago, IL. May 2008
Co-sponsor for Nicholas Senn High School’s first annual spelling bee,
Chicago, IL April-May 2008
Lead teacher/tutor for Literacy For All at Peabody Elementary School,
grades 6-8, Chicago, IL. November 2007- March 2008
Co-presented a lesson plan on teaching Langston Hughes poetry at the
annual NCTE conference in New York, NY. November 2007
LINK-INitiative student worker/liaison, School of Education at DePaul
University, Chicago, IL. September 2007- June 2008
Assisting faculty liaisons to Nicholas Senn High School, St.
Benedict High School, and Prescott Elementary School for school
improvements initiatives and program implementations
Camp councilor at an English language camp in Poland through
Program-Bell. July 2007-August 2007
Created activity based language learning activities
Created, organized, and supervised extramural activities
Internship in English, assistant editor/publisher for the scholarly journal
Victorian Studies, Bloomington, IN. May 2003-August 2003
Internship in English, associate instructor for a Victorian Literature
class at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. January 2003- May 2003
Nanny for several foster children ranging in every age from one to
fifteen, some with Reactive Attachment Disorder, Bloomington, IN.
February 2002- July 2002