SELF Empowerment

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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF NIAMEY

Rue des Ambassades

Niamey, NIGER

BP 11201, West Africa

                               (227) 94998050                                 

                   USA Ph#: 513-313-4139                     

Education:      Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.

Bachelor of Science –  December 2006

College of Education and Human Services

Major: Elementary Education

Overall GPA: 3.826/4.0 Dean’s List

Honors: MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Middle School Endorsements: Language Arts, Foreign Language/French

& Social Studies

Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, Illinois.

Special Education online course

Overall GPA: 4.0/4.0 Dean’s List

John A. Logan College, Carterville, Illinois.

General Studies (1997-2006)

Overall GPA: 4.0/4.0  Dean’s List

Pedagogical School, Targoviste, Romania

Elementary School Degree for teaching in Elementary Schools in

Romania, K-4, July 1995

Certification:    Radiant Child Yoga Instructor (levels 1&2)

                          Ohio Provisional Early Education License (Pre-K – 3)

                          Illinois Initial Elementary Certificate, Type 03, K-9 (2006)

                          Illinois Middle School Endorsements (Language Arts, French & Social  

                          Science)

  Elementary Teaching Certificate – Romania, K-4 (1995)

Experience:      K-1 Teacher at the American International School of Niamey, NIGER, 

                          West Africa, August 2007-present

·        Teaching a multi-age international class (K and 1^st grade) using a multicultural approach

·        Initiating new educational activities that involve yoga for children, dance and other creative forms of expression.

·        Participated in the AISA International teacher conference in Ghana, West Africa (October 2007)

·        Creating and implementing K-1 curriculum

·        Evaluating students’ progress, scheduling parent conferences, assuming full responsibility of a classroom teacher.

                           Student Teacher, 1^st Grade, Unity Point School, Carbondale, Illinois,

                           August   

                           2006 – December 2006

·        Prepared and presented a two-week science unit

·        Evaluated students’ progress

·        Interacted with faculty members and attended various school meetings, parent-teacher conferences, in-service meetings and teacher conferences

Teacher Aide, Kindergarten Classrooms/ESL, Unity Point School, Carbondale, Illinois, February 2004 – May 2005

·        Worked fulltime with Kindergarten children in five different classrooms each week during the 2003-04 school year

·        Tutored Kindergarten students in the morning and ESL students in the afternoon during the 2004-05 school year

·        Evaluated students’ progress and monitored the playground each day

·        Participated in various school meetings, parent-teacher conferences, in-service meetings and teacher conferences

Fulltime Teacher, 1st Grade, Caprioru Elementary School, Dambovita, Romania, 1995 – 1996

·        Taught a class of thirty-five students in all general subjects (reading, math, music, physical education, art, French language, etc.)

·        Evaluated students’ progress, scheduled parent meetings, visited students’ homes, assumed full responsibility of a classroom teacher

Achievements:  

• Writing children’s stories and poems
• Southern Illinois University Honor Program
• Member of NCTE (the National Council of Teachers of English)
• SIUC, SIC and JALC -- Dean’s List – all semesters
• Published a children’s story in the award winning multicultural magazine Skipping Stones (Nov.-Dec. 2005 issue)
• Published poetry in the magazine Once Upon a Time (Summer 2004 issue)
• Author of poems published in literary magazines and anthologies in USA: Moonshade Magazine, Keepsakes, In Dappled Sunlight, Beyond the Horizon, Moments of Reflection, Poetic Voices of America, The International Library of Poetry
• Received Certificates of Honorable Mentions in the Fall of1996 and Spring of1997 for the Iliad Literary Awards Program
• Member of the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators)
• Published essays and poetry in several newspapers and magazines in Romania
• Romanian Pedagogical School – Dean’s List

Skills: Experienced on Internet, Microsoft Word, Power Point, Inspiration, Adobe

           Photoshop, Windows Movie Maker

Professional Affiliations:

• Member of the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators)
• Member of NCTE (the National Council of Teachers of English)
• Member of A.R.E (Association for Research and Enlightenment Inc.)