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Objective	To obtain a full-time teaching position as a secondary science educator.
Education	MA Science Education, expected May 2006 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Overall GPA: 4.0/4.0 Biology Praxis Score: 169 BS Wildlife Science, minor in biology, May 2004 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Overall GPA: 3.59/4.0
Teaching Experience	Roanoke County Public Schools, Roanoke, VA, Spring 2006 Student Teacher 10th grade college-prep biology, Hidden Valley High School (320 hours) Designed or adapted lessons, maintained grades on Blackboard and Making the Grade, daily use of Smartboard, posted assignments on Blackboard, tutored individual students, tested online Roanoke City Public Schools, Roanoke, VA, Fall 2005 Field Intern Life Science, William Ruffner Magnet Middle School (158 hours) Designed lessons, graded papers, attended parent/teacher conferences, participated in after-school activities Montgomery County Public Schools, VA, Fall 2004-Fall 2005 Substitute Teacher Grades K-12; regular, alternative, and special education Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Fall 2002 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Wildlife Techniques lab Assisted students in radio telemetry, field orienteering, trapping, aging/sexing birds and larger eastern mammals, bird wing identification, habitat analysis
Related Experience	Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC), Seward, Alaska, June-Sept 2004 Harbor Seal Research Technician Gave public educational talks Conducted daily population counts, operated remote video monitoring equipment, developed and conducted small research project Student Conservation Association Biological Intern, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SLBE), Empire, MI, May-Aug 2003 Field Technician In close contact with the public on a daily basis and included giving educational talks Located, monitored and protected federally endangered Piping Plover Undergraduate Research, Dr. Steve McMullin, Fall 2002-Spring 2004 Research paper: Evaluating the Importance and Performance of Agency Activities: Comparing Employee, Commissioner, and Public Responses New Zealand Study Abroad Program, Spring 2002 Marine Ecology, Field Marine Ecology, and Marine Biology courses Mountain Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia Student Mist netting, small mammal trapping, electro-fishing, GIS, GPS, telemetry
Computer Skills	Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS FrontPage, MS PowerPoint
Activities and Honors	Virginia Tech "Teacher of Promise" recipient, Spring 2006 Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education, Spring 2006-present National Science Teachers Association, Spring 2006-present Virginia Association of Science Teachers, Fall 2005-present VT Chapter of The Wildlife Society, State Representative and Activities Chair, Fall 2002-Spring 2004 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Fall 2003-present National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Spring 2000-present Thomas H. Jones Scholarship $2000, 2002-2003 CESA Scholarship, $1000, Spring 2002 Shenandoah Valley Herald Leadership Award $1000, 1999 Woodstock Women of the Moose Scholarship, $500, 1999 Rotary Club Scholarship, $500, 1999