Resumé for Instructor Jennifer J. Allen
Objectives
In my six years of teaching in public and private schools, I have developed a strong desire to see a love for learning inspired in children as they are given the tools needed to facilitate mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual growth beyond the sphere of the traditional educational process. I would like to continue to pursue the inspiration and facilitation of learning as a career. My career plans currently include pursuing endorsements in the education of the Gifted and Talented and English Language Learners and opening a school with a focus on developing talents in the Arts, Sciences and Language. I hope that through my work I can communicate my love for learning and music to the next generation.Employment and Internship History
Private Music Instructor (Huntsville, AL, Oct. 1996 - Present)Miss Jennifer's Music Studio has had as many as 37 violin, guitar, and piano students enrolled at a time. Responsibilities include designing implementing individualized instructional plans for music students in individual or group lessons, arranging ensemble experiences, and conducting an annual recital.
Teacher Intern
(Maxwell Elementary School , Antioch, TN, Aug. 2003 - Dec. 2003)
(Eakin Elementary School, Nashville, TN, Jan. 2004 - May 2004)
Responsibilities included preparing lesson plans, teaching, and evaluating 3rd and 4th grade students for seven full weeks per semester and sharing teaching responsibilities with mentors for the remainder of the school year. Interns hold Temporary Class - D Teaching Certificates, and this experience meets the requirements for a year of teaching in the State of Tennessee, including the requisite first-year evaluations by the schools' administrators.
Teacher (Providence Community School, Huntsville, AL, Aug. 2002 - May 2003)
Responsibilities included preparing lesson plans, teaching, and evaluating 3rd grade students in the following subject areas: math, reading, spelling, English language, penmanship, Latin, and history/geography. Further responsibilities included developing a music curriculum and teaching music classes for Kindergarten through 6th grade.
Teacher (Hampton Cove Academy, Hampton Cove, AL, Dec. 1998 - May 2003)
Responsibilities included teaching music appreciation classes for children from 18 months old to 5th grade, teaching computer classes for children from K4 to 5th grade, teaching French classes for children from K5 to 5th grade, teaching physical education classes for children from K4 to 5th grade, teaching 5th grade Bible, science, English grammar, literature, and spelling, maintaining a network of ten computers, directing annual Christmas and spring musical programs, and arranging weekly chapel activities. Additional responsibilities included the development of lesson plans and materials for music, French, and computer curricula for Elementary grades, publishing yearbooks and newsletters, developing and maintaining a school web-site for student work, and presenting sessions at teacher training seminars.
Education
Peabody College at Vanderbilt University (2003-2004)Master of Education in Elementary Education
Internship Program Participant
- Intern at Maxwell Elementary School, Antioch, TN (Fall 2003)
- Intern at Eakin Elementary School, Nashville, TN (Spring 2004)
Grade Point Average: 3. Awarded Dean's Scholarship
University of Alabama in Huntsville (2001-2002)
Completed 16 hours of undergraduate coursework in Elementary Education Included 90 hours of observation in public schools and tutoring.
University of Alabama in Huntsville (1995 - 2000)
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Summa Cum Laude
Major: Music
Minor: Psychology
Completed UAH Honors Program
- Honors Project: "The Effects of Synesthesia on Musical Composition"
Grade Point Average: 3.94/4.0 overall
Class Rank: 8th of 118
Recipient of UAH Presidential Academic Scholarship
Grissom High School (1991 - 1995)
Graduated May, 1995.
Class Rank: 17th of 528
Grade Point Average: 4.023 overall
A Honor Roll: August 1991 - May 1995
Who's Who Among American High School Students 1991 - 1995
Member, National Honor Society
Member, Mu Alpha Theta (National Math Honor Society)
Choir Ensemble Director
Literary Magazine: Contest winner all 4 years (Poetry and Short Story Divisions)
National Merit Scholar (1995)
Presidential Academic Fitness Award (1995)
Honors, Interests, and Professional Development
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges (1998)Recipient of UAH Presidential Academic Scholarship (1995 - 1998)
Omicron Delta Kappa, The National Leadership Honor Society (1998)
Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society (1998)
UAH Honors Program (1995 - 2000)
UAH Dean's List (1995 - 2000)
Honor Scholar (1995 - 2000)
UAH Departmental Award, Music (1998)
Membership in Psi Chi, Psychology Honor Society (2000)
Membership in Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society (2000)
Membership in Alpha Lambda Delta, Freshman Honor Society (1996)
Membership in Kappa Delta Pi, Education Honor Society (2002)
A Beka Book Summer Seminar, Summer 2000
The Principle Approach Seminar Session I, Summer 2000
Classroom Organization and Management Program (COMP), 2003-2004
Member of The Church at Hampton Cove and Mensa