Elizabeth Kirkby

kirkbyel@msu.edu
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PROFESSIONAL GOAL
To obtain a full-time secondary mathematics teaching position, in a school that promotes and supports a culture of excellence for all their teachers, students, and support staff.

EDUCATION
Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Michigan State University (Graduate Certification) Qualified to Teach: o Secondary Mathematics o Secondary English Michigan State University o Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics o Minor in English Lansing Community College o Completed two years of undergraduate credits Grand Ledge High School, Grand Ledge, MI o High school diploma

Fall 2011 Summer 2013

Fall 2009 Spring 2011 Fall 2005 Spring 2009

INTERNSHIP
Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Everett High School, Lansing, MI o Included forty hours a week, teaching and planning several different English Language Learners (ELL) mathematics classes with my mentor teacher, Ernest Estrada. o My focus class was Geometry, but I also taught Algebra I, and Algebra II. o Gained extensive experience and practice with: student-centered unit and lesson planning, classroom management techniques, using interactive whiteboard technology, methods of eliciting student thinking, and scaffolding mathematical ideas and tasks to better suit diverse learners. o Practiced cooperative group learning technique known as Complex Instruction. o Practiced a variety of literacy techniques through the Reading Apprenticeship program. Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Lansing School District Department of Bilingual Education Everett High School After School Tutoring Program

o Volunteered three hours weekly, in which I tutored ELL students individually and in small groups in mathematics; also assisted students in completing homework assignments.

PREINTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Fall 2012 Spring 2013 Holt High School, Holt, MI o Placement was four hours per week in a high school Algebra II classroom.

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Spring 2012 MacDonald Middle School, East Lansing, MI o Placement was two hours per week in a middle school language arts classroom. Fall 2011 Sexton High School: Advanced Path, Lansing, MI o Placement was two hours per week in an online-learning program created for students at risk of not graduating on time.

TEACHING RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

Fall 2013 Present Substitute Teacher Professional Educational Services Group, LLC (PESG) Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Michigan State University, Department of Mathematics

Fall 2012

o Conducted two weekly recitation sessions for MTH116 (Precalculus). Additionally, worked three hours weekly in the Math Learning Center tutoring various levels of college mathematics. Summer 2009 Summer 2012 General Counselor Michigan American Legion Auxiliary Girls State

o Was responsible for thirty junior high school girls for a week during a government simulation program.

REFERENCES
Ernest Estrada Mathematics Teacher and Mentor Everett High School Lansing, MI 48910 (517) 862.8294 ernest.estrada@lansingschools.net Craig Huhn Mathematics Teacher Holt High School Holt, MI 48842 517.694.6656 CHuhn@hpsk12.net Dr. Sandra Crespo Mathematics Education Faculty at MSU TE802-804 Course Instructor & Field Instructor 620 Farm Lane, 116P Erickson Hall East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 353.3035 crespo@msu.edu