Objective

Seeking full time high school social studies position

Education

Masters in Teaching, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Washington State Residency Teaching Certificate March 2006

Broad Primary Endorsement, Social Studies, March 2006

3.92 GPA

Bachelor of Arts, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

Double major in History and International Political Economy

3.32 GPA

Experience

Student Teacher, Franklin High School, Seattle, WA

August - November 2005

-          Planned and taught ninth grade curriculum with interdisciplinary collaboration

-          Adapted Franklin�s literacy initiatives into curriculum

-          Implemented and assessed the EALRs in well-organized units

Tutor, Academic Link, Kirkland, WA

January 2005 - Present

-          Teach second grade through college-level students in Spanish, history, reading, writing, and math

Teacher, American School Foundation of Puebla, Mexico

August 2000 - June 2003

-          Taught seventh, eighth and ninth graders in a bilingual, bicultural, private school associated with ASOMEX (The Organization of American Schools in Mexico)

-          Co-coordinated the Model United Nations program co-leading students trips to Chicago, Illinois and Saltillo, Mexico

-          Helped implement new curriculum changes under the International Baccalaureate program?

Field Supervisor/Crew Leader, Northwest Youth Corps, Eugene, OR

1995-2004 (seasonal)

-          Trained eight staff and oversaw project management of technical trail projects while managing 40 youth employees as field supervisor

-          Managed a crew of ten youth in a residential job-training conservation work program as crew leader

-          Taught environmental and job skills

Substitute Teacher, Day Star School, Juticalpa, Honduras

November 1999-May 2000

-          Taught a variety of subjects and age groups (K-12) in a bilingual private school in rural Honduras

Passages Student Coordinator, February-September 1998

University of Puget Sound, Tacoma

-          Co-taught 60 outdoor freshman orientation leaders effective facilitation, group dynamics, and risk management in a two week training program

-          Oversaw the logistics of sending 600 incoming freshman on a three day outdoor orientation experience

Computer Skills

-          Proficient in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Easy Grade Pro

-          Working knowledge of HTML programming code for web design; for an example of my work, see my web page at: www.geocities.com/cort_weber/cort.htm

Other Achievements

-          Covey Urban Teacher Scholarship 2005

-          ETS recognition of excellence (Praxis content knowledge)

-          University of Puget Sound Presidential Academic Scholarship

-          Fluent written and spoken Spanish?

-          Basic written and spoken French

-          Lived in five different countries and traveled to twenty-one countries