MY PORTFOLIO

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

My philosophy on educaton is that it should not always be the traditional way as emphasized in the classroom, but exploring atlternative methods in order to accomplish a better understanding.

Rowena C. Smith
130 Jerusalem Avenue, Apt. 104
Hempstead, NY 11550
(W) (516) 877-8631
(H) (516) 485-6475

OBJECTIVE: Seeking a teaching position in Secondary Education/Spanish. ESL is also a desired position of interest.

EXPERIENCE:
01/97-Present State of California Franchise Tax Board
Administrative Assistant (Typing)
· Type letters, memos, and general correspondence in an accurate fashion.
· Answer telephone and refer calls to appropriate party or accurately record messages as necessary
· Handle information calls
· Assists at the public service counter
· Process request for tax forms
· Create, retrieve, and file retained files of completed cases
· Perform end of month timekeeping duties
· Reconcile expenses claims and monthly expense report
· Complete the monthly office equipment usage report
· Process incoming and outgoing mail

09/90-01/97 Marshall's
Customer Service Coordinator
· Processed returns and exchanges
· Managed sales floor during work hours
· Scheduled breaks and lunches

EDUCATION: YORK COLLEGE (CUNY) Jamaica, NY
Secondary Education/Spanish
September 2005-Present

NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE Garden City, NY
Liberal Arts
Sept-1998-June 2005

SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Brentwood, NY
Sept 2003-June 2004

BRIARCLIFF COLLEGE Lynbrook, NY
Concentration in Office Technologies
August 1995-December 1996

AWARDS: SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD-JUNE 2000

REFERENCE: AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

SAMPLE LESSON ONE

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF :

SPANISH MADE EASY

OBJECTIVE: To introduce the Spanish language to my 6th grade class. This will be done using four educational resources.

Tutorial-This is a free online website that offers all the basic foundations of learning Spanish from the beginner to the advanced. Students can use it as an independent study aide.

http://www.studyspanish.com/freesite.htm

TOOL-Number Flash cards to help student build counting skills

http://www.jvlnet.com/~liliana/Spanish_Numbers.html

ENRICHMENT-This website teaches the lyrics and the music to the song “La Bamba”. The purpose is to help student develop listening skills.

http://www.musicalspanish.com/samplechapter.htm

REFERENCE: A picture dictionary for students. Picture images are used to enhance the student’s Spanish vocabulary.

http://www.pdictionary.com/spanish/browse.php?letter=a

SAMPLE LESSON TWO

Grade Level: 10th

Objective: This assignment is to test the students knowledge on the philosophy of nature

Intro: Sir Isaac Newton laid down the principles for the laws of nature. According to him forces such as the laws of mathematics, mechanics and gravity contribute to the phenomena of nature.

Task: In groups of three-five, students will create a PowerPoint Presenatation that defines Isaac Newton's Laws of Motion.

Process:

Reasearch topic thoroughly
Create a PowerPoint Presenation. The presenatation must include six slides (which include a title slide); there must be a total of three pictures, inside and outside animantion and a background

Resouces:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMhxuwm1DCY

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newton3laws.html

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/newtlaws/u2l1a.html

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/newton2.html

http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/newton3r.html

Evaluation:

Evaluation will be made based on thorough knowledge of the topic, the appearance of the presentation, grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Conclusion:

You should be more enlightened about the world around you and how it works. Thank God somebody did the hard work for you!!!