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Amy Jones 210 Park Drive Mountaintop, PA 18707 570-678-5794

Amy Jones 210 Park Drive Mountaintop, PA 18707 570-678-5794. Philosophy of Teaching Why I Teach The Student and The Teacher About Me Education Experience School and Community Involvement References Pictures. Philosophy of Teaching. Your future is your present

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Amy Jones 210 Park Drive Mountaintop, PA 18707 570-678-5794

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  1. Amy Jones210 Park DriveMountaintop, PA 18707570-678-5794 • Philosophy of Teaching • Why I Teach • The Student and The Teacher • About Me • Education • Experience • School and Community Involvement • References • Pictures

  2. Philosophy of Teaching Your future is your present Your present is your past. Your world shapes you Your world judges you. Your past changes you Your past shapes you. Your future will judge you Your world judges your past. The inside is the key The outside is a result. The surroundings are a mystery. Propaganda, Proposition With the right catalyst you grow With the right growth you ignite. You become the catalyst And your present is your past Their future is your present. ~AEJ~

  3. Why I Teach • To make a difference • To change lives • To create a better future • To share my love of knowledge with my students • To witness miracles • To help young dreams become reality • To work at making the world a better place • To inspire others • To exhibit my gifts and help others find their own • To encourage students to walk taller and reach higher

  4. What is a student?? • An open book, waiting for a story to be written • A keystone in the architecture of our future • A person; with feelings, thoughts and ideas all their own just waiting to be shared • A life waiting to be changed • A reminder to keep smiling, keep learning, take risks, ask questions and never take yourself too seriously • A unique history shaped by a one-of-a-kind life.

  5. What is a teacher? • A parent • A mentor • A role model • A friend • A leader • A facilitator of knowledge • A psychologist • A nurse • A coach • A guardian angel

  6. About Me • I am 26 years old. • I grew up and currently reside in Mountaintop. • I attended Rice Elementary and Crestwood High School. • I played field hockey, soccer, basketball and softball in high school. • I attended Bloomsburg University for my Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education. • I played field hockey at Bloomsburg. • I have been substitutinging in the Crestwood School District elementary schools for the past 3 years. • I was the co-director of the 5th and 6th grade play at Rice in 2007 and 2008. • I have been an assistant varsity field hockey coach at Crestwood since 2007. I became a teacher to follow a dream of changing lives. Some of the most important role models in my life were teachers. I wanted to be the spark in the lives of my students that those teachers were in mine.

  7. Education Crestwood High School Mountaintop, PA Graduation June 2001 GPA 3.7 Bloomsburg University Bloomsburg, PA Graduation May 2006 GPA 3.2

  8. Experience Long Term Substitute Position Rice Elementary School Mountaintop, PA 18707 Fifth Grade Language Arts 2008-2009 Elementary Substitute Teacher Crestwood School District Mountaintop, PA 18707 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 Student Teaching Second Experience Wyoming Valley West Dana Street Elementary Center Forty Fort, PA 18704 Second Grade

  9. Experience Student Teaching First Experience Wyoming Valley West Chester Street Elementary School Kingston, PA 18704 Fourth Grade Professional Practicum Philadelphia Urban Seminar Francis E. Willard Elementary School Philadelphia, PA 19134 First Grade

  10. School and Community Involvement Volunteer Field Hockey Coach Wyoming Valley Sports Dome Fall 2005-2007, Winter 2006-2008, Summer 2006 *Coached an indoor junior high field hockey team 6th through 8th grade *Coached an indoor varsity field hockey team 8th through 12th grade Homebound Instruction Fairview Elementary Winter 2007 *Worked with a 5th grade student who was homebound for medical reasons Play Co-Director Rice Elementary Spring 2007, 2008 *Co-directed the play for 5th and 6th grade students

  11. Elementary School Tutor • Rice Elementary • Winter 2007, Spring 2007 • *Worked with a 3rd grade student in various subjects to strengthen skills • Winter 2008, Spring 2008 • *Worked with a 3rd and 4th grade student in Math to strengthen skills • Spring 2008, Summer 2008 • *Worked with a 5th grade student in Language to strengthen writing skills • Summer 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009 • *Worked with a 5th grade student in Reading and Math to strengthen skills • Spring 2009 • *Worked with a 3rd grade student in Math to strengthen skills • Relay for Life • 2000-Present • Hoops for Hope • Spring 2008 • Locks of Love • Spring 2008 • Food Bank Can Drive • Spring 2008

  12. Mrs. Heather McConnell Rice Elementary School Mountaintop, PA 18707 570-868-3161 Mrs. Dee Higgins Fairview Elementary School Mountaintop, PA 18707 570-474-5942 Mrs. Carolyn Boone Fairview Elementary School Mountaintop, PA 18707 570-474-5942 References Mrs. Cynthia Hettinger Rice Elementary School Mountaintop, PA 18707 570-868-3161 Mrs. Elvetta Gemski Crestwood High School Mountaintop, PA 18707 570-474-6782 Mrs. Catherine Thomas Rice Elementary School Mountaintop, PA 18707 570-868-3161

  13. Pictures Bio Poems, Stomp and Mardi Gras Masks When my time began with the students, I wanted to get to know them better. I also wanted them to know me better. We all created a bio poem which showed facts and pictures about ourselves. They were very creative with theirs!! It really helped to build a respect between all of us. During my time in fifth grade the students also were able to join a Stomp group after school. I have since heard many of my musicians when I am working late, but they sound great! On Fat Tuesday the fifth grade learned about Mardi Gras in Language class. We talked about its history, how it has changed and how it was affected by Hurricane Katrina. We then created and wrote about a Mardi Gras celebration of our own in Mountaintop. The students finished the lesson by making these wonderful masks to go with their writing!!

  14. The Walden Project • The students learned about Robert Frost, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman. • They were exposed to the biography of each author and several of their works. These works were used to help explain various themes in Language that help produce better writing. • The different groups explored books of the authors' writing and created a work of poetry or prose of their own with an illustration to present to the class. • The projects turned out wonderful!!

  15. During the Spring of the 2007 and 2008 school years, I was co-director of the 5th and 6th grade play. I also specialized in working with the students to develop the scenery. Both “A Stone in the Road” and “Monster in the Closet” were a big success! There are also some memories from subbing that I never would have expected but will surely never forget! The Red Hat Society and the Hoops for Hope are two examples.

  16. In the Spring of 2008, the food bank was running low on donations. I helped to arrange and carry out a can drive at Rice Elementary. The classroom with the largest amount of cans donated got to cut my hair for Locks of Love. Mrs. Geisler’s first grade class did an amazing job and won the prize of being able to cut two donations from my hair, each more than a foot long!

  17. One of my favorite things to do outside of the classroom is coach field hockey. There is something special in each athlete that you may not get to see in a classroom. Athletics help a lot of students come out of their shell and find themselves. In the summer of 2007, I left my job as the varsity assistant coach at Wilkes University to join Mrs. Gemski as an assistant for Crestwood. It has been an honor and privelege to work with her the past two seasons and I look forward to learning as much as I can from her.

  18. Final Thoughts More than to give information, a teacher needs to help guide a student’s mind to think, and even beyond that, to help him shape his character. Giving information is easy. Forming a thinking mind is hard. And shaping a strong character is hardest of all, partly because it must be shapes mostly from within. Giving information is only the beginning of a teacher’s responsibility; the end is to stimulate, excite, motivate, life, challenge, inspire. -Irv Furman “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” -Marianne Williamson

  19. Thank You Thank you very much for your time and consideration today.

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