Last update: March 2012
JAY HUERBIN
4109 Haldane Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15207
P. 724-766-2987 E. jayhuerbin@gmail.com SKYPE. jayhuerbin W. jayhuerbin.com
Interned at Chartiers Valley High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.), a Pennsylvania Classroom for the Future member school, for an entire school year…Experience with digital learning and literacies…Tutored high school English for Hampton High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.), a nationally recognized blue ribbon school… Member of the National Council of Teachers of English
EDUCATION
University of Pittsburgh School of Education June 2012
Master of Arts in Teaching in Secondary English Education 3.82 GPA
University of Pittsburgh May 2010
Bachelor of Art in English Writing with a Concentration in Journalism Dean’s List
Accompanying minor in Political Science with a Concentration in American Politics
EXPERIENCE
Intern, Chartiers Valley High School (Bridgeville, Pa.) August 2011-Present
- Planned, prepared and taught 12th grade World Literature (College in High School) for entire school year
- Observed teachers in all disciplines
- Expanded digital literacies in the classroom
- Initiated class wikis for collaboration
- Experimented with and utilized various technologies
- Focused on multimodal forms of literacy development
- Worked with special education and developed literacy tests and plans
- Counseled seniors completing the Future Life Experiences Program, a graduation requirement
Tutor, Hampton High School (Allison Park, Pa.) August 2010-June 2011
- Tutored weekly with a homebound high school freshman
- Collaborated with English teacher on how to teach homebound student
Sports Editor, The Pitt News April 2009-April 2010
- Managed a staff of 15 writers for a collegiate newspaper with a circulation of roughly 14,000
SPECIAL SKILLS
Experience utilizing blogs, wikis, online discussion and other digital learning strategies in the classroom to enhance student learning.
ACTIVITIES, AWARDS AND OTHER EXPERIENCE
Appalachia Volunteer Workcampers Program, volunteer 2004-Present
University of Pittsburgh Men’s Ultimate Frisbee, captain 2006-2010
Pittsburgh Ultimate Frisbee Youth Club, assistant coach 2009
References available upon request
Old resumes:
Teacher oriented (April 2011): PDF | DOC
Journalism oriented (2010): PDF | DOC
