“It's a great mistake, I Michael

think, to put children

off with falsehoods MacConnell
and nonsense, when
their growing powers
of observation and
discrimination excite
in them a desire to
know about things.”
~Anne Sullivan~

St. Vincent College ‘09

Michael MacConnell Certification:

64 Spring Hollow Court
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15239
(412) 607-3056
mmacconnell09@aol.com
Special Education K-12
Elementary Education
Early Childhood
Middle School Math
Resume
EXPERIENCE Philosophy of Education
Youth Coordinator (6th-12th grade)
Plum, Pennsylvania Outstanding Lessons
Present
First Place Math Teacher (4th grade)
Murrysville, Pennsylvania
Second Grade:
August 2010 Technology lesson - Using the smart
board, students were introduced to their
Long Term Substitute (Special Education),
vocabulary words with interactive features
Murrysville, Pennsylvania
like erase and reveal, animated definitions,
May 2010 - June 2010
and matching games.
Long Term Substitute (2nd grade), Dinosaur Unit
Murrysville, Pennsylvania Life Size Dinosaurs - How big were
March 2010 -May 2010
dinosaurs? Students experienced first-hand
Instructor, Challenge Program The Teacher: how large dinosaurs were when helium
Latrobe, Pennsylvania “Teachers need to understand that not all students balloons were sent up on pre-measured
July 2009 - present learn at the same rate or at the same level as their string and dinosaur footprints stretched
Student Teaching (2nd and 5th grade), friends.” the school hallway!
Murrysville, Pennsylvania Fossil Digging - Using toothpicks to
Sept 2008 -May 2009
“Open their [students] minds, and hearts, to new, dig chocolate chip “fossils” out of cookies
Counseling Internship, is not as easy as it looks!
educational experiences.” Battle of the Dinosaurs - Students
Newark, New Jersey
January -May 2008 assembled two life-size dinosaur heads, the
“...fostering learning as a life long process. ” T-Rex and the triceratops. in the hallway.
Vacation Bible School Leader and Director,
Plum, Pennsylvania The Student:
Summer 2004 -present Fifth Grade:
“Each child has the potential to succeed.” Polygon Raps - How do you add music
Step-Up Drama Teacher,
Latrobe, Pennsylvania to math? Rap, of course! Students were
Jan. 2007 -Dec. 2008
“Students should take an active role in their own challenged to create an eight to ten line
education, by participating in hands on activities rhyming rap based on a given polygon.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE and experiences.” In true rapper style, song presentations
Venture Scout Leader were performed for the class.
Day Camp Assistant Director
The Classroom: 3-Dimentional Shapes - Students were
introduced to 3-D shapes by constructing
AWARDS “...through self discovery and inquiry based lessons.” them out of marshmallows and tooth picks.
Eagle Scout After models were built, “architects” identi-
Dean’s List “Promoting RESPECT for self, others, and fied vertex points, edges, and faces.
President’s Award Nominee environment…”
Who’s Who Among College Students
Square Cheese? (Area) - After singing
a song about area, students used Cheese-It
crackers to understand how area is found.