Samantha Onder

Samantha.onder@gmail.com (630) 605-0802 www.samanthaonderedportfolio.weebly.com

Permanent Address: 1952 Sherwood Place Wheaton, IL 60189 CAREER OBJECTIVE A position teaching Social Studies and/or coaching in a high school or middle school setting. EDUCATION University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bachelor of Arts in History Minor: Secondary Education CAREER EXPERIENCE DeKalb School District 428 Summer School Economics Teacher Responsible for instructing economics at the high school level Glenbard District 87 Substitute Teacher Responsible for implementing lesson plans, policies and rules of the absent teacher Responsible for informing teacher of what occurred during time away REQUIRED EXPERIENCE RELATED TO CAREER OBJECTIVE Larkin High School Student Teacher Taught World and U.S. History high school classes Responsible for planning and implementing units and daily lesson plans Responsible for evaluating student work Assisted as a coach for the boys varsity tennis team Centennial High School Pre-Student Teacher Taught several lessons on the Renaissance and the Middle Ages in a high school World Geography class Collaborated with cooperating teacher and other students to create lesson plans Jefferson Middle School Pre-Student Teacher Taught several lessons on the Civil War in seventh grade history classes Collaborated with cooperating teacher and other students to create lesson plans Chaperoned a trip to the Chicago Science and Industry Museum August 2007-May 2011 Cumulative GPA: 3.33 GPA in Major: 3.38 June 18-July 20 2012 DeKalb, IL August 2011-Present Glen Ellyn, IL

January 2011-May 2011 Elgin, IL

October 2010-November 2010 Champaign, IL

February 2010-May 2010 Champaign, IL

Franklin Middle School September 2009-December 2009 Pre-Student Teacher Champaign, IL Taught several lessons on the Constitutional Amendments and the concept of supply and demand in middle school history classes Chaperoned a trip to interview a World War II veterans for a project with students Champaign Central High School Tutor Responsible for tutoring high school students in algebra Created activities to review material with students Urbana High School Tutor January 2008-April 2008 Champaign, IL

September 2008-December 2008 Urbana, IL

Responsible for working in a study center to help students complete their homework in a variety of school subjects

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE RELATED TO CAREER OBJECTIVE Bear Paddle Swim School Swim Teacher Responsible for teaching children between the ages of two and eleven how to swim Responsible for learning and implementing the Bear Paddle swim curriculum Champaign Park District Camp Leader II Responsible for supervising children between the ages of five and thirteen Planned daily activities and coordinated activities with other camp groups Responsible for administering CPR and First Aid Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children Volunteer Responsible for establishing a medical records system Helped to create a health education curricula and health education initiatives for the children Supervised children, and created and implemented activities for the children HONORS Deans List, University of Illinois, Spring 2008

May 2011-November 2011 Aurora, IL

May 2010-October 2010 Champaign, IL

August 2010 Alajuelita, Costa Rica

REFERENCES Doug Ellett, Social Studies Teacher at Larkin High School, (224) 730-8448, dougellett@u-46.org William Connelly, Social Studies Teacher at Larkin High School, (630) 388-8058, williamconnelly@u-46.org Marilyn Denning, University of Illinois Secondary Education Supervisor, (847) 741-3563, denningm@foxvalley.net Michael Woods, Adjunct-Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois, (217) 244-8286, woods2@illinois.edu Sandra Eichhorst, Adjunct-Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois, (217) 244-8286, eichhrst@illinois.edu