Kelly J. Taylor Tiller

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Agnes Scott College

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Objective: Using knowledge gained from Agnes Scott College's MAT program and past experience, I am currently seeking a position as a middle school Language Arts teacher.

EXPERIENCE

· Student Teacher, Freedom Middle School, February 2003 - April 2003
Taught four seventh grade Language Arts classes (95 students total) for nine weeks
Responsible for all classroom tasks, including hall duty, bus duty, cafeteria duty, attendance, attending conferences and grading
Developed lesson plans for nine weeks
Developed a unit based on Christopher Paul Curtis's The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963

· Museum Fellow, The Atlanta History Center, August 2001 - November 2001
Took classes to learn the inner workings of museum professions
Researched the Center's land ownership history
Began to develop a new Civil Rights Movement program for the Center's museum educators Helped begin programming between the Center and 10-15 Metro Area Boys and Girls Clubs

· Research Assistant to Dr. Martha Rees, Oaxaca, Mexico, Summer 2000
Interviewed women in 5-7 Oaxacan towns (in Spanish) based on family history and home-based businesses
Entered data on computer using Excel Wrote reports and compiled statistics based on the interviews
Researched Mexican, primarily Oaxacan, history

· Nursery Employee, Decatur First United Methodist Church, October 1998 - May1999, January 2002 - January 2003
Monitored children from ages 2 months to 11 years, alone or with other employees
Organized and distributed pagers to parents
Developed games and arts-and-crafts activities for children of various ages

EDUCATION

· Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia
Masters of the Arts Degree in Teaching Secondary English
Complete certification requirements July 2003
Degree conferred May 2004

· Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia
Cum Laude Bachelors of the Arts Degree in History
May 2001

· Maynard Evans High School, Orlando, Florida
Honors Diploma
May 1997