Cara Lynn Johnson

West Virginia University   Morgantown, WV, Summer and Fall 2005 

     Technology Education Masters Program

University of Virginia  Charlottesville, VA, May 2003

     Master of Teaching in Elementary Education, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology 

Kaleidoscope Reading Tutor Morgantown, WV. 2004-2005.  Taught basic reading skills to a group of ten 1^st-3^rd grade students three afternoons a week. Covered areas of phonetics, comprehension, rhymes, and writing skills.

Substitute Teacher Monongalia County, WV.  2004-2005.  Taught grade PreK-6 students on an as needed basis for the county.

American Pacific International School Chiang Mai, Thailand. 2003-2004. Taught Grade 3 to a class of Thai national students at an international boarding school. Planned curriculum for new third grade position. Administered reading, spelling, and math inventories, and differentiated instruction to reach students at native speaker to ESL learning levels.  Responsible for after school activities for elementary/middle/high school students. Planned bi-weekly field trips for middle/high school students on weekends. Lived as a residential mentor in the dorm for middle/high school girls, and acted as a supervised study hall proctor for middle/high school students in evenings. 

Substitute Teacher  Albemarle County, Virginia Spring 2003. Taught grade K-5 students on an as needed basis for the county, including a  semi-permanent substitute position for three weeks at Stony Point Elementary.

4^th grade Teaching Associate Stony Point Elementary Fall 2002. Planned and implemented a 3 week unit on the culture of Western Africa prior to capture in the Slave Trade and the introduction of slavery to Virginia. Included technology, publication, and craft activities. Assessed entire 4^th grade on Rigby PM Benchmark reading scales.

2^nd grade Teaching Associate Baker-Butler Elementary Fall 2002. Assisted with setting up classroom layout and designing daily schedule. Prepared and implemented a 3 week unit on the States of Matter based on the Virginia SOL’s. Assessed student learning with a Multiple Intelligences assessment, including many  technology options.  Instructed word study groups.   

3^rd grade Technology Tutor  Venable Elementary Spring 2001.  Worked with a student to create a personal web page hosted on the school’s server using Microsoft Front Page program.

Internship

Virginia Museum of Natural History Intern Summer 2002. Served as a teaching assistant for nature camps for students in grades 1-3 and 4-6. Co-planned week-long camps on herpetology, entomology, and the uses of water. Also researched and created a museum exhibit for the 2003 bicentennial of the Lewis & Clark Expedition: Natural History Pioneers: The Flora and Fauna of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

Education Work Experience

Sylvan Learning Center Charlottesville, Virginia Summer 2000.  Worked as a resource and materials manager to arrange and distribute educational materials to teachers in a private tutoring setting.  Located the required books, manipulatives, records and folders to facilitate teachers. Supervised students before and after instructional times.

Community Leadership Activities

Literacy Volunteers Morgantown, WV 2005. Presently in the process of training to be an adult tutor, serving the needs of adults requiring special reading assistance in the Morgantown community. 

Big Sibling Program Charlottesville, VA 2001-2002. Spent several hours a week mentoring a  6^th grade girl in order to form a friendship and be a positive role model.  

Crisis intervention Hotline January 1999-May 2002 completed semester-long training course in empathetic listening to aid callers with variety of issues on a 24 hour a day confidential hotline; committed 40-60 hours per semester for 6 semesters. Served as a trainer of new volunteers.

UVA Alumni Co-Chair, Brown College Governing Board 2001. Maintained ties and facilitated communication with alumni who have graduated from the residential college. Planned a graduation reception for students and families.

Technology Skills

Proficient to fluent use of the following programs: iMovie, Appleworks and PowerPoint slide shows, Adobe Photoshop, Front Page Express, Inspiration, Kidspiration, KidPix. Also use of scanners, digital still cameras and digital video cameras.  

Research Experience

History of the Curry School: 1905-2005, Grant Funded Project Summer 2002. Searched University of Virginia records from 1885-2002 for articles about and images of Education School students to be used on a website and in a published book commemorating the centennial anniversary of the Curry School of Education.  

UVA Department of Psychology: Early Childhood Development Lab; Research Assistant 2000. Worked in a lab on theory of mind studies and managed experiments for graduate research. Also planned a lesson on gender role development for the Introduction to Child Psychology discussion section.

Publications

Rag & Bone, 1998-2002. Rag & Bone is a student run and published biannual literary magazine at the University of Virginia with a staff of 15.

¨       Editor-in-Chief 2001-2002. The Editor-In-Chief is the highest position on this magazine. Responsibilities include making final executive decisions, overseeing meetings, coordinating staff correspondence, and supervision of the production of one issue of the magazine per semester. 

¨       Literary Editor, 2000-2001. Made decisions on what literature is published, facilitated staff meetings when the Editor-In-Chief was absent.