ELIZABETH BERLINGER

Current Address Permanent Address

1910 Robbins Pl. #305 14906 Sandy Creek Dr.

Austin, TX 78705 Houston, TX 77070

512-417-2088 281-257-3085

liztex26@mail.utexas.edu

EDUCATION The University of Texas at Austin May 2006

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

Certification: UTeach Program

Overall GPA: 3.13

EXPERIENCE

September 2002- University Presbyterian Church Child Development Center

Current Assistant Teacher

§ Work with children from 2 months to 5 years in age

§ Foster communication and learning

§ Help children learn personal development skills

§ Collaborate with staff and parents to plan educationally valuable lessons and field trips

§ Communicate daily with parents on the progress of their children

§ Ability to work with children of all ages and adapt to their age appropriate needs on a daily basis

§ Experience working with handicapped children

§ Continual training and on going education required (15 hours/yr)

January 2004- Crockett High School

May 2004 Classroom Interactions - UTeach Student Teacher

§ Taught 2 3-day lessons, each 1 hour long, to a Freshman Algebra I class

§ Was required to observe the classroom 1 hour/week for 7 weeks when I was not in the classroom teaching a lesson

§ Overall 13 hours of field experience acquired

§ Wrote and taught 6 lessons throughout the course of the semester

§ Recorded conversations with myself and students to analyze student-teacher interaction and questioning strategies

August 2003- Kealing Middle School

December 2003 Step 2 - UTeach Student Teacher

§ Taught 3, 1 hour lessons to a 7^th grade regular level Math class

§ Acquired 2 hours of observation time for a total of 5 field experience hours

§ Created and taught 3 in-depth lessons that helped solidify concepts the students lacked fluency in

January 2003- Pillow Elementary School

May 2003 Step 1 – Uteach Student Teacher

§ Taught 3, 1 hour lessons to a 4^th grade class

§ Worked with mentor teacher to create lessons that suited the student’s needs and took into consideration prior knowledge

§ Worked with handicapped children

HONORS & Recipient of AISD Scholarship – 3 Semesters

ACTIVITES Texas Lassos University Service Organization – 4 Semesters

SKILLS PC Experience: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Proven communication, interpersonal and presentation skills; work well in a team or independently

Excellent time management and organization skills, ability to multi-task under concurrent deadlines