Isabel Rooney English Teacher/Teaching Assistant
ISABEL C. ROONEY
P.O. Box 271 , Sharon, CT 06069 • Home:------------ • ------------
Education
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Degree in Literature, graduated May 2018 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
• Extensive English teaching apprenticeship (9th grade) in addition to rigorous graduate level coursework in both English literature and pedagogy, and a scholarly literary analysis/research project: “Yunior’s Narrative Strategies as Zafa: Writing to Heal in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”
B.A., English and Psychology, 2010 Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Teaching Experience
January – April 2018 Apprentice Teacher Hyde Park, New York Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School
• Taught 9th grade English in an integrated English classroom (4 sections of about 30 students each), simultaneously taught an Academic Intervention Services class (2 sections of about 7 students each)
• Worked in team teaching environment, designed and taught a 12 lesson unit on Oedipus the King; differentiated lessons to meet learning needs and styles of a diversity of learners with a range of English literacy skills
September – December 2017 Private Tutor Sharon, CT Employed by Mr. Rafe Churchill and Mrs. Heidi Hendricks at their home for daughter
• Created personalized, focused plan for approaching multifaceted boarding school application process for ninth grader at Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, CT and her parents; coached family in compiling compelling, quality application, resulting in student gaining admittance to boarding schools of her choice
• Taught student reading comprehension and pre-writing, writing, and editing/revising strategies, benefitting student in her work across subjects and increasing her academic confidence
September 2013 – May 2014 Private Tutor Sharon, CT Employed by Mr. Eddie Cania at his home for daughter
• Created personalized, focused plan for approaching the writing portion of the boarding high school application for eight grader at Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, CT; assisted her in producing a creative, well-written personal statement for her application, helping her achieve her goal of gaining admittance to boarding high schools of her choice
• Worked with her to improve command of English language, including providing constructive feedback on her grammar, spelling and punctuation, as well as her literary interpretation skills, resulting in her improving her literacy skills so much as to be selected to write and read personal essay at her eighth grade graduation
Other Work Experience
September 2011-May Present Founder and Designer, Isabel C. Rooney Semi-Precious Jewelry Self-employed Sharon, CT
• Founded jewelry business, sold to high-end boutiques in the northwest corner of CT and the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts; sold to to Passports Antiques in Salisbury, CT and Sanford Smith Fine Art in Great Barrington, MA
Languages
Spanish Literacy
June-August 2004 Student Quito, Ecuador Participant in Georgetown University’s Quito, Ecuador summer program
ISABEL C. ROONEY
P.O. Box 271 , Sharon, CT 06069 • Home:------------ • ------------
Education
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Degree in Literature, graduated May 2018 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
• Extensive English teaching apprenticeship (9th grade) in addition to rigorous graduate level coursework in both English literature and pedagogy, and a scholarly literary analysis/research project: “Yunior’s Narrative Strategies as Zafa: Writing to Heal in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”
B.A., English and Psychology, 2010 Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Teaching Experience
January – April 2018 Apprentice Teacher Hyde Park, New York Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School
• Taught 9th grade English in an integrated English classroom (4 sections of about 30 students each), simultaneously taught an Academic Intervention Services class (2 sections of about 7 students each)
• Worked in team teaching environment, designed and taught a 12 lesson unit on Oedipus the King; differentiated lessons to meet learning needs and styles of a diversity of learners with a range of English literacy skills
September – December 2017 Private Tutor Sharon, CT Employed by Mr. Rafe Churchill and Mrs. Heidi Hendricks at their home for daughter
• Created personalized, focused plan for approaching multifaceted boarding school application process for ninth grader at Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, CT and her parents; coached family in compiling compelling, quality application, resulting in student gaining admittance to boarding schools of her choice
• Taught student reading comprehension and pre-writing, writing, and editing/revising strategies, benefitting student in her work across subjects and increasing her academic confidence
September 2013 – May 2014 Private Tutor Sharon, CT Employed by Mr. Eddie Cania at his home for daughter
• Created personalized, focused plan for approaching the writing portion of the boarding high school application for eight grader at Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, CT; assisted her in producing a creative, well-written personal statement for her application, helping her achieve her goal of gaining admittance to boarding high schools of her choice
• Worked with her to improve command of English language, including providing constructive feedback on her grammar, spelling and punctuation, as well as her literary interpretation skills, resulting in her improving her literacy skills so much as to be selected to write and read personal essay at her eighth grade graduation
Other Work Experience
September 2011-May Present Founder and Designer, Isabel C. Rooney Semi-Precious Jewelry Self-employed Sharon, CT
• Founded jewelry business, sold to high-end boutiques in the northwest corner of CT and the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts; sold to to Passports Antiques in Salisbury, CT and Sanford Smith Fine Art in Great Barrington, MA
Languages
Spanish Literacy
June-August 2004 Student Quito, Ecuador Participant in Georgetown University’s Quito, Ecuador summer program