Jeremy Joseph VanDerKern

www.oocities.org/vanderkernj

JVanDerKern@sau29.org

Keene High School

Experience:

• Keene High School Language Arts teacher (08/04 to present)
• Drama Club advisor(08/05 to present)
• Fair Haven Union High School Language Arts Teacher(08/02 to 06/04)
• Taller Ants (tolerance workshop)(Summer of 2003)
• Flagler Palm Coast High School Language Arts Teacher (08/00 to 06/02)
• Flagler Palm Coast High School Language Arts Tutor (08/00 to 06/02)
• Flagler Palm Coast High School Newspaper Adviser (08/00 to 06/02)
• Flagler Palm Coast High School Freshman Class Sponsor (2000-2001)
• Flagler Palm Coast High School Sophomore Class Sponsor (2001-2002)
• St. John’s County Substitute Teacher (2000-2002)
• Youth Crisis Center Youth Care Counselor (1999-2002)
• Internship @ Sebastian Middle School, Florida (Fall Semester 1999)
• Practicum @ Gaines Alternative Center (Spring Semester 1998)
• Practicum @ St. Augustine High School (Spring Semester 1997)
• Teacher Assistant for American Literature at Flagler College (1998 School Year)
• Technology Crew for Flagler College (1997 School Year)
• Secretary and Publicity Chair for Intervarsity Christian Fellowship (1996-1997)
• Shores Methodist Day School teacher in St. Augustine, FL (1997-1998)
• Northshire Day School teacher in Manchester, VT (Summer of 1998)
• Special Olympics Volunteer (2001)

Education:

• Vermont and Florida 7-12 English Certification
• Criss Workshop Training
• ESOL TRaining
• Active member of Florida Scholastic Press Association, National Scholastic Press Association, the Journalism Education Association, the Student Press Law Center, and the Quill & Scroll honor society (2001-2002)
• Master’s class for Media Advisers at USF in conjunction with the American Society of Newspaper Editors (Summer 2001)
• Bachelor of Arts from Flagler College in English Education with a Minor in Psychology (December 1999)
• Honors and Dual Enrollment classes at Lake Placid High School, FL. (1996)

Hobbies & Talents:

• WFCF on-air guest personality and rock reporter
• Mac & PC friendly—I am comfortable with WORD, PowerPoint, Excel, FrontPage, Publisher, all Adobe products, Web design, Hyperstudios, LCD projectors, scanning, digital equipment, video production, etc.
• Creative writing—poetry, short stories, fiction
• Art—all mediums. I’ll draw on any clean surface with any instrument I can find
• Outdoors adventuring—camping, hiking, biking, kayaking, snow skiing, sailing, and snorkeling
• Clown school—visiting hospitals to make sick kids smile
• Novice pianist

Honorable Mention:

• Recipient of Reynold’s Memorial Teacher Scholarship
• Recipient of Rotary Scholarship
• Recipient of Alpha Delta Kappa Scholarship
• Recipient of Florida Vocational Gold Seal
• Recipient of Tomoka Heights Scholarship
• Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1999-2000)
• Flagler College Dean’s List (1998)
• KAPPA DELTA PI chapter Psi Rho