Scott Baker

492 W. 9th Street
Cookeville, TN 38501
E-mail: swb8947@tntech.edu

 

Phone: (931) 372-8443
or (931) 520-7844

Philosophy

Teaching is far more than telling kids what they should do and know. Teaching is guiding, coaching, personalizing, patience, and caring.

Employment

Mathematics Instructor/Tutor
January 2000
Sylvan Learning Center
Cookeville, TN

  • Instruct up to three students per hour in individualized material and report progress daily.

  • Teach students from first grade level to senior level. Subjects include all elementary topics, Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1 & 2, Geometry, and Pre-Calculus.

Graduate Assistant
January 2000
TTU Department of Mathematics
Cookeville, TN

  • Tutor college math students for a minimum of twelve hours per week. Subjects include Pre-Calculus, Calculus 1, 2, & 3, Trigonometry, etc.

  • Maintain a 3.0 GPA as a full time graduate student.

  • Attend graduate level mathematics seminars.

  • Substitute as needed for absent instructors.

Hall Director
1998 - 1999
TTU Office of Residential Life
Cookeville, TN

  • Responsible for the supervision of 4 to 10 Resident Advisors, reporting condition of dormitory facilities, first response in crisis situations, and customer service on behalf of the Housing office.

  • Helped organize and implement new hiring protocol.

  • Helped train up to 50 Resident advisors per semester.

Engineering Assistant
1997 – 1998 (summers)
Sprint PCS
Knoxville, TN

  • Aid implementation engineers during the initial stages of installation of digital telephone service to Knoxville.

  • Supervise installation of major equipment on sites.

  • Inspect job sites for progress updates.

  • Conduct minor tests of hardware at tower sites.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Secondary Education in Mathematics
1995 - 1999
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN

  • Student teaching experience at both the middle and high school levels (see references)

  • QPA: 3.3 ; 5 semesters on Dean’s List

  • QPA within major (education): 4.0

Skills
  • Word processing, spreadsheets, HTML programming, Internet navigation, and other basic computer operations for most systems (including Microsoft, Macintosh programs, etc.).
  • TN teaching certificate for Secondary Mathematics.

References

References and portfolio available upon request.
Samples from my portfolio are now available through my Virtual Portfolio