My Work & Educational Experiences

Work Experiences

Ever since I turned 16 years old my Sophomore year in High School, I have been working in a professional atmosphere.

I began working in retail at Woodbury Common, located in Harriman, New York. Here, I worked at an outlet store for Calvin Klein, and worked there for my first 2 years of High School. When the store closed down, I immediately relocated to another outlet store for Polo Ralph Lauren. Here, I worked until my second semester of college, until they couldn't give me work hours that correlated with my school schedule.

I had numerous amounts of retail experience so not only was I able to find a new job, but I advanced to an outlet of higher pay and more responsibilites. Theory, which is a high-end clothing store, offered me a job as a Sales Associate-giving me responsibilities that I had never had before. After a few months of working for Theory, I came to a fork in the road. I could have decided to stay and advance my placement, or I could move on from retail al together and pursue my dreams of working with children and parents as an educator.

In February of 2004, I left Theory and moved on to a children's store known as Ariel's Child, which specializes in books, toys and teacher materials for special needs children through those who are gifted. I currently hold a key holder position at the store, and have been able to apply my knowledge from the store to my studies, as well as apply what I've learned through my school work to my store.

Aside from working at Ariel's Child I also substitute teach. I have been subbing in the Newburgh City School District for grades K-12 for the last 2 years, and enjoy every minute of it. Each day that I am in the classroom, I am reminded of the reasons for why I want to teach, as it pushes me even harder to succeed both in school and out, in order to achieve my goals of becoming a teacher myself.    

Educational Experiences

I attended New Windsor School, located in New Windsor, New York for grades K-6.

 Grades 7-9 I attended South Junior High School located in Newburgh, New York and then attended Newburgh Free Academy for grades 10-12, also located in Newburgh, New York. I graduated from NFA in 2003.

In Fall of 2003, I attended Orange County Community College located in Middletown, New York and graduated in 2006 with a Associates Degree in Liberal Arts. After graduating from OCCC I transferred to Mount Saint Mary College located in Newburgh, to earn my Bachelor Degree in Elementary Education and Special Ed, majoring in History. 

To see my completed resume, click below:

Samantha's Resume 

Technology

Over the course of the semester there are several different tools and resources that I have become familiar with.  These tools and resources have helped me complete assignments, and to create effective lesson plans.

Tools that I have used include:

PowerPoint

Smartboard

Microsoft Word 2007

Kid-spiration (allows you to create graphic organizers)

 There are also many websites that I have found useful!