High School College
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Brandon Robert Cooke
North Kingstown, RI 02852
Eckerd College
Saint Petersburg, FL 33711
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Eckerd College Organization of Students: Financial Affairs
I have spent the past two years as one of eight active members serving on
the board of financial affairs. We oversee the two allocations each year,
totaling of over $600,000 to some 93 clubs.
Eckerd College Organization of Students: Elections Committee
I am one of six members on the oversight committee to ensure transparent,
ethical elections take place, in a timely and accessible manor for all
students on Eckerd College's Campus.
Eckerd College: Faculty Candidate Assessment Committee
For the past two years I have one of twelve students engaging with
perspective faculty members, taking them to lunch and sitting in on mock
classrooms. We evaluate their performance and advise the chair of the
hiring board. The last candidate we endorsed was hired just after our
endorsement.
Narragansett Surf Rescue, Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882 -2006 through
2010
Five years of Lifeguard, CPR, First-Aid, AED, and Ocean Lifeguard
Certifications
Three Years Junior Lifeguard Instructor
YMCA of Greater Providence, West Bay Chapter 02852- Fall 2010
Opened at 6:30am Monday through Friday.
Current with Child Abuse Prevention Certification & Oxygen Certification
Coalition for Community Justice
I am currently spending three days a week facilitating adult education.
Some of my students are working towards their GED, while I am teaching
other basic MS Office skills (Word, Excel, Etc.)
Jerusalem School, West Bank, Israel- 2009
I spent a month teaching at the Jerusalem School in Bethlehem, in the
Palestinian part of the West Bank. The opportunity came about in my
mothers second year of voluntarily teaching third grade at the school. I
spent the month teaching the fifth and eleventh grade theology class and
physical Ed., in addition to co-teaching fifth grade math and English. Many
of the children I spent time teaching have behavioral issues that are part
of much larger issues faced within their community. This experience is the
primary reason I am pursing teaching.
Academy Prep, Saint Petersburg, Florida 33711 - 2009 & 2010
Academy Prep is a charter school located in south Saint Petersburg serving
fifth to eight graders in a impoverished community that only sees three out
of every ten black males graduate from public high-school. Ninty five
percent of Academy Prep's graduates are currently in high school, college,
or have already begun successful careers. I served at the school Monday,
Wednesday and Friday as a volunteer for their boys football program and
after-school tutoring program.
Youth Leader, North Kingstown Assembly of God,- 2008 through 2010
During the past three years worked through my church mentoring many teenage
youth, many come from lower income, single parent homes, and typically have
no positive male image in their life. I work with a team of youth leaders
who work together to represent positive male and female images in the lives
of these young men and women. We approach our work through prayer,
planning sessions, group learning, personal education, counseling and
coaching.
Peer Ministry, Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, Rhode Island 02888 -
2005 & 2006
As a junior and senior at an all boys school I worked on a team of 11 peer
ministers, led by the peer Ministry Co-coordinator and school chaplain. We
would take freshman and sophomore theology classes on retreat days to
discuss morals, sexuality, pain and suffering as "older brothers".
Vacation Bible School, North Kingstown, RI - 2003 through 2010
Each year my church hosts a week long vacation bible school. During this
week kids from local housing projects and neighborhoods come to our church
each night to learn and experience the love of God. I have always been
involved in almost all aspects of this week long event, from set up to tear
down. Our church is a close knit body of believers all relying on each
other to make it a success year after year. Something I am very proud to be
a part of.
Education
West Bay Christian Academy
Attended 1997 through graduation, 2002
Bishop Hendricken High School
Attended 2002 through graduation, 2006
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Attended Fall 2006
Eckerd College B.A. in Business Administration
Attended 2007 through graduation,
2011
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