High School Manager

Jane M. Elfring

Communications Expert/Educator

**** ******** **. ( Springfield, Va. 22152

C: 703-***-****( H: 703-***-**** ( Email: ******@************.***

HIGHLIGHTS

. Communications Expert: Produced hundreds of news stories on deadline for

Alaska Public Radio station and various local news organizations.

Developed and delivered in-service training to teachers in my school and

district. Served on committee to develop and implement survey of

faculty and staff.

. Analytic Skills: Evaluated and prepared re-accreditation documents for

several schools. Chaired re-accreditation committees in my school and

prepared necessary documents for re-accreditation committees. Served on

four re-accreditation committees.

. Technology Skills: Completed on-line training in Microsoft Office 2007.

Exceeded all technology benchmarks established by the administration

and, through use of on-line testing and submission services, developed

an almost paperless classroom environment. I used these skills during

periods of extended closures during inclement weather to minimize our

loss of class time.

. Management Experience: 22 years of classroom management directing

activities of 120 students each day, preparing materials, controlling

paper flow and maintaining records (attendance, grades, conferences)

. Educator: Taught students in grades two through college, including

special needs students.

. Freelance Photographer: Published several photographs in Alaska

Geographic Magazine and Alaska Magazine.

. First-Rate Reputation: Consistently receive very positive performance

evaluations.

. Master's in Education: East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.

EXPERIENCE

Paul VI High School

Fairfax, Va.

TEACHER

1995 to 2010

. Prepared curriculum resources for six courses covering three grade

levels of college prep students.

. Developed teaching aids for special education students in self-contained

classroom setting as well as in the regular class setting. These

included writing and directing of plays to utilize the talents of

individual students.

. Developed an almost paperless classroom environment through use of on-

line testing and submission programs.

. Provided technical assistance to members of my department and other

faculty members regarding use of Smart Board and grading program.

Shared professional resources with faculty across the curriculum.

. Collaborated with faculty in other departments to improve student

instruction.

. Served as school legislative liaison with the Virginia Legislature for

education issues pertaining to private schools.

. Participated in School Connectivity Program, a collaborative project by

the US Dept. of State and Catholic Relief Services to connect US

students with students in the Balkan region.

. Developed personal website eight years before school mandate. Through

use of website, on-line testing site, and anti-plagiarism site, was able

to continue basic level of instruction through extended closures due to

inclement weather.

. Taught students research skills including evaluating sources, revision

of text and literary citations in MLA footnote and bibliography formats.

. Supervised community service program for eleventh graders and maintained

contacts with service supervisors at more than 30 facilities in the

Northern Virginia area.

. Coordinated overseas student service trips to work in villages on the

Haitian/Dominican Republic border and collection of school supplies,

2002-2004.

MY TUTOR

SPRINGFIELD, VA

ENGLISH TUTOR 1995-

1999

. Contract tutor for all levels and abilities, including special needs

students.

. Tutored at a Korean after school and summer program, working with

students from fifth grade through high school, in reading, writing and

literature.

St. louis School

ALEXANDRIA, VA.

TEACHER

1990 to 1995

. Taught junior high language arts.

. Served as Language Arts coordinator to ensure consistent curriculum

development.

. Directed textbook selection to meet curriculum guidelines.

. Supervised preparation of the school yearbook, It's Academic Team,

Shakespeare Festival, substitute teacher training.

. Developed incentive program for junior high students which encouraged

good behavior and academic performance.

The Daily Advance

Elizabeth City, N.C.

Reporter

1979 to 1982

. Covered state and local government, education and police news for local

news stories.

. Established contacts with Agricultural Extension agents and edited

weekly local farm news page.

. Developed contacts in the local high schools for weekly education page.

. Developed archive system to search for past articles by author, location

or subject.

. Wrote, edited and developed layout for special editions of the paper.

During the editing process, I made certain that legends and captions for

illustrations are complete and correct. To accomplish this, I worked

with appropriate staff and established an overall production schedule

for each publication project to ensure that necessary deadlines were

met.

. Researched, wrote and edited materials on a variety of subjects.

. Corrected errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation, making changes

as required to conform to official style guidelines, rewriting sentences

or passages as necessary to improve literary quality.

KMXT RADIO

KODIAK, AK.

NEWS DIRECTOR

1978-1979

. Wrote and edited local, state and national news for two 30 minute

broadcasts daily.

. Provided news coverage of local police, government and education events.

. Conducted live interviews with local government officials (School

Superintendent, Borough Manager, Borough and School Board members) as

events warranted.

. Developed and conducted weekly program with the director of the Council

on Alcoholism.

. Produced weekly half-hour round-up of the week's top news stores.

. Submitted stories to the Associated Press on issues of regional

importance.

. Instructed other staff concerning news collection and interview

techniques.

TECHNOLOGY TRAINING

Microsoft Word Google Earth Smart Board

Microsoft PowerPoint Podcast Google Docs

Microsoft Excel Photo Story Adobe

Photoshop

Microsoft Access Turnitin.com BlackBaud

Microsoft Outlook Classmarker.com (on-line testing service)

OTHER TRAINING

FEMA IS-0007, A Citizen's guide to Disaster Assistance, July 2010

FEMA IS-1-Emergency Manager-An Orientation to the Position, July 2010

FEMA IS-244-Developing and Managing Volunteers, August, 2010

EDUCATION

M.A. in Education

East Carolina University

Greenville, N.C., 1989

. B. A. in English

St. Joseph College

Emmitsburg, Md. 1972

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

. National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)

. Vienna Photographic Society (VPS)

. Photographic Society of America (PPA)

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

. Teen coordinator ECHO food bank, 2008-present-supervise teen activities

at the food bank such as sorting food, packing bags, general cleaning.

. Usher, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, 1995-present-

duties include assisting patrons to their seats, answering questions

about the park, crowd control, handling emergency situations, working

with Park Rangers.

. Grant evaluator, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Arlington-2007-2009-visit

facilities and interact with boards seeking grant monies for community

projects.

. Assistant Set-up Director, Group Workcamps, 2004, 2005-Inventoried all

supplies for worksites and verified deliveries to worksites. Inventoried

food deliveries and finalized all arrangements at the facility to be used

by staff and workcamp participants. Acted as liaison between workcamp

and the sponsor.

. Volunteer in Banica, Dominican Republic-June, 2002-assisted with

curriculum design and implementation in villages of education programs.

. Literacy Tutor, Elizabeth City, NC-1986-87-assisted adult learners in

skills necessary to become independent readers-assisted non-readers to

moderate readers through a variety of methods and high interest

materials. . Served as evening director of center several times during

director's absence.

. Director and Assistant Director of four community theatre productions at

the US Coast Guard Support Center, Kodiak, AK., 1976-78.

. Public Relations coordinator for Cry of the Wild Ram in Kodiak, AK., 1974-

77-prepared and mailed brochures and posters throughout Alaska and

Washington State, solicited contributions from major corporations to

defray production costs.

. Public Relations for the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts, Cape May, NJ,

1972-74-prepared weekly news releases for local papers concerning

upcoming events and a weekly flier listing local arts events for

distribution in local hotels and businesses.

REFERENCES

. Mrs. Virginia Colwell, Principal, Paul VI High School, 703-***-****,

********@******.***

. Dr. Anna Berger, Co-Chair, Paul VI High School, 703-***-****,

*******@******.***

. Mrs. Christine Desmarais, Options Director, Paul VI High School, 703-352-

0985, **********@******.***

. Mrs. Meg Brantley, Co-Executive Director, Ecumenical Community Helping

Others, Inc., 703-***-****, **********@***.***

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