High School Assistant

Stela Anguelova

Email: *****.*********@*****.***

INFORMATION

*** ******* *****, *** *, Ithaca, NY 14850

Telephone: 607-***-****

www.Anguelova.org

Pursue a mathematics teacher position at the high school or middle school level.

OBJECTIVE

M.A.T., Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY (06/2007-08/08/2008) GPA: 3.59 / 4.00

EDUCATION

Content: Mathematics Education

Action Research: Techniques for Developing Mathematical Understanding

Graduate Courses in Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

(08/2003-05/2006)

Completed 43 graduate hours (significant courses in Pure and Applied Mathematics,

and Mathematics Education)

MASS (Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters), Pennsylvania State University,

University Park, PA (08/2001-12/2001) GPA: 3.75 / 4.00

Honors Geometry and Relativity Research: Geodesics: The Newtonian Limit

Honors Algebra The Theory of Partitions Research: Generalized Ferrers Graphs

Honors Analysis of Fluid Flow Research: New form of the Continuity Equation in the

Framework of Relativistic Fluid Dynamics

B.A. with Honor, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA (08/1998-05/2002) GPA: 3.46 /4.00

Major: Mathematics; Minor: Business Economics

Thesis: A Study of Differential Geometry and Topology: Proof of the Gauss-Bonnet

Theorem for Surfaces in R3

Mathematics Department Annual award 2000, 2001, Mathematical Contest in

Modeling Participant 2001, Annual MAA Meetings Participant, Academic Honor List

1998, Dean s Honor list 1999-2002

Sofia High School of Mathematics, Sofia, Bulgaria (09/1993-05/1998) GPA: 6.00 / 6.00

Competed as one out of three members of the school s Computer Programming Team

Four years of Professional Training as Operator-Programmer, Certificate 1998

Student Teacher (3/2008-5/2008), Union Springs Middle School, Union Springs, NY

TEACHING

EXPERIENCE

Taught Math 7 and Math 8 (developed and implemented units on linear and quadratic

functions and on the Pythagorean theorem)

Student Teacher (01/2008-03/2008), Ithaca High School, Ithaca, NY

Taught Algebra 2 and Honors Geometry (designed and implemented units on

logarithms, the trigonometric laws, quadrilaterals and explorations in non-Euclidean

geometry)

Graduate Assistant (06/2007-12/2007), Education Department, Ithaca College

Collaborated with the faculty member responsible for the early field experience course

Supervised and assisted undergraduate education majors during their student teaching

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Tutor (01/2007 12/2007), Ithaca

TEACHING

EXPERIENCE

High School, Ithaca, NY

(Continued)

Completed AVID training and conducted tutorials with ninth grade students in

mathematics as well as in other disciplines

Teaching Fellow (08/2004-05/2006) - Mathematics Department, UNC Chapel Hill

Full responsibility for teaching undergraduate mathematics courses - taught four

semesters of Pre-Calculus and Calculus

(Designed personalized lesson plans, instructed, held office hours and review sessions,

monitored individual students performance and undergraduate assistant grader s work,

designed tests and assessed students performance)

Received positive evaluations from students, UNC Math Faculty and Education

Professionals who observed my classes each semester

Served as a Math Help Center supervisor

(Delegated tutoring duties, provided assistance to undergraduate tutors in the process)

Helped prepare the Fall 2005 common final for all sections of Business Calculus at

UNC and graded the graduate Differential Geometry course

Teaching Assistant (08/2003-07/2005) - Mathematics Department, UNC Chapel Hill

Completed a full semester teaching seminar course to become a more effective

instructor in the typical diverse UNC undergraduate student classroom

Conducted tutorials in the Math Help Center

Assisted faculty with grading assignments and held weekly office hours

Learning Assistant (08/1999-05/2002) - Mathematics Department, Agnes Scott College,

Decatur GA

Helped professors with the correction of course assignments and tests

Provided students with assistance for better achievement in the 100 level courses

Helped students prepare their homework assignments and projects

Information Technology Assistant (05/1999-05/2002) - Information Technology Services,

WORK

EXPERIENCE

Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA

Diagnosed and carried out the Help Desk duties, provided direct telephone assistance

to callers

Helped Design the ITS DataTel and German Department Websites

Upgraded campus machines, applied new patches and answered user questions

Set up several new computer labs on campus and provided computer lab assistance

Student Assistant (08/1998-06/1999): President s Office, Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA

Fulfilled educational projects such as student, faculty and alumnae surveys and

performed office research

Assisted in organizing the Board of Trustees meetings and hosted school events

Math Curriculum Geometry Project (2005 present) (independent endeavor)

ACTIVITIES

(Related to

Math Curriculum Algebra Project (2005 present) (independent endeavor)

teaching)

Student Guest Teacher, Frederick Douglass Academy, New York, NY (October 16-

19th, 2007)

Lunchtime Activities Program Volunteer, Boynton Middle School, Ithaca, NY (Fall

2007)

Library Volunteer, Northeast Elementary School, Ithaca, NY (Fall 2007)

Math Help Center Supervisor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

(2004 - 2006)

Math Help Center Tutor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2003 -

2005)

Private Mathematics Coach at the Elementary, Middle and High School Level,

(2000 present)

Teaching Instructor, Rakovsky Martial Arts Club, Sofia Bulgaria (1992-1998)

National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

MEMBERSHIPS

American Mathematical Society (AMS)

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

Computer Skills Language Skills

SKILLS

Matlab, Mathematica, Maple, WinPlot Tri-Lingual: Bulgarian (native), Russian and

Geometer s Sketchpad English

S-Plus, R, STATA German (completed intermediate college level

C++, Turbo Pascal, Q-Basic and literature).

Microsoft Office, Photo Shop Pro, ACAD

Initial Certificate (Mathematics 7-12) 09/01/2008 (expires 08/31/2013)

CERTIFICATES

& AWARDS

Passed the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations

LAST & CST (Mathematics) 12/9/2006

ATS-W (Secondary) 12/15/2007

Offered the G. W. Woodruff Fellowship

Selected as one of 10 advanced undergraduate students to participate in MASS 2001

Mathematics Department Annual Award, Agnes Scott College 2000, 2001

Student-Athlete Academic Honors List Award, Agnes Scott College, 2000, 2001

6th place in the National Mathematics and Computer Science Competition, 1997

3rd level (out of 4) in National Mathematical Olympiads 1993-1998

TEACHING PORTFOLIO AND REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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