Elaine Whitehouse
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631-***-**** 631-***-**** cell
OBJECTIVE: Teaching position
QUALIFICATIONS:
Teacher at United Nations International School- grades 2, 4 and art
Grade facilitator
Professional editor and writer
Diplomatic community liaison experience
Supervisory Experience
Budget/finance experience
EDUCATION:
M.S.Sc. International Relations, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
B.S. Education, State University of New York, Oswego
Dowling College, Oakdale, New York -- School Administration and Supervision
TEACHING CERTIFICATION:
Permanent, New York State:
Social Studies grades 7 – 12
Nursery, Kindergarten and grades 1 – 6
Art
EMPLOYMENT:
1992 to 2013– teacher at UNIS.
• Grade facilitator from 2010 to 2013 and for two years in the 1990s.
• Writing committee
• Strategic Planning committee and its art sub-committee
• Math and art curriculum committees
• UNIS contract negotiation team 2000
• Chaired committee for school-wide art show in connection with the 50th anniversary of the United Nations
• Organized two receptions for the school community in 2004 and 2005 for the first UNIS school-wide student art show
1990-1992 - Istanbul International School
• Teacher grades 4, 7 and 8
• Supervised, trained and traveled with school team to the Academic Olympics in Prague
• Boy Scout co-leader
1989 - 1990 - United States Consulate, Istanbul, Turkey
• Secretary to the Consul General in the absence of his regular secretary – confidential position
• Family and community liaison officer in the absence of the regular officer
1982 - 1989 – U.S. Department of State, Embassies in The Hague, Netherlands, Stockholm and Oslo
• Admin/finance administrator
• Wrote and edited reports for U.S. policy makers
• Authored an index for a U.S. government manual
• Revised system for cataloging reports
Prior to 1982 – Taught at Converse School of Languages, San Diego, California; Taught in Norfolk, Virginia, San Diego and London, various grades and subjects including ESL, art, English and history.
PUBLICATIONS:
2005 to 2012– Editor of the award-winning Fire Island Tide, Newspaper, Inc. during the summer: www.fireislandtide.net