General Education Middle School

SAMANTHA M. RUDY

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

EDUCATION

Focused and driven student who regularly exceeds expectations. Both organizational and social skills are a priority when striving for leadership. Currently a college student entering her Senior Year studying General Business with a minor in disability studies and will graduate May 2023 with her bachelor’s degree.

Union Valley Elementary School/

General Education [2003-2009]

*Awarded the D.A.R.E. Essay Award

*Academic Achievement List

Ann A. Mullen Middle School/General

Education [2009-2012]

*Graduated with Honors

*Received the Presidential Academic

Achievement Award

Timber Creek Regional High

School/General Education [2012-2016]

*GPA: 3.50

*Accelerated Track

*Graduated - Class of 2016

*Inducted into the National Honor

Society

Rowan College of South Jersey/

Associates – Liberal Arts Education

[2016-2020]

*Was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa

Honor Society

Stockton University/Bachelors –

Business [2020-Present]

*Working towards a bachelor’s degree

in Business with a minor in Disability

Studies

EXPERIENCE (REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST)

2008 – Present – Babysitter

• I can babysit all ages of kids for any period of time. I show the parents that I am very trustworthy, dependable, and reliable. When I know that I am going to be babysitting for a while, I will bring activities that would best benefit the child at their age level. I also have experience babysitting two autistic boys from the time that they got off the bus until their mother got home from work. My job was to help them with their homework and follow their normal schedule to the best of my ability so that it was a smooth transition for when their mother got home.

2008- Present – Pet Sitting

• Our neighborhood is a very close “family like” neighborhood. Neighbors would hire me to take care of their pets (dogs, hamsters, birds) when they go on vacations. They give me the key to their house and it is my responsibility to make sure the animals are fed and left out (if needed) and safely back in the house before I leave.

2016 – 2017 - Busser – Villari’s Lakeside Restaurant

• As a busser, my duties were to make sure all the tables were cleaned and set properly. When a party was sat down, I was to come and fill the glasses with water and bring them out bread. I would regularly go over to clear any empty plates that were in the way to give them more room on the table. When the party left, I would go over to the table, finish clearing it, clean it, and reset it properly.

• I also would sometimes be a food runner where I would just run different food orders to tables if their server was busy. 2017 - 2019 – Teacher Assistant – Children of America (Sicklerville)

• As a Teacher Assistant, I would greet the children when they come in. Depending on what age group I was working with that day, I would make sure they had a fresh diaper and then sit them down for breakfast. I would go about the day following the schedule, making sure that their diapers were changed on time (if necessary according to age group) and their meals were being served on time.

2019 – 2022 – One to One Aide – Erial Elementary

• As a One-to-One Aide, I am assigned to a student. I follow his daily schedule following him from one class to another making sure that he does the work that he was assigned and helping him if needed. I also encourage him to use good behavior and communicate when he is having a hard time with something whether it be focusing, remaining calm, not getting upset, or doesn’t understand the assignment that he is doing. I also assist the teacher in any way that is needed. 2022 – Present – Paraprofessional – C.W. Lewis Middle School

• As a Paraprofessional, I am responsible for ensuring all copies, packets, and laminations are completed as requested by the teacher. I am responsible for helping the teacher keep the classroom organized as well as assuring that the students are current in all of their daily activities and studies. When students are working on assignments, I am responsible for encouraging them to attempt it on their own but supply support if they do not understand the material. I assist the teacher in having the activities for the day set up. I am responsible for taking students to their specials. When the teacher needs to step out of the room while the students are completing their work, I am trusted by the teacher to oversee the students. I am also responsible for making sure that students remain as quiet and as calm as possible during safety drills throughout the school year. Finally, I am responsible for creating respectful relationships with students while also helping them learn how to be respectful and kind to others and themselves. 2023 – Present – Classroom Assistant – YALE School As a Classroom Assistant, I am responsible for working one to one with one to two students on a rotating schedule working with them on learning simple educational tasks as well as how to complete every day tasks (example: brushing teeth or brushing their hair). At the end of each day I log in data (tasks that were mastered, opening new tasks, and logging behavior) for the student that I am assigned to keep track of information for. I also ensure that all of their materials are up to date to make it easier to work with the student. Making sure that the classroom is organized and materials that are needed for group are set up is another responsibility of mine. When working with a student, we use a no fail system where we give the student a task and immediately correct them if we see that they are about to get task wrong (an example would be we lay 3 index cards out with the colors red, blue, and yellow on them and tell the student to touch the color blue, if we see them go to touch red or yellow we would immediately point to blue and say “this is blue” and have them try again while giving them positive reinforcement. Finally, I am responsible for making sure that students remain as quiet and as calm as possible during safety drills throughout the school year.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVTIES (EDUCATION)

Timber Creek Regional High School

• National Honor Society (2015-2016)

o Inducted in January 2015

o Help come up with solutions to make our school better. o Organized fundraising walks to help get clean water in countries that don’t have it.

o Organized tutoring sessions after school for students of all grades.

o Organized a pasta dinner/basket auction to help raise money for our school programs

o Attend monthly meetings

• Buddy Club (2014-2016)

o Organized parties with the connecting high schools for the students with special needs

o Organized different events, soccer training, prom, etc., for special needs students within the school district

o Helped special needs students feel like they are one of us and lead a normal life.

• World Language Club (2012-2016)

o Organized different fundraisers to help the club raise money for activities

o Organized trips to Washington D.C. as well as other states. o Organized “parties” and the World Language National Honor Society ceremony.

• Student Council (2012-2016)

o Organized and set up for school functions (Homecoming dances, back to school nights)

o Attend monthly meetings

o Organized fundraisers to help the school be able to buy new equipment and new supplies that were needed

• Student Executive Board (2012-2016)

o Organized fundraisers to raise money to be able to pay for things like Prom.

o Meet monthly to update others on happenings and sign up for assignments.

o In the beginning of the year, the executive boards for each grade compete against each other to see who can decorate a hallway the best.

Each grade is assigned a hallway to decorate and there is a theme. Within the theme that is chosen for that year, each grade has to think of something

creative for that theme and decorate the hallway that way.

• Photography Club (2013-2014)

o Attend bi-weekly meetings.

o Attend various school events and take pictures throughout the event. The next day, we have to go to the teacher and giver her the SD card to the camera so she can add the pictures to her computer.

o The meetings consisted of taking those pictures and resizing them to fit into a pre-printed border.

o We print the pictures out, cut and place them into the borders.

o Some were placed in the school showcase for anyone to see some of the events that have happened over the years. Ann A. Mullen Middle School

• Hero Club

o Organized fundraisers to help the less fortunate families. o Collected canned goods for families that wouldn’t have food on Thanksgiving.

o Donated plants to the school garden.

o Collected varieties for car and dog supplies and donated them to a no-kill animal shelter.

o Asked for money instead of candy on Halloween to collect money for UNICEF

NON-PROFIT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

South Jersey Storm Twisters Cheerleading (2012-2021)

• South Jersey Storm Twisters is a team of approximately 25 special needs individuals ranging in age from 3 to 40 years old. I started out as what is known as a “buddy” to specific individual where I would be in charge of making sure they got to their spots on time. St. Charles Borromeo Religious Education Center (2012 – 2016)

• Religious Education (CCD) Teacher’s Aid:

o I am a teacher’s aide at CCD, but soon I will become a full- term teacher. In this position I was required to help teach 5th grade CCD, I would help the teacher keep the kids under control and help her teach them the lesson for the day. If the teacher was not at class that day, I would take over the class. Sometimes after my class was done, if they were short on a teacher, I would fill in and take over the class even though I have never met any of them before. It doesn’t matter what grade it is, I would just go in and teach the class

• Summer Camps:

o I was a photographer for the camp called “Camp Joy”. The children that attend the camp are split up into groups that are led by an older kid. Each group goes to different

“stations” or activities that they are scheduled for. At each activity teaches them about a different part of their religion. They spend a part of their day learning songs and dances that they will perform at the end of their

weeklong camp session. I go around to each group and take group shots and little videos of the children sending a message to the leader of the camp. I would also, during their lunch, each kid individually and take their picture that will be framed and given to them later

on. Throughout the camp I would work on a video that will be shown after the performance on their last day of camp. I would also take pictures of their performance and quickly add them to the video before everyone came back.

• Religious Education Center Office:

o When I wasn’t teaching CCD, I was working in the office of the CCD building. On the days that the teacher was here, if she did not need me, I would go to the office and help out up there. I would record the attendance of kids in each class into a notebook. I would run papers to classes that needed them. I would sort the attendance folders into the corresponding labeled cubby. If there was something going on that all the classes of CCD had to go to, I would help organize it and help direct it.

• Summer CCD Teacher’s Assistant

o I assist a teacher in teaching 3rd grade CCD. I also, when needed to, sub for other grades. I take the class to each activity that is scheduled for them. I help them learn about their religion while also making sure that they have fun learning it.

• Other Events throughout the Year:

o Annual Trunk or Treat at Halloween – help with kitchen duty as well as children’s activities

o Breakfast with Santa - Was an “elf” and assisted children to and from stage to visit Santa; also set up and helped with clean up

o Communion Retreat – Assured all the Children were seated and participating in the day’s activities; helped with snacks, set up and clean up

o Confirmation Retreat - Assured all the Children were seated and participating in the day’s activities; helped with snacks, set up and clean up

Highland Youth Soccer Club (2006-2009)

• I used to help set up and help sell items for snack-stand. I would help set up the displays that showed what we had and were able to sell. I used to get the items that people needed and made sure that they had everything that they needed and see if they had changed their mind about something. Once they were certain with what they wanted I would take money from the customers and make change.

OTHER INTERESTS

Dance

• Mainstage Center for the Arts (2013-2015)

o Sr. Hip Hop Performance

Attend weekly classes

Performance in Annual Recitals held at Camden

County College

o Hip Hop Company

Attended extended weekly classes in addition to

Hip Hop classes.

o Performances included but were not limited to the Blackwood Pumpkin Festival; various Christmas shows, Mainstage Open House as well as performance in the Annual Recitals.

• Eden School of Dance (2004-2014)

o Ballet, Tap, Jazz, and Hip Hop

o Ballet course was danced using sign language for the words

o Attended weekly classes

o Performance in Annual Recitals held at Timber Creek Regional High School

• ChesterBrook Academy (2002-2003)

o Pre-School Ballet

o Attended class weekly as part of the Day Care routine o Instructor from Local Dance Studio was contracted to come to the school and teach

o Small “in-house” performance for family and friends at the end of the year.

Theatre

• J Anderson Talent and Modeling (Summer 2008)

o Modeling, Role Playing, Runway, Drama, Cosmetology

The first three weeks we were taught how to:

• Audition for a part

• Be a background character

• Memorize lines

The last three weeks we were taught how to:

• Apply makeup for modeling

• Walk a run-way

• Make sure your posture was perfect

• Put outfits together

• Pose

Final Session was a photo shoot with a

professional photographer to use as a portfolio

Access to casting networks website (if desired) to post photos for possibly modeling positions

• Mainstage Center for the Arts

o Summer Stage Program (Summer 2008)

Attended a “full-day” camp from June – August

Grades 6-12

Practiced songs, dances, and parts for parts in the Season Final Performance

Attended a session to learn to apply Theatrical

Makeup and Hair

Came together with the other kids of the camp to do final performances.

Performed as background part in Willie Wonka

and a Disney Spectacular Finale

o Dance Explosion (2010-2013)

Summer Dance Program

Perform Broadway themed show tunes as part of

our dance recital

Rehearsed company dances

Were able to choreograph dances to songs picked

by students

Were selected by fellow dancers to perform in

dances they were choreographing

Performed five dances in the recital at the end of the summer.

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