MK MEGAN KERN
EDUCATION STUDENT
EMAIL EDUCATION
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, MATH & COMPUTER SCIENCE • CURRENT
[email protected] JUNIOR • BOSTON COLLEGE, CHESTNUT HILL, MA
o Current GPA of 3.824 as of July 2019
o Classes taken include Working with Students with Special Needs,
Learning Curriculum in the Elementary School, Family, School, &
Society, Child Growth and Development, Fundamentals of Math I,
Fundamentals of Math II, Computer Applications for Educators,
Number Theory for Teachers, and Geometry for Teachers.
WORK EXPERIENCE
STUDENT TEACHER • GARDNER PILOT ACADEMY • ALLSTON, MA •
SEPTERMBER 2019 – PRESENT
o Design and teach a series of six lessons on the purpose, stages,
and writing of empathetic autobiographies to a group of four
fifth-grade students
o Field questions and explain concepts in the fifth-grade
mathematics classroom during work time
DAYCARE TEACHER • NEW HORIZON ACADEMY • COON RAPIDS, MN •
JUNE 2019 – AUGUST 2019
o Monitored well-being of children aged six weeks to fourteen
months and provided support if they needed sleep, play, food,
changing, or any other aid
o Documented updates of each child regularly throughout the day
on the classroom iPad
o Managed and maintained the cleanliness of and stock of
materials in the infant classroom
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT • LYNCH SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
• CHESTNUT HILL, MA • JANUARY 2018 – MAY 2019
o Transcribed interviews to be coded for research on the role of
parental support in early childhood math development
o Developed card games that foster growth for particular math
concepts appropriate for early-elementary-aged students
o Tested math concept-related card games with kindergarteners at
a local elementary school to be adapted and improved
STUDENT TEACHER • MASON-RICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL • NEWTON, MA •
SEPTERMBER 2018 – DECEMBER 2018
o Facilitated many small group lessons in a fourth-grade classroom
where over one-third of the students were legally qualified for
services in special education
o Taught weekly lessons on reading skills to an emergent bilingual
student
o Taught a full-class lesson on sentence fragments and complete
sentences with 85% of the class scoring proficient on the
assessment
SUMMER CAMP COUNSELOR • YMCA MINNESOTA • SHOREVIEW, MN •
MAY 2018 – AUGUST 2018
o Successfully ensured the safety of forty kindergarten and first-
grade students along with one or two other co-workers as we
traveled from place to place on a bus as well as while we were on
the field trips three to four days a week
o Maintained the interest and curiosity of elementary-school-aged
children daily through enrichment activities such as water
games, crafts, and bully-prevention programs
TUTOR• PRIVATE • CHAMPLIN, MN • SEPTEMBER 2015 – AUGUST 2017;
MAY 2018 – AUGUST 2018
o Tutored a child with autism weekly in math and reading
o Developed strategies to maintain this child’s focus as he has
ADHD; strategies include: singing songs to remember particular
vocabulary words, having him draw pictures to assess his
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learning, and allowing him to use his interests as the content to
explain to me concepts in math
SUMMER INTERN • SPECIALISTS IN GENERAL SURGERY • MAPLE GROVE,
MN • MAY 2017 – AUGUST 2017
o Trained new interns into the company and its specific filing and
scanning system
o Transferred and scanned the entire library of medical files of
SGS into an electronic filing system systematically
NANNY • PRIVATE • MINNEAPOLIS, MN • JUNE 2016 – AUGUST 2016
o Entertained a four- and eight-year-old for eight hours a day by
creating many daily activities and safely transporting the
children from place to place by car, bike, and foot
o Guided a four-year-old child through daily math and reading
lessons with patience as there were many emotional breakdowns
on the part of the child
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE OR LEADERSHIP
TEAM MANAGER OF HEALTH COACH INSTITUTE • OFFICE OF HEALTH
PROMOTION • BOSTON COLLEGE • CHESTNUT HILL, MA • AUGUST 2018 –
PRESENT
o Provide education training for new health coaches in our
program specifically on time management, a facilitator’s role,
and motivational interviewing
o Facilitate individual appointments and group coaching sessions
on organization, planning, and a balance in health for both
mandated and volunteer participants
o Organize and staff programs that promote health in all areas of
one’s life across the campus of Boston College
o Meet biweekly with the leadership team to plan weekly meetings
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TOUR GUIDE • STUDENT ADMISSIONS PROGRAM • BOSTON COLLEGE •
CHESTNUT HILL, MA • JANUARY 2019 – PRESENT
o Lead groups of prospective students and their parents around
the Boston College campus, informing them of programs and
opportunities offered at this campus
o Attend regular training on diversity and inclusion as well as new
opportunities offered by Boston College
TUTOR AND MENTOR FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRL • MOTHER CAROLINE
ACADEMY • DORCHESTER, MA • NOVEMBER 2018 – MAY 2019
o Promoted good habits of studying and organization for a middle
school girl in Dorchester, MA
o Advised against behaviors such as cheating and laziness by good
example
o Attempted to instill an enjoyment for school and learning
VOLUNTEER FOR APPALACHIAN VOLUNTEERS • BOSTON COLLEGE •
CHESTNUT HILL, MA • SEPTEMBER 2017 – MAY 2019
o Participated in biweekly meetings involving speakers on various
issues of social justice followed by a discussion
o Built house frames in Grand Rapids, Michigan for a week with
Habitat for Humanity
o Built a porch, stocked items at and distributed items from the
local food shelf, and spent time with the members of the local
adult daycare in the community of Big Creek, Kentucky
BUDDY FOR A STUDENT WITH SPECIAL NEEDS • CAMPUS SCHOOL AT
BOSTON COLLEGE • CHESTNUT HILL, MA • SEPTEMBER 2017 – DECEMBER
2018
o Engaged my buddy in instrumental play and dancing during
music therapy
o Developed a trusting relationship with my buddy
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