Resume

• Southside Elementary School. Dinwiddie Virginia 1999-2002. For the past three years, I have been the technology instructor in a computer lab of a primary school. Special education students were a special concern.
• Famous Americans on Universal Class. I am teaching an online course for home schoolers based on the Famous Americans developed on Mrs. P's Links. The course is available at  http://home.universalclass.com/i/socialsciences/amerstudies/classes/3003.htm
• Nottoway High School. For 13 years, I taught both self-contained and resource students in special education for learning disabilities and mental disabilities.  While there, I began to develop the use of the Internet to enhance  instruction in reading and writing. During my years at Nottoway, I served as department head, participated in school assessments, mentored new teachers, and trained teachers in the use of technology. I also sponsored the school newspaper.

Skills:

• I am skilled at developing lessons and activities that are successful and engaging.
• I am skilled at interpreting the SOLs so they can be mastered by students with special needs.
• I am skilled at using technology to augment and supplement traditional methods.
• I am skilled at helping students use the computer and Internet for learning.
• I am skilled at developing a classroom environment that is warm and nurturing but conductive to learning.
• I have good classroom management and organizational skills

Publications:

• Book Chapter: 1995. Hampton Press "Computer-Mediated Communications and the Online Classroom. Chapter 5: CMC and the Educationally Disadvanted Student." This chapter describes the online experiences of Nottoway special education students during 1992-93. Co-authored with Robert Zenhausern, St. John's University.

• Articles:
  • 1997 International Technology and Disabilities Newsletter "Technology Blooms in Special Education Classrooms"
  • 1995 In Press: The Adult LD: with Robert Zenhausern, St. John's University, and Lois Elmont.

• Websites:
  • Mrs. P's Links http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/mrsp contains links and lesson content pages for primary and elementary students in all basic subjects.
  • Famous Americans http://www.educatiohnalsynthesis.org/famamer  contains links and lesson content pages for all primary and elementary Famous Americans SOLs, plus some other Famous Americans not named in the SOLs. There are interactive quizes by grade levels for the SOL Famous Americans.
  • Academy One  http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 This was the flagship Pavilion in the Academical Village on Virginia's PEN.
  • The Battle of Five Forks http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1/fiveforks a site about this interesting battle at the end of the Civil War.
  • Educational Synthesis http://www.educationalsynthesis.org   contains education projects developed by the Enabling Support Foundation. .
  • The Zman Projects http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/zman contains online instructional projects created by Mrs. Pemberton and Dr. Robert Zenhausern.

Education:

My education has been a life-long enterprise. I recently earned a Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning.from California State University at Hayward. My Degree is from Virginia Commonwealth University - a BS in Special Education. My post gradeuate courses have been in special education and technology.

Certification:

• Graduate Professional Teaching Certificate for the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1982. I am endorsed in Special Educaton for Learning Disabilities and Mental Handicaps.
• Train the Trainer Certificates: Virginia's PEN, 1993; Va. Society for Technology in Education, 1997

Details supporting  this resume are available at http://www.erols.com/stevepem/CurVitae.html

References will be provided upon request.

Page created May 28, 2002. Anne Pemberton. Updated August 13, 2002. AP