Dana - 2010: Résumé

        Dana Edwards

5031 Pacific Village Drive

Carpinteria, CA 93013

Phone: (650) 380-9804

danajohnedwards@gmail.com

Objective:

I am currently on a gap year from Stanford University, looking for employment in the Santa Barbara area. With recent experience tutoring students and preparing them for tests such as the SAT, as well as a thorough enjoyment of the rewarding process of teaching, I would love the opportunity to work for Kaplan.

Availability:

I will be available to work through mid-September, when I resume studying, and then during the summer months in the upcoming years.

Skills/attributes:

• Solid understanding of SAT material and test-taking strategies. 

• Very strong written, grammar, and proofreading skills (wrote and edited for Cate School newspaper)

• Fluid communication and public speaking skills (gave several speeches in front of Cate School, including the Baccalaureate Address at graduation)

• Solid computer skills 

• Positive attitude

• Conversational Chinese (Mandarin)

• Logical thinking and problem solving abilities (also love math and science)

• Enthusiasm!

Experience:

• Dalian American Language School            September 2009 to January 2010 Dalian, Liaoning Province, China

English Teacher

I worked as an English teacher at a small, private school for extracurricular learning in Dalian, China. I tutored students one-on-one, and tailored the difficulty level and subject matter of each lesson to the ability of the student. Some were very young; I taught them simple vocabulary and pronunciation, played games, etc. Some were high school or college students; I taught them advanced reading comprehension, grammar, and pronunciation. I also tutored SSAT, SAT, and TOEFL, and helped many students with their essay writing and editing skills. Over the course of three months I taught more than 500 hours. During this time I lived with a Chinese home-stay family, learning the language and culture.

• Jeanine’s American Bakery                                   July 2008 to September 2008 Santa Barbara, CA

Waiter

I worked as a waiter at a local restaurant/bakery. I waited on tables, cleaned up, and helped with food preparation. I learned how to interact with customers in a professional setting.

• Pah Leurat Elementary School                                       June 2006 to July 2006                     Pah Leurat, Uttaradit, Thailand

English Teacher

I volunteered as an English teacher at a small elementary school in rural Thailand. I taught young children basic English vocabulary and grammar. 

Education:

• Stanford University, currently enrolled                                         Palo Alto, CA

• Cate School, graduated 2009                                                        Carpinteria, CA                                                    

High School Diploma, GPA: 3.92

I graduated from Cate School, a highly competitive, private, college preparatory school. I studied Chinese and have basic conversational skills. I focused much of my time and energy on English (literature, writing), contributing often to Cate’s newspaper, El Batidor, with editorials and essays, and also editing and proofreading the works of other staff members. In addition, I studied calculus, physics, environmental science, government, and US history, all at the AP college level. I scored a 2320 out of 2400 on the SAT test for college admissions. 

Other interests:

• Surfing

• Travel (lived on a sailboat with my family from 1999-2003, traveling throughout the South Pacific. I just returned from a five-month stay in China, teaching English in a city and then exploring the country on my own.)

• Dogs

• Photography

• Crossword puzzles