JOHN EDWARD GALAGHER
179 Mount Sinai Avenue
Mount Sinai, N.Y. 11766
(631) 474-4003
OBJECTIVE
My objective is to continue expanding my professional development experience while expanding my consulting services.
SUMMARY
My three most valued qualities are my work ethic, professional attitude, and creative ability which are manifest in a goal oriented determination to achieve success on multiple levels. My ability to plan, delegate, and execute details of complex projects originates from work in a corporate environment as well as from my diverse university and teaching experiences.
EDUCATION
2000 75 additional graduate credits in technology and Education
1995 Master of Arts in Teaching Degree, English, Secondary Education, SUNY, Stony Brook.
1991 Bachelor of Arts Degree, English, The Federated Learning Communities minor, SUNY,
Stony Brook.
1989 Associate Degree, Liberal Arts, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY.
SPECIAL SKILLS AND INTERESTS
� A working knowledge of computer hardware and peripherals (projectors, scan converters, etc.)
� Operating systems [Microsoft Windows and some DOS]
� Application software:
Microsoft Office’97-2000 [From Word to FrontPage]
Adobe PhotoShop 6.0[graphic design], Webtricity 3-D Animator [gif animation]
Sonic Foundry [audio mixing]
Internet Explorer, and experience with raw HTML code Macromedia Flash, and other web elements.
CERTIFICATION
N.Y.S. Permanent Teaching License in Secondary Education
EXPERIENCE
1999- Instructor, MESTRACT (Mideast Suffolk Teacher Center, serving over twenty-one Long Island School
Districts) spring courses/instructors are listed at http://www.mestract.ieaccess.net. Office is located at Longwood Senior High, 100 Longwood Road, Middle Island, New York 11953-2000
q Teach Introduction to Computers offering in-service and graduate credit with The College of New Rochelle Graduate School.
q Teach Introduction to Microsoft Office for Business and Education offering in-service and graduate credit with The College of New Rochelle Graduate School.
q Teach Presentation Graphics I & II offering in-service and graduate credit with The College of New Rochelle Graduate School.
q Teach Web Page Design I & II offering in-service and graduate credit with The College of New Rochelle Graduate School.
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1998-Present Building Technology Mentor, Oswald Senior High School
Oswald Senior High, 100 Oswald Road, Middle Island, New York 11953-2000
q Chairperson of Building Software Review Committee
q Offer assistance to staff working on various projects.
q Sit on district wide committee.
1996-1999 English Teacher, Oswald Alternative Program
q Work with "at-risk students" as an English teacher ninth through twelfth grade.
1996-Present English Teacher, Oswald Central School District
q Created The English Channel, programming and design for over 3000 PowerPoint slides.
q Acted as one of two Regents Coordinators responsible for training and organizing the new six hour NYS Regents Exam in English
q Taught one, sixteen day, three-hour, 9th grade English course, during July, in cooperation with Suffolk Community College in the “Oswald Liberty Partnership Transition Program.”
q Selected for Suffolk Community College’s “Liberty Partnerships Program” as tutor.
q Worked extensively in the new computer center assisting students and faculty through instruction and troubleshooting while assisting in development of operational systems.
q Create, assign, and evaluate diagnostic assignments and skill building projects for R.C.T and Regents review preparation as well as for general student development.
q Work with special education faculty in the CIP program (Cooperative Inclusion Program) and parents for students with specific challenges or who seek help.
q Participate in faculty conferences, team meetings, disciplinary proceedings, department meetings, meetings with guidance counselors, coaches, the school nurse, social workers as well as students and parents.
q Introduced Oswald ’s new writing portfolio-tracking system to classes.
1995-1996 Student Teacher, Oswald Central School District
Oswald Senior High, 100 Oswald Road. Middle Island, New York 11953-2000
1994-1996 Security, Macy*s East of Federated Department Stores, Inc.
Lake Oswald International Mall, Lake Grove, New York 11755
1993-1994 Department Manager, Century 21 Department Stores
21 Cortlandt Street, at the World Trade Center, New York, New York 10007
1991-1993 Department Manager, Abraham & Straus, Federated Department Stores, Inc.
420 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201
1990-1991 Assistant to the House Manager, Staller Center for the Arts
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794
1989-1991 Resident Assistant, Division of Campus Residences at SUNY
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794