Danuta Janiszewski

Kansas City, MO 64110 Janiszewski89@gmail.com EDUCATION Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA May 2012 Bachelor of Arts in Bachelor of Arts in Critical Social Thought and English with Honors, Cum Laude 3.54 Cumulative GPA Awards: Robert P. Sibley Award, Awarded Honors on undergrad thesis: "Rise Above, Were Gonna Rise Above!": The Symbolic Practices and Semiotic Conversations of American Early Hardcore Punk Activities: in*Touch Sexual Health Educators; MHC Film Collective; Student Liaison to Critical Social Thought Dept. University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO Awards: National Honor Roll CERTIFICATION State of Missouri Middle School Education Provisional Certificate State of Missouri Secondary Math Provisional Certificate August 2012 May 2014 4.00 Cumulative GPA January 2013 January 2013

EXPERIENCE African Centered College Preparatory Academy, Kansas City Public Schools, Kansas City, MO August 2012-Current Middle School Math Teacher Developed, planned and executed mathematics and multicultural lessons for over 120 7th and 8th grade scholars per year. Designed and administrated interactive units on mathematical standards necessitated by the state of Missouri. Attended and participated in parent conferences, faculty, content data team and IEP meetings and Professional Development. United Nations Association of Georgia, Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia Youth Division Intern Collaborated on the UNAs Refugee Project by working on social media exposure and advertisements. Authored Model UN Winter Camp games about political, global and cultural topics for Georgian youths. Presented lectures on American cultures/interests and tutored English lessons to university-level students. January 2010

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE Teach For America, Kansas City, MO June 2012 - Present Corps Member - Selected from over 45,000 applicants to join a national teacher corps committing to teach for two years in underresourced public schools. African Centered College Preparatory Academy, Kansas City Public Schools, Kansas City, MO August 2012- Present Faculty Sponsor for Middle School Student Council/ Co-Chair of Middle School Faculty Team Sponsored and facilitated Middle School Student Council meetings and Middle School Faculty meetings. Acted as primary liaison between students, faculty and the schools Administration petitioning for class needs, activities, funding/budgets and concerns. Project Leader A.C.C.P.A. Cultural Committee Oversaw and coordinated all Kwanzaa Week activities for the entire school every December. Created school wide rites, rituals and norms for behavior and academic expectations around Afro-centric principles. Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA August 2008- May 2012 Co-Chair of in*Touch Sexual Health Educators Delegated team meetings and advocated for group s interests on campus and resolved conflicts. Critical Social Thought Department Student Liaison Represented the CST departments needs to school administration and the student body. Maintained and moderated social media for the department, created fliers and materials and hosted events. Field Hockey Manager/ Athletics Department Announcer Composed and announced statistics and game calls during field hockey, basketball, lacrosse and swimming events. Managed the MHC Lyons field hockey team and organized statistics and records with the schools statistician. SKILLS & INTERESTS Language Skills: Fluent in English and Polish; Basic (read/write) in Russian Computer Skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, basic HTML code, type 75+ words a minute, ethical research Other: Group Data Planning, Leadership in Collaborative Groups, Peer Mediation, Behavior Management Skills Interests: politics, critical social theory, American studies/pop culture, critical race theory, literature, design

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Kansas City, MO 64110 Janiszewski89@gmail.com 1. Meg Stewart Manager, Teacher Leadership Development Teach for America Meg.Stewart@teachforamerica.org Chester Palmer Vice Principal African-Centered College Preparatory Academy, KCPS cpalmer1@kcpublicschools.org Nigel Alderman Associate Professor Mount Holyoke College nalderma@mtholyoke.edu Danielle Murphy Middle School Social Studies Teacher African-Centered College Preparatory Academy, KCPS/TFA dani.murphy8@gmail.com Shayla Brown Long Time friend (11+ years) Medical School Candidate shaylabrown12@gmail.com

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