Megan Byrne

881 Brown Court

Batavia, IL, 60510
Home: (630) 761- 8728
Cell: (630) 470-4724
Email: byrnemeg@msu.edu

Objective: To obtain a position where I will be able to use my experiences as well as my

education thus far to help further educate youth with a focus on children with
special needs.

Education
Bachelor of Arts in Special Education, May 2011
Teaching Major in Language Arts

Pre-Internship Field Experience

Bingham Elementary, Lansing, Michigan
Spring 2008
Bingham Elementary, Lansing, Michigan
Fall 2008- Spring 2009
Post Oak Elementary, Lansing, Michigan
Fall 2009
Elliott Elementary, Holt, Michigan
Spring 2010

Teaching- related Experience

Spartan Child Development Center
East Lansing, Michigan
August 2009- present
-Work with children who range from toddlers to preschool
-Assisting lead teachers
Western Dupage Special Recreation Association
Dupage, Illinois
May 2009-Present
-Summer camp inclusion instructor
-Worked one on one with special needs children to assist them in inclusion based summer
camps
Nanny
Batavia, Illinois
June 2009-Present
-Took care of 2 children, 4 days a week
-A boy who was 5 and a girl who was 10

Technology proficient in
-Power point
-Personal webpage
 -Twitter
-Edublogs

Other Work
Transguard Insurance 12/08- 01/09
T.F Boonies 05/08-08/08
Buffalo Wild Wings 01/08-05/08

Experiences

Fox Valley Special Recreation Association:

-Coach for Special Olympics Gymnastics.
- I participated in this spring of 2005,2006,2007.

CCD Assistant
-Helped and autistic boy make his confirmation

Special Olympics 2009

- This was held at Michigan State University
- I helped run an event called YAPS

Association for Individual Development Camp Forever

-Camp Counselor, this camp is for mentally and physically disabled children
- I had responsibility for a 15-year-old girl who was afflicted with cerebral palsy

Urban Educators Cohort Program

-This is to prepare teachers to teach in the most challenging environments.

Activities With Batavia High School Cheerleading

- Mark Lund (not-for-profit)
- Special Olympics Bocce Ball
- Flippin For Shaun
- Flippin to Fill the House
- Coach Bliss Award
-AID Telethon