Emily McGann

Campus Address Home Address

302 West Armory Avenue 15624 West Spencer Road
Champaign, Illinois 61820 New Lenox, Illinois 60451
(815) 530-3811 (815) 485-0117
Career Objective
A position teaching elementary school students, with a focus on mathematics
Education
Elementary Education Major, College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
August 2007-present
Lincoln-Way Central High School, New Lenox, IL 60451. Aug. 2003-June 2007
Required Experience Related to Career Objective
Student Teacher, Garden Hills Elementary School, Champaign, IL (CI 405). Responsibilities
included teaching lessons to students, specifically math and science, doing experiments with
students in small groups, supervising small group activities, grading paper and tests, giving
vocabulary tests. September 2009- December 2009, three hours per week (Patty Park,
cooperating teacher, (217) 351-3872)

Mentor, Stratton Elementary School, Champaign, IL. (Illini Mentoring Program).

Responsibilities included tutoring students in math, reading, and writing after school,
assisting in growth in appreciation for community and culture, and responsible for being a
model for the child’s decisions and actions. October 2007- present, two hours per week
(Valeri Werpetinski, coordinator of Illini Mentoring Program, (217) 333-7158)
Additional Experience Related to Career Objective
Student Teacher, Prairie Elementary School, Urbana, IL (Project Search) Responsibilities included
creating an lesson plan on a science topic to teach to students for an hour and a half each
week, classroom management, doing experiments and monitoring safety issues, checking
for comprehension. August 2009- present, one and a half hours of teaching per week
(Christian Ray, Project Search Coordinator, (217) 265-5505).

Tutor, Urbana Middle School, Urbana, IL. Responsibilities include supervising a classroom of
children during “silent reflection” journaling time, assisting sixth grade students with
homework assignments and organizational skills. September 2008-present. One hour per
week (Barbara Linder, School Volunteer Coordinator, (217) 337-0853).
Volunteer, Spaulding Park Recreation Center, Champaign, IL (Project Dirt After School Program).
Responsibilities included assisting children with autism, down syndrome, chromosome
deficiencies, and the legally blind with their school work. Motivating and supporting the
children in their struggles through different activities was a big part of my duties. January
2008-May 2008, three hours per week (Jessi Bernstein, CUSR Sports and Fitness
Coordinator, (217) 239-1152).

Other Experience
ICES forms organizer, Center for Teaching Excellence, Champaign, IL. Responsibilities
include organizing forms orders to be shipped to correct instructors, finding mailing
addresses, filing completed forms, and alphabetizing forms to go through processor for
scoring. October 2008-present.
Cashier, TIS Bookstore, Champaign, IL. Responsibilities included working a register to
complete purchases for the customers, assisting with finding merchandise, cleaning,
security, supervising personal items not allowed in store. August 2008-September 2008,
January 2009-February 2009, August 2009- September 2009.
To-Go Server, Chili’s Restaurant, New Lenox, IL. Responsibilities included receiving calls,
taking orders, placing orders into kitchen, gathering utensils and condiments, checking and
bagging order, cashing out customer, cleaning dishes, delivering food to customers in dining
hall, hostess on weekends. September 2006- August 2007.
Intern/ Receptionist, West and Zajac Advertising, Frankfort, IL. Responsibilities included
taking and filling orders and advertisements, taking phone calls, creating template forms,
organizing historical records May 30- August 12, 2006.

Honors
James Scholar, University of Illinois, Fall 2007-present Phi Eta Sigma, University of Illinois,
Spring 2008
Sigma Alpha Lambda, UIUC, Spring 2008 National Society of Collegiate
Scholars, Spring 2008
Service in Community, University or College Organizations
Illini Mentoring Program, University of Illinois, Fall 2007- present
“Project Dirt,” after-school program for children with disabilities, Spring 2008
Epsilon Delta, University of Illinois, Fall 2007-present
Pi Eta Sigma, Fall 2008-present
Phi Mu, University of Illinois, Fall 2009-present
Special Interests and Abilities
Dance, scrapbooking, traveling and playing sports (volleyball, softball, ultimate frisbee)
References
Joy Lewandowski St. Mary Magdalene School Teacher
201 South Briggs Street, Joliet, IL 60433 j-lewan@hotmail.com
Val Werpetinski Illini Mentoring Program coordinator
505 E. Armory Ave, Champaign, IL 61820 werpetin@express.cites.uiuc.edu
Patty Park Cooperating Teacher
2001 Garden Hills, Champaign, IL 61821 lee.patty@gmail.com