Experienced Classroom Educator with Advanced Technology Experience

[AGauthreaux]

Headline: Experienced Classroom Educator with Advanced Technology Experience
Name: AGauthreaux
Email Address: agauthreaux
Current Location: Jefferson, LA USA

Preferred Job Category: Education

Personal Statement:
Looking for an employer that values talent and intelligence more than incompetence and tenure. I am an experienced classroom educator who is published in historical and international circles with valued techmological, announcing, and film editing experience.

Education:
University of New Orleans, 1992, BA-History
University of New Orleans, 2003, Certification in secondary Social Studies Education
University of New Orleans, 2007, MA-History

Professional Experience:
The National World War II Museum, October 29, 2007 to January 2009. National Outreach Coordinator. Responsibilities include: formulation of educational programming, national outreach evaluation and preparation, videoconferencing of lessons on particular facets of World War II, “Lunchbox Lecture” series, editing of video to use with National Outreach performances, devising presentations of educational materials, chairing sponsorship committees, curriculum composition, and conducting content resource teacher workshops.

Jefferson Parish Public School System, December 1999 to August 2007. Classroom Educator. Responsibilities included care, custody, and control of students, in addition to following the mandated curriculum for Social Studies teachers in and for the state of Louisiana; Social Studies Department Chair from 2006-2008. (Although actual certification did not occur until 2003, I taught several years while attending university to obtain that certification).

Applicable Skills:
Proficient in MS applications, including, but not limited to, MS Word 2007, EXCEL 2007, PowerPoint 2007, and Web Building software. Additionally, Promethean Instructional Boards, Activstudio, Smartboard Notebook, Inspiration, and MOODLE applications. Also experienced in LEXIS-NEXIS research software, JSTOR, PROJECT MUSE, ADOBE Acrobat 9.0, as well as Internet and library research utilities. Videoconference experience includes TANDBERG MMX 880 and Polycom videoconferencing units.

Other:
PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

(1) Gauthreaux, Alan. “An Inhospitable Land: Anti Italian Sentiment and Violence in Louisiana, 1891-1924.” Louisiana Historical Association Journal (Publication Date: Fall 2009).

(2) Gauthreaux, Alan. “Hell on the Mississippi: the Confederate Defense of Fort Jackson, 1862,” Civil War Times Magazine (October 2006), Primedia Corporation, 32-37.

(3) Gauthreaux, Alan. “Who Killed Who In the Louisiana House of Horror?” Startling Detective Magazine, Vol. 82, No. 2, March 1992 (New York: Globe Communications), 20-21, 33-37.

(4) Gauthreaux, Alan. “The Axeman of New Orleans.” Detective Cases Magazine, Vol. 41, No. 2, April 1991 (New York: Globe Communications), 18-19, 37-40.

PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

(1) 5 March 2008, “The Mafia’s Part in the Invasion of Sicily,” Lunchbox Lecture Series, National World War II Museum.

(2) 5 August 2008, Professional Development: Jefferson Parish Public Schools, “Advantages of Videoconferencing,” Lecture.

(3) 17 October 2008, Louisiana Council on Social Studies, “The Three R’s: The National World War II Museum and Post-Katrina Educational Initiatives,” Lecture and Presentation.

(4) 17 December 2008, “Marshal Petain: Traitor or Savior?” Lunchbox Lecture Series, National World War II Museum.

(5) 13 March 2009, “Fire on the Mississippi: The Confederate Defense of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 1862,” Sons of Confederate Veterans, companion lecture to published article.

(6) 16 March 2009, Lesson Model/Demonstration, “The American Civil War Overview,” Teacher: Patrick Murren, Dibert Elementary School, New Orleans, LA, Technology Integration.

(7) 30 March 2009, Lesson Model/Demonstration, “Safe for Democracy: The United States in World War I,” Teacher: Josie Buckner, Douglass High School, New Orleans, LA, Technology Integration.


PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

(1) Louisiana Historical Association, 2004 to Present.

(2) Beta Lambda Chapter, Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society, Inducted 2006.

(3) The Great War Society, 2006.

(4) Society of Military History, 2007.

(5) Lifetime Member, “Cambridge Who’s Who of Executives, Professionals, and Entrepreneurs,” inducted 2008.