DAVID FLAPAN
773.354.3283 (DAVE)   ~~~   teacher@chiguy.net

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OBJECTIVE:    A teaching position with my own classroom and/or computer lab.

EXPERIENCE

• Computer Teacher at Huntington Catholic School, 2008-2011.
  
  • Innovatively taught a wide variety of technology skills and academics to K-8 students.
  • Maintained the school's website and email accounts.
• Computer teacher at Howe Military School.
• Student Teaching, Rogers School, Chicago.  Successfully taught all subjects in fifth grade.
• Teacher with the Summer Youth Program at IPFW (over three summers).
  • Co-coordinated a variety of projects with high school students.
• Teacher/tutor of Sunday/Hebrew school at my Congregation.
• Substitute teacher at all levels for Fort Wayne Comm. Schools and the FW Archdiocese.
• Art teacher with Young Rembrandts.
• Computer Teacher, West Belden Campus, Chicago International Charter Schools                   
  • Creatively taught computer and reading at this Charter elementary school.
  • Initiated and maintained the school's website
• Computer Teacher, St. Helen School.
• Computer Teacher, St. John School.
• Self-employed freelance web-designer/tutor. Samples are available.
• Customer Service Associate/Help Desk Tech at DePaul University's DePaul Online and Computer Help Desk, 9 years
  • Maintained DePaul web sites, answered customer queries pertaining to email, the Web, networking, software, and other technology-related areas.

• IPFW University, Fort Wayne, Indiana - Technology Education endorsement - August 2011
  
  • Also coursework towards an M. A. in Education, and Spanish endorsement.
• Depaul University, Chicago, Illinois - Certification in Elementary Education with Social Sciences and Middle School endorsements.
• Northeastern Illinois , Chicago - Bachelor of Arts in Speech Comm; minor in Psychology.

SKILLS

• Computer/Internet skills include MS Office, HTML, and several educational programs.
• Conversational in Spanish.
• Staff writer on college newspapers: Northeastern Independent and The DePaulia
• Performed in seven theatrical plays. Highlights include Pride and Prejudice and Hamlet.