Jesse Spevack

Current

• Team Leader at CIS 339
• English Language Arts Teacher at CIS 339 School of Communication and Technology

Past

• Social Studies Teacher at CIS 339 School of Communication Technology

Education

• University of Michigan

Connections

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Industry

Education Management

Jesse Spevack’s Summary

Teach For America / CIS 339; The Bronx, New York
Selected from more than 17,000 applicants nationwide to join a national teacher corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in public schools in low-income communities and become lifelong leaders for expanding educational opportunity.

Team Leader and Content Area Facilitator Sep. 2007 - present
• Supervise and established an early morning technology-based intervention program that services fifty below grade level students.
• Coordinate and planned an after-school extra-help club for below grade level students resulting in 97% first quarter and 93% second quarter student passing rate.
• Facilitate and conceptualized a video-based professional development system for teachers.
• Lead the school’s Sixth Grade English Language Arts Department to create customized curriculum maps, unit plans, pacing charts, differentiated lesson plans, and common assessment tools.
Middle School English and Social Studies Teacher Sep. 2005 - present
• Presented a talk on web-based solutions for schools at the Insight Education Group’s 2008 National Conference.
• Delivered staff development modules on instruction and classroom management.
• Wrote multiple grants to obtain over $1000 in print and audio books for classroom library.
• Secured the donation of twenty acoustic guitars and created an after school music program, resulting in thirty students learning to play guitar.

Staff Instructor, iTeach iLearn; New York, New York Jul. 2007 – Aug. 2007
• Demonstrated technology-based units of study to New York City Board of Education teachers.

Computer Consultant, Computer Showcase; Ann Arbor, Michigan Jan. 2003 - May 2005
• Advised University of Michigan students, parents, faculty, and staff members on computing solutions available through the University of Michigan computer purchasing program.
• Structured a computer repair program servicing Apple and PC hardware and software issues.

Jesse Spevack’s Specialties:

INTERESTS
• Computer Skills: Excel, Word, Power Point, Mac OS X, Google Applications, Smart Board Software, Computer repair.
• Languages: Conversational Hebrew at University of Michigan Proficiency.
• Hobbies: Self-taught guitar, jogging.

Jesse Spevack’s Experience

• Team Leader

  CIS 339

  (Education Management industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  Manage a team of eight teachers and 130 students. Developed and presented a new instructional model based on open-source and web 2.0 technologies to the New York City Board of Education resulting in the purchasing of $21,000 worth of laptops for classroom use.

• English Language Arts Teacher

  CIS 339 School of Communication and Technology

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

  September 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

  Used data from formal and informal assessment tools to guide instruction resulting in average student literacy increases of two years in one academic year.

• Social Studies Teacher

  CIS 339 School of Communication Technology

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

  September 2005 — June 2006 (10 months)

  Created and implemented a social studies curriculum designed for a 1:1 mobile computing environment.

Jesse Spevack’s Education

• University of Michigan

  Bachelor of Arts , History and Political Science , 2001 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  • High Distinction and Honors in History
  • History Senior Honors Thesis: “Isaac’s Petition for Freedom: Familial Responses to the Changes in Early Nineteenth Century Delaware”
  • Lloyd Hall Scholar — James B. Angell Scholar — Model United Nations Best Delegate Award

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