Migdalias, Page 2
Migdalias, page 2
Kip Alexander Migdalias
524 Fairfield Rd.
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
EDUCATION
West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA
September 2005 – December 2009
English B.S.Ed., summa cum laude
Instructional 1 certification: Secondary English, PA
- Praxis score: 190/200
WORK EXPERIENCE
July, 2010 – June 2011, Pennbrook Middle School, North Wales, PA
Position: Long Term Substitute
- Teaching Duties:7thgrade Intensive, Academic, Honors English
- Extracurricular Activities:Assisted with Penn to Paper (school literary magazine); assisted with school’s Dodgeball club; served as staff coordinator of NPJHS (North Penn Junior Honor Society)
February 2010 – June 2010, Pennbrook Middle School, North Wales, PA
Position: Long Term Substitute
- Teaching Duties: 9th grade Academic English and 8th grade Academic, Honors and HP English
- Extracurricular Activities:Assisted with Penn to Paper(school literary magazine); assisted with school’s Dodgeball club; served as Homebound tutor from February to May 2010
January 2010 – February 2010, Pennbrook Middle School, North Wales, PA
Position: Per Diem Substitute Teacher
- Teaching Duties:Daily building substitute
August 2009 – December 2009, Pennbrook Middle School, North Wales, PA
Position: Student Teacher (English)
- Teaching Duties:9th grade Honors and HP English
- Extracurricular Activities: Assisted with Penn to Paper (school literary magazine); assisted with school’s Grecian Food and Mythology Fest
August 2008 – May 2009, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Position: Assistant to the Learning Community Academic Coordinator
- 1 one-hour meeting plus 7-12 hours completing job tasks, per week
- Worked with college students at various academic venues including book discussions (as the “Communiversity Book Club” Book Discussion Coordinator), cultural dinners and luncheons, and educational trips
- Experience running a faculty workshop for the Learning Communities Project of 2009-2010
September 2008 – May 2009, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Position: Writing Zones core mentor
- 3 three-hour shifts per week at East High School, West Chester, PA
- Worked with students on academic and creative writing
- Completed a professional development project on Writing Zones classroom sessions
WORK EXPERIENCE CONTINUED
January 2008 – May 2008, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Position: Writing Zones mentor (volunteer)
- 1 three-hour shift per week at Henderson High School, West Chester, PA
EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS
September 2005 – May 2009, West Chester University English Club
- September 2007 – May 2008, English Club literary magazine editor (Imagination and Milk)
November 2009 – Present, ΟΔΚ – National Leadership Honor Society
AWARDS, PROFESSIONAL EVENTS
April 2009, Outstanding Senior Award, Teacher Certification Student, WCU
April 2009, Award for Student Research and Creative Activities, WCU
April 2009, English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities (EAPSU) Undergraduate conference, WCU
- Panel 1: “Re-visioning 18c Novels through the Lens of Print Culture”
oTitle of Talk: “The Female Author: or The Female Quixote as an Example of Charlotte Lennox’s Utilization of Common Authorial Moves and Techniques in Order to Promote both Her Novel and Her Career in the Eighteenth Century”
- Panel 2: “The Multifaceted Nature of WCU’s Book Club: the Poet, the Educator and the Philosopher”
- Title of Talk: “The Poetics of a Dialogic Book Club”
September 2009, Presenter in West Chester President’s Display of Student Scholarship, WCU
- Presentation based on research paper, “The Female Author: or The Female Quixote as an Example of Charlotte Lennox’s Utilization of Common Authorial Moves and Techniques in Order to Promote both Her Novel and Her Career in the Eighteenth Century”
December 2009, Student Commencement Speaker, WCU