Alyssa Erickson

1004 W. Main St. Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: (847) 366-6032
E-Mail: Americk2illini@gmail.com
AlyssaErickson.weebly.com

Online Portfolio:

English, Creative Writing 6-12

Interested in Sponsoring: Musicals, Drama Club, Creative Writing Club, National Honors Society,
Student Council, Talent Development Program, Flags, Newspaper, Future Teachers of America,
Student Literary Journal

Objective
To acquire a position as an English Teacher in a middle or high school classroom

Education
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
May, 2015

Expected Graduation Date:

GPA 3.91

Bachelor of the Arts, English, Teaching of English Option

Bachelor of the Arts in Rhetoric

Professional Educator License

Field Experience
Student Teaching Internship, Central High School, Champaign, IL
Spring, 2015

Prepared and Taught units on short stories, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, and Hamlet

Assisted with the Creative Writing club and the Theatre Department

Planned and taught lessons with a co-teacher to academic level rhetoric students

Practicum, Centennial High School, Champaign, IL

Fall, 2014

Wrote and taught a lesson that used popular hip-hop videos from the late eighties and early
nineties to help students explore a multifaceted feminist identity

Wrote and taught lesson on writing analysis papers to a dual-credit course using Mulan

Practicum, Monticello Middle School, Monticello, IL

Spring, 2014

Wrote and taught several lessons with a co-teacher

Wrote and taught a lesson on The Outsiders in which students participated in shared
reading and then had a classroom discussion about major themes in the text

Practicum, Franklin Middle School, Champaign, IL

Fall, 2013

Wrote and delivered a lesson in which students read A Long Walk to Water using reciprocal
teaching

Worked one on one with struggling readers and writers

Related Experience
Figure Skating Instructor and Program Coordinator, UIUC Ice Arena, Champaign, IL
Fall, 2011- Spring, 2015

Taught Learn to Skate classes to students in a range of ages from 4 years to 80 years old

Taught Kinesiology 101 classes to college level students

Planned and Taught individual lessons helping with skills and designing choreography

Camp Counselor, Rolling Meadows Park District, Rolling Meadows, IL

2011- Summer 2014

Summer

Was directly responsible for 10 children at all times

Was responsible for planning and implementing activities and behavior management to
these children

Professional Honors
Phi Eta Sigma , UIUC
since Fall, 2011

Member

James Scholar , UIUC

Spring, 2012

Member since

Deans List, UIUC

Fall 2014

For Semesters: Fall 2011-

Leadership
Editor and Chief, Montage Literary Arts Journal
Fall 2012 - Spring 2014

Collect and evaluate student art and publish it in a yearly journal

Organize Open Mics for local students to perform

Write, Perform, and publish pieces

Learn to Skate Coordinator, UIUC ice Arena, Champaign, IL

Fall 2012 - Present

Train instructors and plan lessons for instructors to deliver to various ages and levels of
students

Organize and schedule employees

Use communication skills to provide customer service to a range of parents and students

References
Abbie Carter, Language Arts Teacher, Franklin Middle School, Champaign, IL
carterab@champaignschools.org, (217)-474-785
Kara Downs, Language Arts Teacher Centennial High School, Champaign, IL
Downska@champaignschools.org, (217) 351-3954