Brittany Picklesimer

1890 Peace Valley Court NE

Grand Rapids, MI 49505
(616) 558-5519
bpickles@egrps.org
http://brittanypicklesimer.weebly.com/
OBJECTIVE

To obtain a Teaching position in a secondary English Language Arts classroom to use previous teaching and class-
room management experience to motivate and support student learning.

EDUCATION

Grand Valley State University | Allendale, MI | April 2016

Graduate Teacher Certification Program, Secondary Education
Teaching Major | English
Teaching Minor | History
GPA | 4.0

Ohio University | Athens, OH | September 2007-March 2010

Bachelor of Science in Journalism
GPA | 3.9 | Graduating Rank: 7 in a total of 755

TEACHING-RELATED EXPERIENCE

Teacher Aide & Childcare Worker | Woodcliff Early Childhood Center | East Grand Rapids, MI | October
2016-Present
Responsible for creating and maintaining a safe, positive, nurturing environment for children of various ages
(Pre-K through 5th grade) in an after-school setting
Planned and implemented appropriate activities for various age groups
Attended and participated in staff meetings and professional development meetings
Became a teachers aide in February 2017: responsible for assisting teacher in classroom activities and discipline
in a four-year-old Pre-school classroom

Substitute Teacher | EDUStaff, LLC | Kent County, MI | August 2011-February 2017

Preferred Substitute, East Grand Rapids Public Schools
Implemented teachers lesson plans in grades K-12
Supervised student behavior and maintained classroom discipline
Responsible for students safety and following school rules and procedures

Student Teacher | Comstock Park High School | Comstock Park, MI | January-March 2016
Designed, planned, and implemented original units of study for ELA 10 and ELA 11 centered on The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn and Fahrenheit 451 respectively
Collaborated with other ELA 10 and ELA 11 staff to design, plan, and implement common assessments and
projects
Maintained and utilized Google Classroom as a Classroom Management System
Enhanced students Writers Notebooks by assisting students in creation of online blogs
Assumed responsibility for classroom management and behavioral issues
Attended and participated in monthly Staff, PLC, and Department meetings
Conducted Parent/Teacher Conferences
Volunteered to sell tickets at sporting events
Student Assistant | Comstock Park High School | Comstock Park, MI | September 2014-December 2015
Conducted re-learning sessions for low-end and struggling students
Adapted and executed mentor teachers lesson plans for instruction
Planned and executed original lesson plans
Assisted student learning in small groups and one-on-one learning
Scored students assessments, projects, presentations, and Writers Notebooks
Recorded and entered daily attendance
Supervised student behavior in the hallways and classroom
Observed other secondary teachers in English, History, and other content areas

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Google Classroom & Google Apps (Docs, Spreadsheet, Slides)

Presentation Tools (Prezi, PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote)
Blog Creation & Maintenance (Wordpress, Edublogs, and Blogger)
Blackboard Collaborative Learning System & Online Collaborative Software for video-conferencing
Website Creation & Maintenance (Moodle, Weebly)
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
Microsoft Office
Document cameras (Elmo)
HTML & CSS
iMovie
Mac and Windows Operating Systems

NOTABLE PRESENTATIONS

Reversing Readicide: An Action Research Presentation. | Grand Valley State University | Grand Rapids,
MI | March 29, 2016
Observed and researched student motivation for reading
Implemented a plan of action to increase motivation
Presented collected data and findings

Memory and the Creation of Art: A Unit Plan. | Teaching Literature to Adolescents | Grand Valley State
University | Allendale, MI | June 16, 2015
Designed and planned an original ELA unit focusing on texts dealing with the theme of memory and the creation
of art
Details and materials available on brittpickeng311.wordpress.com.

Artistic Indirection: Circumventing Censorship in the Film Adaptations of Four Plays by Tennessee
Williams. | English Department Capstone Conference | Grand Valley State University | Allendale, MI |
April 17, 2015
Planned, researched, wrote, and presented an original 40-page thesis examining the effect of The Hays Code on
film adaptations of four plays by Tennessee Williams made in the 1950s.

To Kill a Mockingbird: A Unit Plan. | Teaching Writing: Secondary | Grand Valley State University |
Allendale, MI | December 2014
Designed and planned an original ELA unit plan focused on the study of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird for
high school students
Details and materials available on brittpickeng310.wordpress.com.
 REFERENCES

Holly Steffes Dr. Brian White

English Language Arts Instructor Department of English
English Department Chair English Education
Comstock Park High School 233 Lake Huron Hall
150 6 Mile Road Allendale, MI 49401
Comstock Park, MI 49321 (616) 331-3492
(616) 254-5299 whiteb@gvsu.edu

Steve Gough Roy Black

Principal Language Arts Instructor,
Comstock Park High School Wyoming Junior High School
150 6 Mile Road Adjunct Professor of English Education,
Comstock Park, MI 49321 Grand Valley State University
(616) 254-5200 (616) 813-7486
blackr@wyomingps.org
Russ Barneveld blackro@gvsu.edu
GTC Field Coordinator
College of Education Aleece Yancey
388 DevosC Primary Teacher Advisor
Grand Valley State University The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
301 West Fulton St. (616) 258-1848
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
(616) 430-2900
barnever@gvsu.edu