Janice Shon

4541 Langdon Drive apt. 106, Morrisville, NC 27560 | jshon719@gmail.com | 919-448-1644

Education
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 08/15-05/18
B.S. Middle Grades Education - Language Arts and Social Studies
GPA - 3.557/4.000 | Dean’s List | Magna Cum Laude Honors
Relevant Coursework: Classroom Assessment, Middle Grades Reading, Writing Across Curriculum, Literature for
Adolescents, Methods & Materials in Middle Grades, and New Literacies & Portfolio
Honor Society Affiliation: Kappa Delta Pi, International Society for Educators Inducted 04/17

Teaching Experience
Wake County Public Schools, Wake County, NC 05/18- Present
Substitute Teaching
 Follow and teach lessons plans assigned by permanent teacher for students
 Guide students through planned activities
 Maintain effective classroom management strategies
 Determine appropriate consequences for inappropriate student behavior and write a report for teacher
about the classes events

Mills Park Middle School, Cary, NC 01/18-04/18

Student Teaching
 15 full weeks in eighth grade social studies classroom
 Participated in multiple IEP and 504 meetings as well as parent-teacher conferences
 Attended grade level meetings, department meetings, and staff meetings
 Worked collaboratively to grade level PLT on a weekly basis
 Helped prepare daily lesson plans and materials that address state standards and curriculum
 Educated and assisted approximately 125 eighth grade students in a social studies classroom

Related Work Experience

Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School, Raleigh, NC
 Digital Video Soundbite Project with seventh grade students in English Language Arts (ELA) 09/17-11/17
 Explored and analyzed a theme seen in A Long Walk to Water (book) to create a Digital Soundbite
collaboratively with a group of five seventh graders
 Wolfpack Writing Partner with sixth grade students in English Language Arts (ELA) 02/17-04/17
 Partnered with a sixth grade student to explore key elements of poetry and crafted over 10 poems
together as well as performed one poem together

Skills/Professional Development
 Attended the North Carolina Teacher of English (NCTE) conference and collaborated with English
Education professionals in the use of new literacy strategies and technologies to utilize in the classroom
 Working knowledge in new literacy technology tools such as Nearpod, Padlet, Edpuzzle, and Flipgrid
 Participated in a variety of professional development workshops centered on learning goals, classroom
management, engaging learning activities, and student involvement