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Danielle Marie Pape

Home Address: 1825 N 77 Ave. Elmwood Park, IL 60707 Current Address: 910 S. Third Street Champaign, IL 61820 Home Phone: (708) 453-8760 Cell Phone: (708) 990 - 8418 E-Mail: dpape2@illinois.edu
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Objective
To gain a position in working with children.

Undergraduate Field Experience

Champaign Urbana Special Recreation, Champaign, Illinois Special Olympics Aquatics Every Sunday for an hour for a total of 6hrs. After school Program Every Tuesday for three hours for a total of 36hrs Worked with participants from eight years old to twenty three Helped older participants prepare for interviews and count money Played games with the younger children Elmwood Park Elementary School, Elmwood Park, Illinois Teachers Assistant Thanksgiving and Winter Break total of 60 hrs. Worked with students with disabilities of diverse ethnicities and age groups in mathematics, reading, language arts, and spelling Assisted students with their tests to make sure they understood the information being given Edison School, Champaign, Illinois total of 30 hrs. Teachers Assistant two days a week in two different classrooms Worked with six through eighth grade students Assisted students with learning disabilities one-on-one and in small groups in math and reading Taught students with severe disabilities West Suburban Special Recreation Association Provide superior recreation services for persons with disabilities. Staff Member Taught children with special needs how to swim One on- one with children at day camp Multi Cultural Helped resolve and minimize problems among children Communicated with the parents about their childrens performance during the day and how it could be improved for the next week Fall 2009 August 2012 Fall and Winter 2011 Fall and Winter 2011 Spring 2013

Education
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Sophomore August 26, 2011 May 2015

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Cumulative GPA 3.64 Illinois Student Assistance Commissions Special Education Teacher Waiver Fenwick High School: Oak Park, IL First honors all four years GPA: 3.97 (out of 4) National Honors Society Student Ambassador Varsity Lacrosse Captain and played all four years Treasurer of the Pro-Life Club Italian Club all four years August 18, 2007 - May 28, 2011

College Involvement
Epsilon Delta Active Member A professional teaching organization that gets together for meetings once every two weeks and nine events during the semester. A teaching organization that meets every two weeks. I have attended the conference to learn different During the first semester, I went through recruitment process and chose to join Alpha Gamma Delta. My responsibilities included philanthropy for finding a cure for juvenile diabetes. Besides working for our philanthropy, I attended a meeting once a week and an event twice a week. Assistant Scholarship Chair I help create study files for the girls in the sorority because I feel it is important to keep our education and GPA up. Student Education Association- Active member Greek Sorority- Active Member

Skills, Interests
Functional in Italian Coaching lacrosse Over the past three summers, I have worked with children from nine years of age to eighteen on the fundamentals of lacrosse and worked to improve their skills. Technology I can work with programs such as Microsoft Office, Geogebra, BrainPop Jr., Aimsweb (Progress Monitor), Test Taker NEWA, Lexia Reading for children

References
David Zola, Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 333-1354 dzola@illinois.edu Jackie Dizonno, Special Education Teacher, Elmwood Park Elementary School, Elmwood Park, IL (708) 452-3558 dizonnoj@epcusd401.org Dawn Krawiec, West Suburban Special Recreation Association Manager, Franklin Park, Illinois 60131, (847) 455-2100; wssra@wssra.net