Michaela Owen

Cell phone: (480)-313-9150

E-mail: mkowen@email.arizona.edu

Website: www.mkowen.weebly.com

Key Skills and Attributes

Experienced and
dedicated student teacher
Effective communicator
with leadership experience

Proficient computer and

technology skills
Highly qualified in English
Language Arts

Interpersonal skills and

personable
Strong work ethic and
detail oriented

Work Experience
2015-Current

Tucson Unified School District

Substitute Teacher

Active and certified substitute teacher for Gridley Middle School in Tucson Unified School District.

Completing student teaching internship at Gridley Middle School, and wanted to remain the students
primary teacher even if my coordinating teacher is absent.

Intergraded Health Management Services, LLC.

2008-2010

Patient Financial Assistant

Coached economically disadvantaged patients through their application process and subsequent
approval for government healthcare programs.
Acted as patients advocate for a variety of other programs such as Medicare and federal disability
programs.
Created administrative systems such as: logs, inventory checks, and follow-up reports.

Educational Achievements
2014-Currently Enrolled

University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona

Masters of Education in Teaching and Teacher Education
Cumulative GPA: 4.0

Expected graduation: May 2015

2010-2014

University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona

Bachelors of Art in English
Cumulative GPA: 3.45

Minor: Adolescents, Community, and Education

Degree Awarded: May 2014

Professional Development and Activities

o

Student Teaching Internship

2014-Present
Prepared lessons, led instructions, and actively participated in the students learning process
and school community at Gridley Middle School throughout a yearlong internship through the
Teach Arizona Masters program in Tucson, Arizona.

Member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority

2010-2014
o Recruitment Information Manager (2012-13)
Taught and managed the chapters formal recruitment process.
Ensured an efficient process by working with the recruitment team, leading several
workshops and committees, and managing administrative files.
o Recruitment and Philanthropy Committee Head (2011-2013)
Managed committees and planned recruitment and philanthropy events.

Group Leader for Reflections Body Image Program

2010-2014
o Facilitated and planned small group meetings and lessons for young women for the Reflections
Body Image Program affiliated with the PanHellenic Council at University of Arizona.
o The program teaches women to have self-awareness and confidence through interactive
lessons and discussions on different societys portrayal of women.

Project SOAR Mentor at Wildcat School, Tucson, AZ.

o

2012

Mentored and tutored middle school kids to better their learning experience at Wildcat School
and motivated them to continue with higher or alternative education.

Horizon High Schools Teachers Academy

2009-2010
o Teacher training with first hand experience working as a teachers assistant planning
instructions in a 8th grade English classroom at Desert Shadows Middle School in Phoenix,
Arizona.