Chelsea M. Osment
P.O. Box 2182, Monroe, MI 48161, Chelsea-osment@sbcglobal.net
Home: (734)-242-1218, Cell: (734)-777-1856
Objective: To obtain a teaching position in an English class
Education: Albion College, Albion, MI
Bachelor of Arts
Graduation Date: February 2011
GPA: 3.41/4.00
Secondary English Major
Secondary Psychology Minor
Certification in Secondary Education: February 2011
 Fritz Shurmur Education Institute
 Presidential Scholarship, (Maintained 3.0 GPA or higher)
 Alumni Scholarship
 Sigma Tau Delta Honorary English Fraternity
Related Coursework:
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Secondary Student
Teaching
Seminar Secondary
Student Teaching
Maymester Boundary
Crossing
Pedagogy of
Secondary Literacy
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Pedagogy of
Humanities
Pedagogy of Social
Sciences
Found Contexts of
Education
Learning/Teaching
Processes
Teaching Experience:
Student Teacher, Mar Lee School, Marshall, Winter 2010-2011
 Created and taught 3 weeks of lessons for grades 6th, 7th, and 8th Reading.
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6 Grade
 Created and taught a 3 week unit for the 6th grade on Jason’s Gold
 Instructed 6th grade students about similes and metaphors, plot
development, dialogue, and narratives.
 Assigned 6th grade students to write mini reader response journals
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7 Grade
 Created and taught a 3 week unit for the 7th grade on The Westing Game
 Instructed 7th grade students about conflicts, point of views, and
characterization.
 Assigned 7th grade student to write mini reader response journals
8th Grade
 Created and taught a 3 week unit for the 8th grade on The Devil’s
Arithmetic
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Instructed 8the grade students about characterization, conflicts, and
author’s craft that includes the following: imagery, symbolism,
foreshadow, personification, similes, and metaphors
Assigned 8th grade students to write 5 paragraph reader’s response
journals
Teaching Assistant, Concord High School, Concord, MI, Spring 2010
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Assisted students in a 12th grade English class
Created and taught two lessons on the play “Macbeth”
Utilized the reading strategy, “Directed Reading Think Aloud”
Created questions for students response in discussions and journals
Teaching Assistant, Battle Creek Central High School, Battle Creek, MI, Fall 2009
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Assisted students in a Psychology class
Explained and directed students one on one and in small groups
Created and taught two lessons on stress and Health Psychology
Developed a power-point presentation on stress and coping skills
Organized an assignment of a web chart on stressors
Drafted and distributed a worksheet on the three types of conflict
Student Teacher, Washington Gardner Middle School, Albion, MI, May 2009
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Instructed students in a 5th grade English class
Created and taught a 15 day unit on Mysteries and the Environment for the
month of May
Incorporated book titled “The Ghost, The Whitehouse, and Me”
Assigned a writing assignment to create a mystery short story
Integrated comic series “The Waste Watchers” and assigned student to
create their own recycling comic.
Organized and Coordinated a field trip to the Ann Arbor Material
Recovery Center
Dramatized recycling with students who created costumes of recycling
superheroes and villains and performed skits
Introduced how to write a formal letter by having students write letters to
Governor Granholm about the environment
Teaching Assistant, Mar-Lee School, Marshall, MI, Spring 2008
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Assisted students in a Special Education classroom
Tutored individuals and small groups in Math and English
Improved comprehension of both subjects and enhanced reading skills of
individual students
Teaching Assistant, Mar-Lee School, Marshall, MI, Fall 2008
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Aided students in a 7th grade English class
Assisted students one on one and in small groups
Created and Taught 2 lessons to the class about the stages of plot
development and how to write short stories
Assigned a writing assignment to create their own myth
Created a quiz on the stages of plot development
Tutor at Bedford Adult Education, Bedford, MI, Summer 2010
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Tutored students in English to prepare for GED test
Assisted an individual with passing the English portion of the GED test
Leadership Experience:
Counselor and Tennis Instructor, Camp Lake of the Woods, Decatur, MI
Summer 2009
 Supervised 16 girls (ages 10 to 12) in a cabin for 8 weeks and assisted in
transitioning from home to camp
 Instructed boys and girls (ages 8 to 15) in tennis and assisted with
improving their skills
Tour Guide Team, Albion College, Albion, MI Fall 2008 to Spring 2010
 Promoted to Tour Guide Management Team
 Managed and led a small group of tour guides
 Performed tours and assisted with admissions office work
Fundraising Chair, Habitat for Humanity, Fall 2007
 Visited restaurants to request for donations to Habitat for Humanity
 Built a home in the city of Albion
Other Work Experience:
Secretary, Law Office of Gregory T. Osment and Assoc., Monroe, MI,
Summer 2007
Assistant Secretary, Law Office of Gregory T. Osment and Assoc., Monroe,
MI, Summer 2002 to Present
 Operated phone with clients and scheduled appointments
 Conducted payment transactions and performed filing, mailing, scanning,
faxing, and copying
Activities:
Executive Board Member, St. Jude’s Up Till Dawn, Fall 2008 to Spring 2010
Member, Catholic Connection, Fall 2006 to Spring 2010
Volunteer, American Red Cross Community Outreach, December 2009