Chelsea M. Osment
577 E. Hurd Road, Monroe, MI 48162, Chelsea-osment@sbcglobal.net
Home: (734)-242-1218, Cell: (734)-777-1856
Objective: To obtain a student teaching position in an English class
Education:
Albion College, Albion, MI
Bachelor of Arts Expected Graduation Date: December 2010
GPA: 3.41/4.00
Secondary English Major
Secondary Psychology Minor
Certification in Secondary Education: December 2010
 Fritz Shurmur Education Institute
 Presidential Scholarship, Maintained 3.0 GPA
 Alumni Scholarship
Related Coursework:
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Secondary Student Teaching
Seminar Secondary Student Teaching
Pedagogy of Secondary Literacy
Maymester Boundary Crossing
Pedagogy of Social Sciences
Pedagogy of Humanities
Found Contexts of Education
Learning/Teaching Processes
Teaching Experience:
Student Teacher, Concord Middle School, Concord, MI, Fall 2010
Teaching Assistant, Battle Creek Central High School, Battle Creek, MI, Fall 2009
 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
 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” by Judith St.
George
 Assigned a writing assignment to create a mystery short story
 Integrated comic series “The Waste Watchers”
 Assigned students to create their own comic about recycling
 Organized and Coordinated a field trip to the Ann Arbor Material Recovery
Center
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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
 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
 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 in a cabin ages 10 to 12 for 8 weeks
 Instructed boys and girls in tennis ages 8 to 15
Tour Guide Management Team, Albion College, Albion, MI Fall 2008 to Spring 2010
 Managed and led a small group of tour guides
 Performed tours and assisted with admissions office work
Tour Guide, Albion College, Albion, MI, Fall 2007 to Fall 2008
Fundraising Chair, Habitat for Humanity, Fall 2007
 Solicited restaurants for donations to Habitat for Humanity
 Built a homes 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, 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