Resume

Adnan Atiq Ezad

311 Ege Avenue

Jersey City, NJ 07304

(201)-414-3485

aezad@jcboe.org

Objective:                To obtain become an educational technology leader.

Education:             

6/15-6/17                 New Jersey City University Jersey City, New Jersey

                                    Doctoral Candidate

                                    Concentration: Educational Technology Leadership

6/15-6/17                 New Jersey City University Jersey City, New Jersey

                                    Masters of Arts

                                    Concentration: Educational Technology

        (Supervisory Specialization)

9/03-6/09                                   New Jersey City University Jersey City, New Jersey

                                    BA Arts and Sciences

                                    Concentration: English and Secondary Education

9/00-9/03                                   Dickinson High School Jersey City, New Jersey

                                    Graduated June 2003

                                    Concentration: Commercial Art Technology

Work Experience:

9/12- Current Jersey City Public Schools

                                    High School Language Arts Teacher - Lincoln High School

·       Creating lesson plans that are engaging and incorporate use of technology and align to Common Core Standards and ISTE standards

·       Inputting grades using software, such as Infinite Campus

·       Providing professional development workshops on use of technology

·       Holding parent/teacher conferences

·       Facilitating use of adaptive learning systems such as Khan Academy

·       Creating a technology distribution plan for the building

·       Distributing technology to staff members and creating a schedule for teacher use

·       Using technology to maintain contact with parents via teacher created website

2/12- 6/12  Jersey City Public Schools

                                    Leave Replacement Teacher - Dickinson High School

·       Performing duties of a full-time teacher during teacher's leave of absence

·       Holding parent/teacher conferences

·       Creating lesson plans that are engaging and incorporate use of technology and NJ Core Curriculum Standards

1/09-5/09                 Essex County Vocational Schools

                                    Senior Practicum - Newark Tech

·     Planning lessons that integrate the NJ Core Curriculum Standards.

·     Planning lessons that engage students in critical thinking.

·     Creating long-range thematic units.

·     Utilizing media and technology to effectively communicate ideas.

·     Assessing student performance.

1/08- 5/08                New Jersey City University Jersey City, New Jersey

                                    Peer Tutoring- English Department

·       Helping students with any grammatical, syntactical, or structural issues they may have in a given piece of writing.

·       Working with Second Language English speakers.

·       Working with speakers of various English varieties.

·       Providing students with sample of rubrics so they may become more efficient in assessing their own work for themselves.

1/07- 2/12   Jersey City Public Schools

                                    Substitute Teacher - Lincoln High School

·       Ensuring that students complete emergency lesson plans.

·       Assisting students with any difficulty they may have with a given lesson plan

·       Following protocol when there is a disciplinary infraction

·       Ensuring the safety of students

·       Working in the capacity of a full-time teacher when given long-term assignments

·       Creating lesson plans that are engaging and incorporate NJ Core Curriculum Standards

·       Assigning grades for the marking period based on the caliber of students’ work

9/03- 8/09                New Jersey City University Jersey City, New Jersey

                                    Student Assistant - Athletic Department

·     Fitness training.

·     Enforcing rules and regulations of the facility.

·     Ensuring customers’ safety.

·     Maintaining equipment and facility.

·     Opening/closing the facility.

Special Skills:

                  Computers: Proficient with Google Docs, Google Apps for Education, Effective use of technology, Aligning technology use to ISTE standards, Use of Smart and Promethean software and hardware, Windows XP, Microsoft PowerPoint,  Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator.

                  Languages: Fluent in English and conversational Urdu.

References:             Furnished upon request.