Angela Frith Antrim earned her undergraduate degree in Art History and Political Sciene from Duke University. After working as a retail buyer for five years, she returned to school to earn her Elementary Education teaching certification. Mrs. Antrim taught nine years in North Carolina public and private schools. She now writes curriculum on a freelance basis and home schools her children.
Elementary
Education K-6 certification, Salem College December 2000
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GPA of 4.0
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Praxis scores: Elementary Education Curriculum
& Instructional Assessment- 196 of
possible 200, Elementary
Education Content Area Exercises- 177 of
possible 200, Principles of Learning and Teaching K-6- 194 of possible 200
B.A. Art History
and Political Science, Duke
University May 1993
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Cumulative GPA: 3.2; GPA in Majors: 3.4
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Dean's List for academic year 1992-1993
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Recipient of Mary Duke Biddle Internship Award
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Served as President and Secretary of Chi Omega
Sorority
Freelance Writer
and Proofreader April 2005- present
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Wrote teacher and student literature guides of The Breadwinner , The City of Ember, Brian’s Return for Novel Units, 2006, 2007, 2008;
wrote literature guide of Tuck
Everlasting for Secondary Solutions, 2007; recently completed literature
guide of The Giver for Secondary
Solutions to be published in late 2008
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Created skill lessons of math intervention curriculum
for Harcourt (contracted through New England Typographic Service), 2006
4th Grade Teacher August 2004- December 2005
High Point Friends
School, High Point, NC
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Instruct students in all academic subjects in a
classroom setting
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Collaborate with students to create projects and
activities which integrate the curriculum
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Differentiate for students who perform on-grade
level and above grade level by varying a multitude of activities in all subject
areas
5th Grade Teacher
in Davidson County School
System August 2000- May 2004
Hasty Elementary School, Thomasville,
NC
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Instruct 25-30 students in all academic subject
in a classroom setting
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Utilize guided reading groups, writer's
workshop, and 4-Block methodology to teach Language Arts
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93% of
students have successfully passed the N.C. End of Grade tests in Reading and Math
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Create integrated units to instruct students
across the curriculum
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Tutor at-risk students after school hours
Art Teacher in Davidson County School
System September 1997- May 2000
Fair Grove Elementary and Ledford
Middle Schools, Thomasville, NC
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Taught principles and techniques of creating art
while integrating with the core curriculum for
grades 1-8
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Collaborated with students to create art
projects