Edward Zapson
edzap@optonline.net
Professional educator with 12 years experience teaching various science
courses seeking to enter a nonacademic environment.
� Strong Knowledge of Biology, Geology, Physics
� Expert in explaining technical concepts to lay audience
� Expert public speaking/presentation skills
� Ability to design multimedia presentations
� Experienced in computer and probeware use
� Strong writing skills
Organizational/ Administrative Skills
� able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
� can keep accurate and usable records
� experience in accumulating, organizing, and analyzing large volumes
of data
� communicate effectively with people of various ages and education
levels
� develop long-range and short-range plans
� experience in interviewing, mentoring and evaluating professional
staff
Computer Skills
Areas of Expertise
�Macintosh Operating Systems (installation, configuration, troubleshooting
and support)
�Serial and SCSI device installation, troubleshooting and support
�Application Use and Support for : Appleworks (Clarisworks), Netscape
Communicator, MS Explorer, Adobe Acrobat.
�Document Manipulation (changing formats, platforms or creator codes)
Areas of High Proficiency
�Network Configuration (local talk, appletalk, TCP/IP) and installation
�Firewire and USB device installation and support
�Application Use and Support for: MS Office, Virtual PC, Adobe Photoshop.
�Media diagnosis and repair, and data rescue
Areas of General Proficiency
�HTML editing and Web Site Construction
�Multimedia Development (Graphic, Animation, Quicktime, and Sprite)
�Windows Operating System use and support
�Application Use and Support for: Compression Utilities, Adaptec
Toast/Jam, and various media design and utility software
Hackley School, Tarrytown, NY 1993-Present
� Sixth Grade General Science Teacher (�93-Present)
� Health Educator grades 5-8 (�93- �96)
� Upper School Geology Teacher (�96 - �01)
� Conceptual Physics - 9th grade (�01 - Present)
Additional duties have included: Faculty Mentoring; Writing Two Complete
Curriculum Revisions for Sixth Grade Science; Middle School Science Textbook
Review and Adoption; Participating in hiring of new Administrators and
Faculty.
South Pasadena Middle School, South Pasadena, CA 1991-1993
� Sixth Grade General Science Teacher
� Eighth Grade Physical Science Teacher
� Sixth Grade Math Teacher
Additional duties included: Faculty Representative to the School Site
Council, Development of a Sequential Curriculum and Textbook Adoption for
Schoolwide Science Curriculum (committee)
R.A.F. Greenham Common School (DoDDS), Barkshire, England
Fall 1990
� Seventh Grade Life Science Teacher
� Eighth Grade Earth Science Teacher
� High School Health Educator
SUNY Purchase : Purchase, NY.
Continuing Education in science
1993-Present
Northern Arizona University: Flagstaff, AZ.
Participant in the National Science Foundation�s Science Education
Project
Certification in Secondary Education
B.S. in Health Education, Minor in Psychology December 1990,
Magna Cum Laude
Endorsement as Middle Level Education Specialist May 1991
REFERENCES
Available
upon request.
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