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ANDY PETHAN Math teacher, software engineer, problem solver

HOME: 318 6 Ave SE, Rochester, MN 55904 EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 920-209-0502 E-PORTFOLIO: www.andypethan.com

EDUCATION WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY – ROCHESTER, MN

2011-2012

Candidate for Minnesota secondary math teacher licensure through Teacher Preparation Collaborative, GPA 4.0 Completed middle school field experience, semester of student teaching, and currently teaching in a semester-long internship

FRANKLIN W. OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING – NEEDHAM, MA

2006-2008, 2009-2011

Bachelor of Science in Engineering with concentration in Computing, received four-year full-tuition Olin Scholarship, GPA: 3.55

LICENSURE 6-12 MATH EDUCATOR LICENSURE

ANTICIPATED MAY 2012

Winona State University – Rochester (Rochester, MN)

EMPLOYMENT, TEACHING, AND PROJECT EXPERIENCE BYRON HIGH SCHOOL INTERN MATH TEACHER

FALL 2011 – SPRING 2012

Completed one semester of student teaching before independently teaching a second semester of Accelerated Algebra 2/Trig, Statistics, Algebra 1, and MCA Math Prep. Mentored by Rob Warneke and Troy Faulkner of the Byron High School Math Department, winners of the Intel Schools of Distinction Award for innovation. Actively tracked common assessment data, engaged in the math PLC, developed reverse classroom lessons, and developed a new project-based statistics course aligned to AP content standards.

OLIN STEM ACADEMY

FALL 2008 – FALL 2009

Served as teacher, curriculum designer, and co-founder of Saturday engineering program for Boston minority high school students. Co-developed and delivered semester courses in electrical engineering and mechanical design.

SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECT WITH AUTODESK

FALL 2010 – SPRING 2011

Designed an electronic learning system for professional CAD software (Autodesk Inventor) in a team of six students in collaboration with Autodesk, Inc. The system uses motivating game mechanics to encourage product exploration and visualize progress. The design was targeted at high school and college students as a way to expand the product’s user base.

ALIGHT LEARNING

FALL 2008 – WINTER 2010

Co-designed and developed a web-based software application to enhance online collaboration for teams of students. Roles included programming, visiting users and schools, designing mock-ups, presenting at conferences presentations, incorporating, and hiring interns.

IBM LOTUS SPEED TEAMS SOFTWARE INTERN

SUMMER 2010

Expanded widget framework to IBM’s webmail client (iNotes). Co-led team to prototype and pitch the idea weekly to IBMers. Persuaded management to assign future resources to the full development of the concept.

RAPID TEACHER TRAINING – HUMANITIES CAPSTONE PROJECT

FALL 2010

Researched condensed teacher training programs (such as Teach For America’s summer program), taught a short teachertraining course to Olin students, and created a public wiki to share results of interviews, curriculum ideas, and my synthesis of rapid teacher training programs. Visit the site online at http://wikieducator.org/rtt.

ORGANIZATIONS, COMMITTEES, LEADERSHIP, AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE Innovation Fair Committee: helped to design and organize Byron Public School’s first intra-district innovation fair and led a session on “Teaching Through Games” [2012] Mobile Device Pilot: shared a set of iPad and Droid Zoom tablets with mentor teacher, developed video production and Google Docs-based projects on the tablets, and participated in professional development with the other teachers in the pilot [2011-2012] Resident Resource (R2): selected to serve as one of nine on-campus Resident Resources at Olin College; R2’s act as a mediators, comforters, and sounding boards for student concerns and work with the student life office to handle issues such as stress, discrimination, depression, and suicide [2007-2008, 2010-2011] Grand Challenge Scholars Program: co-designed Olin’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program to excite and guide students to work on a variety of global challenges, such as “advancing personalized learning,” “making solar energy economical,” or “securing cyberspace” [2009-2011] Grand Challenges Conference: co-led planning committee of regional Grand Challenges conference to expose undergraduates to the interdisciplinary problems that faced the world in the coming decade [2011] Other paid and volunteer teaching: robotics at Monsignor Haddad Middle School [2008-2009]; bottle rocket workshops through Olin’s “Engineering Discovery” program [2009-2010]; hands-on science at Boston Renaissance Elementary Charter School [2011] Student designed courses: facilitated the formation of over a dozen student-designed courses run by Olin College students for independent study credit [2007-2011] Social Entrepreneur Corps: participated in a month-long program in Guatemala to study and observe successful models of “bottom of the pyramid” entrepreneurship; studied Spanish with private tutor and home-stay family [2007] Community Problem Solving: developed an action plan to address civilian safety issues in Shchuch’ye, Russia, located 12 miles from a 6000 ton chemical weapon stockpile undergoing disarmament; traveled to central Russia for two weeks to teach problem solving skills to teams of students [2003-2005] Eagle Scout: achieved Boy Scouts’ highest rank; raised over $4000 to plant shade trees at a local sports complex [2003] REFERENCES Available upon request.