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• • Prepared quarterly education reports <br /> • Managed teaching materials and program supplies <br /> • Assisted with special events <br /> • Aided in care of resident live animal collection <br /> • Assisted with exhibit,trail,and garden maintenance <br /> • Contributed to quarterly newsletter <br /> Irvine Nature Center,Assistant Naturalist(Stevenson, MD) 1/04-5/04 <br /> • Led curriculum-based school field trips and classroom outreach programs <br /> • Developed and led public programs for children and families <br /> • Cared for resident live animal collection <br /> • Assisted with special events <br /> • Assisted with exhibit, trail,and garden maintenance <br /> Irvine Nature Center,National Wildlife Federation "Habitat Steward"(Baltimore, MD) 1/04-5/04 <br /> • Taught Baltimore City elementary school students the value of wildlife habitat through hands-on nature <br /> lessons and aided in the implementation of a schoolyard enhancement project in partnership with the <br /> Community T.I.E.S. (leaching by improving the Environment on School Grounds)program <br /> Irvine Nature Center, Urban Education Intern(Stevenson,MD) 9/03-5/04 <br /> • Trained Baltimore inner-city high school students to teach hands-on nature activities to elementary school <br /> students on their schoolyards <br /> • Led after-school classroom nature lessons for elementary school students <br /> • Supervised program delivery <br /> • Managed teaching materials and program supplies <br /> Irvine Nature Center,Naturalist Intern(Stevenson, MD) 1/03-1/04 <br /> • Led curriculum-based school field trips, classroom outreach and public programs <br /> • Led week-long summer day camps for grades Preschool—Grade 6 <br /> • Cared for resident live animal collection <br /> • Assisted with special events <br /> • Assisted with exhibit,trail and garden maintenance <br /> Hornsby Bend Center for Environmental Research,Academic Internship(Austin, TX) 8/01-12/01 <br /> • Conducted plant surveys and photo-point monitoring for riparian restoration project <br /> PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS <br /> Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE)Conference 2/05 <br /> "How Sweet It Is! Maple Sugaring in Maryland" <br /> PROFESSIONAL ENRICHMENT <br /> Environmental Educators of North Carolina(NCEE)Member <br /> Food, Land, People workshop <br /> Ethnobotany of the Carolinas course, Sarah P. Duke Gardens <br /> Tools for Environmental Educators workshop <br /> Environmental Educators of North Carolina(EENC)Annual Conference <br /> Fall Birding workshop, Blue Jay Point County Park <br /> Amphibians workshop, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary <br /> Introduction to Plant Ecology course, Irvine Nature Center <br /> ,Tree Identification and Plant Identification courses, Johns Hopkins University, Odyssey Program <br /> Avian Ecology course,Eden Mill Nature Center <br /> Maine Audubon Camp:Natural History of the Maine Coast week-long course (Etta Wedge Memorial <br /> Scholarship, Maryland Ornithological Society) <br /> Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE)Annual Conferences (2004-07) <br />