Resume

480 276-1505
Scottsdale, AZ Mccloseplus3@cox.net


Mark D. Close

Objective I am searching to secure a teaching position in a K-8 Catholic School.

Summary of

Qualifications I have held and currently hold a paid coaching position in Scottsdale

Unified School District; specifically Chaparral High School as freshman

girl’s basketball coach.

I have been an employee and coach through the City of Scottsdale

Program and coached the Boy’s 5th & 6th grade basketball teams from

OLPH.

I have coached through Boys & Girls Club, Little League, YMCA and Pony

Baseball. I am also currently Cubmaster for Pack 446 - OLPH.

Education 2004 Indiana University Northwest Campus Gary, IN
Associate of Arts in General Studies

( Completion Dec.) 2008 Arizona State - University College Tempe, AZ
Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies
( Education & Business )

Professional 1996 -2006 I have held claims adjuster positions at different insurance Experience companies that include Scottsdale Insurance Company, Republic

Western Insurance and Crawford & Company.

Professional Licensed Claims Adjuster in the State of Arizona
Memberships

References Father Tom Hever 480-874-3720 Dr. Bobbie Sferra 480 423-6217
Principal Shaun Holmes 480 484-2610

Extracurricular Cub Scouts & Boy Scouts, Child Liturgy at OLPH, Men of OLPH
Activities

Applied Study Experience and My Career

The applied study experience I chose fits very well into the career path that I want to pursue after graduation. My younger two sons attend a Scottsdale public school and I am doing my internship at a Navajo Elementary School a Scottsdale public school. I plan on obtaining my teaching certificate as quickly as possible so that I may teach in the Scottsdale School District and then go into administration. The internship I have is with the Principal at Navajo Elementary School and it has opened my eyes on how much a Principal does in a single day. I returned to college to become a teacher and along the way I started to think about becoming a Principal and the Applied Study Experience has proven to be a wealth of knowledge regarding this particular position in the education field. Both my parents, my in-laws and wife have all been teachers and I have a real understanding of what it takes to be a classroom teacher but I did not know all the workings of a school Principal and hence the decision to do my internship with a Principal. This internship helps me meet working teachers and let's me network to help insure a future job. The elementary school I am at has only one male teacher and he oversees the gym periods of certain grades. My supervisor Principal Holmes has requested I apply at SUSD to be a substitute teacher in the school system and when I do my student teaching to also request his school. He advised if everything works out and a position is available he would like to see me teaching at Navajo Elementary School in the near future. I actually would like to work there as well. I have no real dislikes at my current learning site but I would like to teach a little in the classroom but a Principal and his intern are to busy to do that. The skills I am learning involve responding immediately to important issues. In the Principal's position the buck stops at his office door and you better deal with things ASAP or they just pile up. Principal Holmes tries to express to me working smart and doing things one time and moving on. Mr. Holmes stresses as a Principal you need a good office staff because without a hard working staff his life would be a whole lot more complicated and busy. The last question asked in the week seven questions was if I would work with children in a educational setting. The answer to that question is a loud and heartfelt, “ yes” and twice on Tuesday. I really feel I was born to be a teacher and I have ignored that feeling long enough. I can't wait to teach in the classroom and start making a difference on a larger scale.