John W.

Courtney
Phone: 240-675-0636
OBJECTIVE:

Email: Johncourtney89@gmail.com

Seeking a Full Time Position as an Assistant Principal at the Elementary or Middle School
Level
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
Waynesboro Area School District 3rd Grade Teacher, 2013 Present

Nominated as a Keystone Technology STAR one of Pennsylvanias top 100

technology innovators of 2015
STAR trainer teacher trainer of analyzing assessment data and instructing teachers
on how to use benchmark analysis to improve student achievement
Revised state ELA curriculum for the Pennsylvania Department of Education
Lead the district science curricular team to creating the current 3rd grade science
program
Gave district-wide professional development on the use of interactive videos as they
pertain to content instruction

Washington County Public Schools Substitute Teacher, August 2009 May 2013

Filled-in for over 100 teaching positions at a variety of levels through four years of
employment

North Gate Community Pool Assistant Manager, June 2015 - Present

Managed a lifeguarding staff of 15

Created schedules and oversaw basic site operations and functions

ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNSHIP:
Hooverville Elementary School

Drafted weekly professional development newsletters to all district elementary

schools
Worked with the district comprehensive development team to plan long-term goals
for professional development
Worked with community members and district staff to create the new vision and
mission statement for the Waynesboro Area School District

University PALS Acting Principal (Washington County Sponsored Summer School)

Worked with the Fletcher Foundation to write a new grant for funding for the
program
Developed a school handbook that includes emergency procedures, principal duties,
and school functions
Participated in the hiring and recruiting of summer school teacher candidates

John W. Courtney
Phone: 240-675-0636
EDUCATION:

Email: Johncourtney89@gmail.com

Master of Science in Educational Leadership (K-12)

QPA: 4.0
Summer 2016, Frostburg State University, Frostburg Maryland

Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (Gr. PK-4)

QPA: 3.9
May 2013, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg Pennsylvania

Relevant Coursework

Supervision & Human Resources

Public School Finance
School Law
Instructional Design for Understanding
Educational Leadership I & II

RESEARCH:
Web-Based Multimedia Technology Integration in Elementary Social Studies
Instruction

Presented research at the Pennsylvania Council for Social Studies Conference

Action research on Stability Balls In the Regular Education Classroom

Research on student achievement, student reflection, and teacher observation were

presented to the administrative team of the Waynesboro Area School District

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS:
Association of School Business Officials

National association of school business leaders membership includes daily new

briefings and monthly publications

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Guided Math Instruction Seminar, Bureau of Education & Research, Spring 2016
PETE&C Technology conference, Pennsylvania Association for Educational
Communications and Technology, Spring 2016
Keystone Technology Innovator STAR Summit, Pennsylvania Association for
Educational Communications and Technology, Summer 2015
iLead Conference, Kappa Delta Pi, Fall 2012