ALEXANDER M.

RIVENBURGH
SUMMARY:

Experienced teacher, verbal and written communicator, researcher, public

speaker, problem solver and youth leader seeking to further my growth as a
History teacher.

EDUCATION:
2013-2014
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Masters of Education
Amherst, Massachusetts
Bridges to the Future teacher certification program.
Major: Education
GPA: 3.9/4
Sheltered English Language Immersion Endorsement
2008-2012

Boston University, Bachelors of Science, Cum Laude

Boston, Massachusetts
Major: Political Science
Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3.46 out of 4 (Deans List all four years)
Sydney Internship Study Abroad Program. Sydney, Australia, Fall of 2010

EXPERIENCE:
2014-Present Williston Northampton School
Easthampton, Massachusetts
History and Global Studies Teacher
At Williston, my responsibilities include teaching World Civilization,
European History, being a dorm parent in a dorm of 50 11th and 12th grade
boys, head coaching JV wrestling, Ultimate Frisbee, and boys thirds soccer,
assistant coaching JV girls volleyball and Track and Field. Additionally, I advise
six students throughout the year. In the classroom, I have incorporated
different technologies including, the Surface Tablet, Microsoft OneNote as a
collaborative space and digital document discovery tasks.
2013-2014

Easthampton High School

Easthampton, Massachusetts
Student Teacher- Social Studies
I spent a full year at Easthampton High School working with Kelley Brown as
my cooperating teacher. My responsibilities included co-teaching AP
Government, AP United States History and a World Politics course during the
first semester. During the second semester, I taught United States History II
and World History II. After school, I ran an AP Government study session,
helped establish an Ultimate Frisbee club at the school and have helped coach
the varsity basketball team.

2010, 12, 14,15 Camp Wah-Nee, Summer Camp

Torrington, Connecticut
Specialty Counselor
As a specialty counselor, I was responsible for developing daily lesson plans for
campers of different ages and skill levels in hockey. I worked with a team of
counselors to develop those plans and coach the campers on a daily basis both
at camp and during tournaments at other camps. In addition, I was directly
responsible for campers of 13-15 years old during mornings, meal times, late
night activity and selected parts of their daily schedule while I was not
teaching hockey.

2008-2012

Boston University Athletic Marketing

Boston, Massachusetts
Rhett the Terrier Mascot
As Rhett, I was the face of Boston University Athletics to the everyday fan.
During events, I was responsible for entertaining and interacting with fans of all
ages on an ad-hoc basis while maintaining the image and mystery of Rhett the
Terrier. Alongside this, while not performing in the suit I was responsible for
maintaining the schedule and safety of the performer during scheduled events.

2012 Spring

Office of Governor Deval Patrick, Government Affairs

Boston, Massachusetts
Intern, Government Affairs
As an intern, I processed incoming correspondences from elected officials and
prepared them for review by our team. During legislative sessions and
hearings, I would take notes on the current legislative priorities of the office
and their progress. When events were taking place, such as, funding, new
building construction, and governor appearances, I would reach out to
legislators to inform them of the event, invite them and give them any
pertinent information that went along with the event. Alongside these, I would
develop briefs for the Governor and his aides that were specific to these
different events.

2010 Fall
House

Leader of the Opposition Barry OFarrells Office, State Parliament

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Intern
As an intern, I was responsible for developing files on assorted Members of the
Parliament based off of news media and legislative voting history. Alongside
creating these files, I took calls from constituents and Parliament members and
informed them of the stances of and different events that related to the Liberal
Party of New South Wales or I directed them to the appropriate office to find
such information.

ACTIVITIES:
2013-Present CPR/AED Trained
2008-2012
Ultimate Frisbee Team, Boston University.
2010-Present Movember, Participant, Prostate and Testicular cancer fundraiser.
2004-2008
Wrestling team, Southwick-Tolland Regional High School; Captain
senior year and appeared in the state tournament 3 out of 4 years. Led team
to consecutive state runner up.
2007-2008
Cross Country team, Southwick-Tolland Regional High School
1999-2006
Westfield Youth Ice Hockey,