EMMA BIRD

(434) 566-9138
emma.bird70@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE SKILLS
JMU Health Center Sexual Violence Prevention Student Coordinator Public Speaking | Teaching and
AUGUST 2017 - PRESENT | 10 hours/week Training | Peer Education |
Program Facilitation |
Work on a team to plan and implement sexual violence prevention educational
programs Interpersonal Communication |
Classroom Management | Lesson
Attend monthly Campus Coalition Against Sexual Assault meetings
Planning | Leadership | Social
Work with marketing department on advertisements
Media and Advertising | Event
Keep up an active social media presence for the Red Flag Campaign and Take Planning | Microsoft Office Suite
Back the Night at JMU to promote event attendance and raise awareness of issues

Lead a group of student volunteers in planning Take Back the Night event
CERTIFICATIONS AND
Campus Assault Response, JMU Presentations Coordinator
TRAINING
JANUARY 2017 - PRESENT
CARE Helpline Trained JMU
Coordinate and facilitate presentations to groups on campus on sexual assault
and IPV (intimate partner violence) in both discussion- and lecture-based settings SPRING 2015

Train new members to facilitate presentations Trained to take calls for

student-run, 24-hour sexual
Work with a team as executive board member to plan events and further CAREs assault and intimate partner
mission and outreach while collaborating with other university organizations violence helpline
Skyline Literacy, Harrisonburg ELL Teacher Learned active listening and
JANUARY 2017 - MAY 2017 | 2.5 hours/week advocacy skills for talking to and
supporting survivors of all
Created flexible, effective lesson plans to teach small groups of intermediate identities and backgrounds
adult English language learners speaking, listening, reading, writing, and US
survival skills Make Your Mark on Madison
JMU
Virginia Governors School French Academy, Washington & Lee University
Student Resident Assistant FALL 2015 | 2 hours/week
JUNE 2016 - JULY 2016 | 40+ hours/week Semester-long leadership
training program
Worked on a team of other RAs and teachers, communicating in French with
each other and with students
Ensured that students were safe and following all academy rules LANGUAGES
Planned and facilitated daily conversation classes and enrichment activities to English - native
cultivate inclusive and educational experience for students French - fluent
Adult Learning Center, Charlottesville V
olunteer
JUNE 2015 - JULY 2016 | 6 hours/week
Helped in adult ESL classrooms of varying levels, assisting teacher and helping
students with class assignments, answering their questions, and guiding
conversation tables during summer volunteer sessions
Teens Taking Action, Charlottesville Peer Educator
2012-2013
Served as trained and certified peer educator, giving group presentations to other
teens in the community on topics related to personal and public health

EDUCATION
James Madison University, Harrisonburg B.A.
AUGUST 2014 - MAY 2018
Modern Foreign Languages Major | Concentration: French
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) minor
 | 3.5 GPA
JMU Study Abroad, Paris
JUNE 2017 - AUGUST 2018
Nine-credit, six-week immersive program with courses in French literature,
civilization, and history | 4.0 GPA
Charlottesville High School, Charlottesville Advanced Studies Diploma
AUGUST 2010 - MAY 2014
Virginia Governors School French Academy, Washington & Lee University
JUNE 2013 - JULY 2013
Selected to participate in three-week French immersion program for sixty high
school juniors and seniors in Virginia