Gabrielle Pitchko

Current Address Permanent Address

2445 Campus View Cir. 14 Butler Ct
Harrisonburg, VA 22801 Medford, NJ 08055
Phone: (609) 410-4633 Email: gpitchko@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Masters of Arts in Elementary Education

James Madison University I Intended Graduation Date May 2020

Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies

James Madison University I Magna Cum Laude December 2018
o Minor in Elementary Education
o Minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
§ Endorsement in teaching Algebra 1

PRE-PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Student Teaching Placement in Kindergarten

South River Elementary School I January 2020-March 2020

Practicum Placement in Kindergarten

South River Elementary School I September 2019-December 2020

Practicum Placement in Fifth Grade

Plains Elementary School I September 2018-December 2018

Creativity and Reading Education Program Teacher

Summer program through JMU I June 2018
§ Organized and lead a summer camp program that focused on creativity and literacy education for
recently arrived refugee children learning English as a second language

Practicum Placement in Preschool Classroom

Wayne Hills Preschool Center I September 2017-December 2017

WORK EXPERIENCES

Graduate Assistant
College of Education Literacy Department I September 2019- December 2019
§ Research support for professors and librarian for the Reading Center

Substitute Teacher
Rockingham County Public Schools I March 2017-May 2019
§ Frequently substitute taught across 12 schools from Kindergarten- Eighth Grade and full-time January
2019-May 2019

Intern Teacher
Thinkabit STEM Program I November 2018-Februrary 2019
§ A lead teacher for a STEM based field trip program sponsored by Qualcomm’s Thinkabit lab for every
fifth grade class in the city area
Student Administrative Assistant
JMU Justice Studies Department I Sept 2016- December 2018

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES

Director of Community Service

Alpha Sigma Tau I Jan 2017-October 2017
§ Sought out community service opportunities for the chapter, tracked, and organized the service hours for
200+ members

Director of Rituals
Alpha Sigma Tau I Jan 2016-Jan 2017
§ Organized and facilitated all ritual ceremonies, ordered inventory, planned a Founder’s Day Brunch for
200+ members

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES

Ride With Pride I March 2017-April 2018

§ Horseback riding lesson volunteer for a therapeutic horsemanship program catered towards adults and
children with disabilities

Big Brothers Big Sisters I January 2016-May 2017

§ Adult mentor for a third grade boy in a youth services organization for students facing adversities

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Virginia Association of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Selected as a presenter at the VATESOL conference 2018
§ Topic of research: How Age Interacts with Second Language Learning

Kappa Delta Pi
International Honor Society in Education I September 2017-May 2019

ABROAD EXPERIENCES

Orotina, Costa Rica I June 2019

§ Immersion into a local town in Costa Rica to take observations of a different perspective of education in
a local school with some assistance in teaching English

Florence, Italy I May-July 2017

§ Study abroad opportunity

People to People Student Ambassador I June 2013 and June 2014

§ A program for high school students to have the opportunity to travel to several counties over 3 weeks
participating in both tourist excursions as well as volunteering in local communities