AUTUMN RENDALL

Experienced M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction student seeking EC-2nd grade teaching position

acrendal@cougarnet.uh.edu | (409) 221-7328 | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/autumn-rendall-441b02158/

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction: Teacher Candidate, Mandarin Immersion Magnet School, Houston
Elementary Education Independent School District
University of Houston Aug. 2021 - Present
Houston, TX
2020-2022 Teaches 41 kindergarten students, in two classes, English Language Arts and
GPA: 4.0 Social Studies curriculum through a variety of lessons
Plans lessons that align with kindergarten TEKS for ELA and Social Studies,
B.A. in Journalism: Digital and
Print Media and meet the needs of students’ variety of interests and abilities
University of Houston Maintains a kind, safe, and respectful classroom environment to help students
Houston, TX succeed
2017 - 2020
Employs a classroom management system that provides students with clear
routines and fair expectations
CERTIFICATIONS
Identifies students' needs and abilities alongside mentor teacher to ensure a
EC-6th Certification - (Pending,
specified and ideal education for each student
May 2022)
Assists mentor teacher with maintaining classroom procedures and planning
Passed All Certification Exams
Ensures that students take proper safety procedures to protect themselves and
their materials
PD Certifications:
Attends staff meetings and performs additional staff responsibilities by
Valuing Bilingualism (Sanford
directing the car drop-off line each morning
Inspire)
Linking Identity and Achievement Instructional Assistant, Center for Student Media, University of
Houston
through Cultural Competence
July 2020 - July 2021
(Sanford Inspire)
Working Against Racial Bias (Sanford Served as the Executive Editor for all CSM publications including Transitions
Inspire) Magazine, Houstonian Magazine and Cooglife Magazine
Using Critical Consciousness to Managed the duties and performance of a writing staff of over 10 and two
Challenge Inequity (Sanford Inspire) assistant editors

AWARDS AND
ACHIEVEMENTS
Dean's List: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall
2018, Spring 2018
2022: Became member of National
Science Teaching Association
2020: Awarded Graduate School Fund
2019: John D. and Allie Lea Orton
Scholarship
2018: Dickie Scardino Journalism Award,
Out for Education Scholarship, Walter
Underwood Scholarship, Donald Dudley
Memorial Scholarship, Pat Flaherty
Memorial Scholarship
2017: Academic Excellence Scholarship
Laid out and edited all digital and print publications for AP Style and visual
optimization
Worked with graphic designers to keep publications visually engaging
Assisted with the support of the implementation and assessment of CSM
publication, pick-up rates, readership, along with management and tracking of
student participation in CSM and Cooglife sponsored events
Various editor positions at The Cougar, UH's student newspaper
Assistant editor: Aug. 2019 - Dec. 2019 | News Editor: Dec. 2019 - May 2020
Managed and planned all news coverage for the UH student newspaper's daily
online content and weekly print issue
Increased digital engagement by ensuring articles had SEO best practices,
metatags, keyword analysis and link-building through Wordpress
Wrote and pitched multiple weekly stories about relevant UH news covering
academic policy, feature stories, local events, research grants and more
Edited news staff's articles for print and online editions for their content, copy
and SEO best practices