Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Brinker
617 Moores River Dr. Lansing, MI aar14@albion.edu alanabrinker.weebly.com 517-303-7456
Current Work: Executive Assistant to State Senator Ian Conyers, 4th Senate District March 2017-present
Coordinate the Senators Schedule and arrange meetings, often taking meetings myself
Handle constituent relations: receive their phone calls kindly and with concern, meet with them graciously,
honor constituents through writing tributes for noteworthy achievements.
Manage the office to ensure organization, efficiency, and a welcoming environment to visitors.
Long-Term Substitute Teacher: Western Middle School (Parma, MI) September 2016January 2017
Taught 4 sections of 8th grade U.S. History, and 2 sections of Digital Portfolio, a computer literacy class.
Fully participated and contributed in all professional development and school requirements.
Student Teaching Internship: Concord High School, (Concord, MI) Fall 2015
Taught 11 /12 American Government; 11 /12 Geography, 9 World History
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Units taught included: Comparative Forms of Government, Key Documents in American Government,
Biomes, South America, Age of Exploration
Conducted teacher action research: What did I do over the Weekend? Grade Essays!: How to Effectively and
Efficiently Give Feedback on Student Writing in Social Studies
20 hours of professional development focusing on writing the school improvement plan and developing
our formative and summative assessments
Relevant Experience:
Personal TutorOkemos, MI February 2017-present
Teach English and American culture to a Korean family who is here for one year: a mom, kindergartener,
and second grader.
EduStaff Substitute TeacherJackson, Ingham, and Eaton Counties JanuaryJune 2016, FebruaryJune 2017
Guest teaching in Jackson, Concord, Northwest, Western, Grand Ledge, Holt, Charlotte, and Waverly public
schools, primarily secondary.
Responsible for coming into a new classroom each day and faithfully executing the teachers plan while
keeping all students safe and on task.
Through Albions sister city, Noisy-le-Roi, France, Albions Summer camp hosted thirteen 12 and 13 year
old French students, who were placed under my supervision in addition to my Albion students. I facilitated
communication, cooperation, and friendship between the American and French students.
Albion College SOAR (Student Orientation and Registration) A-Team member MayAugust 2012 and 2014
Facilitated and implemented the first-year orientation and registration sessions for Albion College, advising
new students and their parents per their needs.
Set Free: Anti-Human Trafficking Leadership TeamSpring Arbor Free Methodist Church July 2014present
Contribute to decision making process for funds and activities.
Upward Basketball Assistant CoachFirst Baptist Church of Charlotte December 2016March 2017
Coach and mentor nine 5 -7 grade girls twice weekly in basketball skills and character building.
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