Ryan T.

Duff
15149 Mercury Dr.
Grand Haven, MI 49417
616-610-5666 Duffry@mail.gvsu.edu

Objective

● I am an ambitious student who is beginning to further my education in German and

secondary education. I possess a strong work ethic, strong interpersonal skills and the
desire to be a lifelong learner.

Education Certification anticipated in May 2019

● Grand Valley State University.

● German Secondary Education Major & Physical Education Minor.

Student Teacher & Long-term Substitute, Caledonia High School Caledonia, MI

January 2019 - Present
● Assumed instructional and administrative responsibility for cooperating teacher while CT
was still there. Will assume all responsibility until the end of the school year starting in
April 2019.
● Gained vast amounts of instructional and classroom management knowledge including
methods in teaching German levels 1-4.
● Employed various methods of foreign language instruction including TPR, PACE, and
Marzano’s vocabulary instructional strategies.
ZMC Services Hudsonville, MI
October 2019- Present
● Assist a high school aged boy who has autism and a traumatic brain injury.
● Assist with day to day activities while monitoring his health and safety and collect data day
to day.
Middle School Cross Country Coach, West Ottawa Middle School Holland, MI
August 2019- October 2019
● Head coach for 45 middle school aged boys.
● Ran practices and created individual and team training plans and advice to the boys.
● Kept in contact with parents, the athletic director and other teams with important
information.
Special Education Teacher & Aid Zeeland, MI
March 2018 - August 2018
● Worked for a month as an aid in a middle school aged classroom with students with severe
cognitive impairments and autism. Helped individual students through lessons and day to
day activities.
 ● Worked 5 months as a long term teacher. I taught a post secondary and high school
classroom with moderately and severely cognitively impaired and autistic students. I
created and taught lessons, collected data on IEP goals and kept in contact with parents.
● Received my non violent crisis prevention and intervention (CPI) training to protect
students and staff in case of emergencies.
Teacher Assistant, Rockford Freshman Center Rockford, MI
September 2016-December 2016
● Created individual lessons that used different modes of communication and the standards
for foreign language learning (5 C’s).
● Observed cooperating teacher and students and learned instructional and classroom
management methods.
Städtische Ludwig Thoma Realschule Munich, Germany
January 2016 - April 2016
● Volunteered as an English tutor for 15 German students ages 15-17 in a German school.
● Prepared students for their English speaking and writing test. I taught students grammar
and vocabulary concepts that prepared them for their state exam.
References
● Andy Mosseau - High School Track & Field Coach - 616-502-1996
● John Tarr - High School Cross Country Coach - 616-402-3132
● Chrystal Whitlock - Cooperating Teacher at Caledonia - 812-870-6257