Susan Louise Bertomeu Albert

PO Box 272,  Rocky Hill, NJ 08553    

 (609) 577-7053

E-Mail slalbert@princeton.edu   Resume Online Address:   http://www.princeton/~slalbert/resume

OBJECTIVES

• To contribute a variety of skills developed as a result of education, service and employment in the fields of education, youth violence prevention and library work to part-time work that will supplement and compliment what I currently do.  

• As a teacher/mentor of young people,  one important objective is to  connect them  with others in the world through learning, technology and service projects that create a personal connection to education.   As students become fluent with technology and culture through service activities,  they also engage in authentic, standards-based, learning activities.  This naturally enhances  literacy, academic ability, civic responsibility and tolerance for all who participate.

CERTIFICATION AND EDUCATION

• Elementary Education  N - 8,  Certificate of Eligibility, State of New Jersey.

• Bachelor of Arts - 1990    Thomas A. Edison State College , Trenton, NJ -- Social Science / History.

The focus of my education, volunteer work and lifelong independent learning activity is on youth violence prevention.

Committees, Conferences and Special Projects

• Craft, Juggle, Twirl and Teach Workshop - Leader - SCOOP Program,  Trenton, NJ, 2006
  
• KidsBridge Children's Museum  Annual Kidsfest - Volunteer - Peace Juggling, various locations, Mercer County, NJ,  2002-2006
  
• CivicQuest - Leader - A dialogue group that brought high school and college students together with adult community leaders to explore war, peace, educational  and environmental issues - Princeton Peace Network, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2003.
• Clay Street 3rd Grade Technology Club - Leader - Princeton Young Achievers, Princeton, NJ,  2002.
• Monarch and Milkweed Conservation Project   - Leader - West Windsor-Plainsboro Extended Day Programs, 2001.
• The Child : Victim of War and a Messenger of Peace - Delegate - Athens, Greece, May 2001.
• Do Something Kindness and Justice Challenge  - Leader - Wicoff Extended Day Program, Plainsboro, NJ , 2001.
• YWCA Week Without Violence  Steering Committee  - Member - YWCA Princeton, 1999 - 2003.
• Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation Training Workshop - Participant - NJ State Bar Foundation, 2000.
• Educating for a Culture of Peace Conference - Participant - United Nations, January 2000.
• New Jersey School Age Care Coalition Conferences - Presenter  -"Up in the Air" (flying craft projects) Workshop - Spring 2001; Participant - Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Fall 2000.
• K.I.T.E.S.  Conference - Participant - Kids Instructed in Tolerance Through Education and Support,  Mercer County, NJ, October  1999, 2000 & 2001
• Hague Appeal For Peace - Delegate -  The Hague, Netherlands, May 1999.
• Community Works Conference - Participant - Princeton, NJ, 1999 & 2000.
• Community Connection Peace Education Project - Leader - Princeton, NJ, 1998 - 1999.  
• I*EARN   Teddy Bear Exchange with Australia  - Leader -1998.
• Creating Peace : children's advice in pictures and words - Leader - a collaborative Internet book, 1998 - present -  Winner of Highlights Magazine TeacherNet Site Award,  February 1999.
• Future Search Conference for Princeton Youth - Participant - Princeton Alliance for Drug Awareness, Princeton, NJ, 1998.
• Technical Services Committee for Computer Resource Use - Member - Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ, 1998 .
• Citizenship Committee - Member - Orchard Hill Elementary School PTA, Montgomery Township, NJ, 1997 - 1999.
• Peace Education Committee Coalition for Peace Action -  Former Chair & Member - Princeton, NJ, 1995 - Present .
• Princeton University Library Education and Training Committee  -  Member - Princeton, NJ, 1996 - 1998.
• Technology Articulation Committee - Member - Montgomery Township Schools, NJ, 1994  - 1998.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Founder and instructor of  The Learning Arcade, Inc. - an after-school/summer enrichment program that stresses creative, computer-enhanced, choice-based learning activities for children in a relaxed and collaborative environment that is very popular with children.  I provide instruction and support for students and teachers in the use of the computer as a tool for education and play.   Where space is appropriate, I teach basic juggling and Power Stick twirling.

Enrichment Activities Leader  1994 - Present   Various school age care programs

• SCOOP Program-West Ward Community Center, Trenton, NJ, 2006
  
• Montgomery Community School, Montgomery Township, NJ, 2002, 1994-1997.
• Princeton Young Achievers, Princeton, NJ, 2001-Present .
• IDEAS Center, Princeton Regional Schools, Princeton, NJ, 2001.
• Extended Day Program, West Windsor-Plainsboro Community Education, Plainsboro, NJ, 2000-2001.
• YWCA Princeton Onsite Camp/After School Program, Princeton, NJ, 1999-Present.
  
• All Day Learning Center, Belle Mead, NJ, 1997-2000.
• Princeton Multicultural Camp, Summer, 1998.

Bibliographic Specialist  and Other Library Duties - 1986 - Present   (exludes childrearing years from 1988-1991)   

Major responsibilities include performing bibliographic searches for duplicates and editions of recommendations for purchase sent by subject specialist librarians, creating purchase orders, receiving and cataloguing  monographic  library materials, creating claims and posting reports from publishers.     Additional work includes shelving and shelf-reading, demonstrating electronic library resources at Library and University Information Fairs, assisting with Freshman Library Orientation, service to the Library Education and Training Committee and to a Library Technical Services Computer Policy Advisory Task Force.  

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

• Youth Counselor at a state institution for abused, abandoned, neglected and delinquent children. 
• Substitute teacher, various districts.
• Assistant Manager at a unique French cafe, called Soup & Conversation, owned by a game inventor.