Rebecca Jessup

PO Box 53
New Harmony, IN 47631
(303) 521-6748 (Cell)

Testimonials from Latin Students:

“Thanks so much! Looking forward to more reading! The boost in my confidence with this reader has already been rewarding with only one tutoring session.” — Post-Graduate Latin Student, 2005

“The worst thing about learning Latin is when the class ends — and the best thing about Latin is that that’s the worst thing.” — Home-school high school Latin Student, 2005

“I maintain that Latin is the most difficult language offered at our school and have already begun to see the benefits of having taken it. When I talk to other students, whether from our school or others, my knowledge of grammar and syntax almost frightens them. Also, on the reading lists for several of the Humanities classes at Chicago, there are books such as the Metamorphoses, The Aeneid, and other such titles, that I have not only read in your class, but have translated. I have no doubts that my experience in Latin will not only help me in the area of the study of Latin literature, but give me an upper hand in any other language I might pursue, due to my understanding of grammar and syntax” – C.T., Freshman at University of Chicago who took four years of Latin in high school, 2008

(I am extremely proud of the people I have had the honor to teach. Students I have taught have gone on to such wonderful schools as MIT, the University of Chicago, Columbia, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, George Washington University, Boston University, and of course, CU Boulder, my own alma mater.)

Education

BA, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dec 1993. Graduated with distinction, major in Classics (Latin and Greek). Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Dean’s scholar. Roughly halfway through MA program in Classics. Completed Alternative Teaching License Program, Cherry Creek School District, Colorado, 2007. Certified to teach International Bachalaureate, Latin, 2008.

Skills and Experience

• Excellent communication skills, written and oral. Editing experience.
• Highly literate, flawless grammar, excellent spelling. Well and widely read.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Extensive experience dealing with students of all ages. Warm, genuine, attentive.
• Speak French fluently. Read, write and teach Latin.
• Extensive tutoring and teaching experience, including developing teaching materials.
• Experience with public speaking (teaching and academic conference presentations) and classroom management.
• Several years experience managing my own tutoring/teaching business.
• Office skills include Word-processing, spreadsheet and general office programs: MS Word, Word Perfect, Excel, Quicken, ClarisWorks, Internet, both Mac (OSX) and PC. Some experience with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign 2.0.1. Some knowledge of HTML.

Work

2010 to 2011:
Latin teacher at Heritage High School, Littleton, CO (administered by Aurora Community College). Taught Latin I through III.

2006 to 2009:
Latin teacher at Cherokee Trail High School, Cherry Creek School District, Aurora, CO. TaughtLatin I through IV, including International Baccalaureate program.

1992 to 2006:

• Teach and/or tutor Latin privately to home schoolers, high school, college, graduate, and independent adult students, individually and in small groups, with students ages 8 – 50.
• Substitute teach Middle School and High School through Boulder Valley School Districts. Specialties include Latin, Language Arts, French.
• Teach Latin at Boulder High School during the three-month maternity leave of the regular teacher. Approximately eighty students in four classes, from Latin I through Advanced Placement. Fall 2005.
• Teach Language Arts (American and English literature, English grammar, diagramming sentences), plus the Calvert Home School curriculum for 6th and 7 th Grades, all subjects.
• Establish fees and schedule, keep track of payments, establish curriculum, determine text book, research and develop materials.
• Teach Intro to Latin class through Longmnt Free University (adult education). Fall 2004.

1997 to 2001: Latin Instructor, CU Boulder

Taught Latin to college-aged students with Learning Disabilities.

• Planned semesters, ran class, designed supplementary classroom materials, wrote quizzes and exams, kept grades, worked with students in and out of class.
• Taught a three-semester sequence, from beginning Latin through reading Caesar in Latin.

“There is no better recreation for the mind than the study of the ancient classics. Take any one of them into your hand, be it only for half an hour, and you will feel yourself refreshed, relieved, purified, ennobled, strengthened; just as if you had quenched your thirst at some pure spring.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

“To read the Latin and Greek authors in their original is a sublime luxury… I thank on my knees him who directed my early education for having in my possession this rich source of delight.” –Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Joseph Priestly, January 27, 1800

(Post Scriptum: This resume covers only my work life as a lover of Latin and of teaching. I have had, and continue to have, others. — RJ.)