1. KEVIN KENEALY
708.299.2486
kevin.kenealy@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL
English Teacher Certification Type 09 in progress Fall 2009-Summer 2012
Currently hold a 3.837 GPA on 4.0 Scale
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Summer 2006-Spring 2008
B.A. in Journalism
Area of Concentration: Online Journalism
Graduated with a 3.5/4.0 GPA, named part of Society of Collegiate Journalists
Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL Fall 2004-Spring 2006
Associate of Arts
Graduated as part of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
AWARDS
Pacemaker Award for Multimedia Journalism, EIU
Journal Gazette-Times Courier Award for Community Journalism, EIU
Most stand out member of Pounce Online, EIU
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Elim Christian Services, Palos Heights, IL
One on One Paraprofessional Fall 2010 – Summer 2011
Work one on one with a student with cerebral palsy who is confined to a Winter 2012 - Present
wheelchair, figured out how to differentiate instruction for special needs students
Oak Lawn Community High School, Oak Lawn, IL
Student Teacher Fall 2011
Taught four English classes for freshmen through seniors, assisted with school
newspaper, the Spartanite, increased student grammar scores 10 percent in one unit
Independence Junior High School, Palos Heights, IL Fall 2009
Student Aide
Observed Special ED, English and lunch; graded papers, tutored students, conducted
class presentations
Moraine Valley Community College
Journalism Teacher Aide Spring 2008
Led a workshop on Opinion writing for high school journalism students, critiqued
papers, participated in a panel discussion, helped students come up with story ideas
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WORK EXPERIENCE
The Doings Newspaper, Hinsdale, IL
Contributor Spring 2009-Present
Cover Westchester village and school board District 92 meetings
Saunoris’ Garden Center, Chicago Ridge, IL
Nursery Employee Spring 2003-Present
Water flowers, sell nursery stock, assist customers, stock flowers, landscape,
operate forklift and bobcat
The Glacier Newspaper, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL Fall 2004-Spring 2010
News Editor, Editor in Chief, Layout Editor, Web Designer, Views Editor
Helped the bi-monthly paper win its first national award, winning second best
newspaper in the country as a bi-monthly as editor in chief, designed the paper’s
first Web site, helped teach and train editors and staff to be better journalists
Daily Eastern News, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Staff Writer, Online Reporter, Online Interactive Editor, Pounce Editor Summer 2006-Spring 2008
Assembled online Web packages that consisted of slideshows, podcasts, videos,
stories and graphics, in charge of Web-oriented magazine Pounce Online,
began a daily news podcast for dennews.com (the newspaper’s online site),
continued to report on the news, features, opinions, and sports pages
Journal Gazette-Times Courier, Mattoon, IL Summer 2007
Online, Layout Intern
Laid out the front page of Entertainment, Obituaries, Markets pages,
worked on audio projects using Audacity
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
SMART NOTEBOOK SOFTWARE AND SMART BOARDS
MICROSOFT EXCEL
ADOBE DREAMWEAVER
BLOGGER/WORDPRESS
PHOTOSHOP
INDESIGN
FLASH
DIGITAL PORTFOLIO
Available at: http://portfolio.trnty.edu/KK5160/portfolio/
Username: edtcc
Password: portfolio
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