Résumé for Manuela Gheorghiu

September 1990
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present

Physics Teacher

Colegiul National “Gh.Munteanu-Murgoci” High School, Braila, Romania

Taught first through seventh year physics 1990-present. (In Romania, all students take at least five years of physics, starting in sixth grade. Those who elect a science profile take a total of seven years of physics.)

Taught Informatics 2000-2002.

Typical teaching load is 18 50-minute classes per week. Some years it is higher, once as high as 38 classes.

Trained students for the national competitions of Physics, with great success, beginning with my first year as a teacher. My students qualified, step by step, at the local stage of the Olympiad, the district one and the national stage. (Usually from the Braila district about 4-5 students are qualified for the national stage) The best performance was the participation of a student in the large team (15 students) of Romania for the international Olympiad of Physics.

My students participated, not only in the Olympiad, but in other Physics competitions too, with local or national participation ("Stefan Procopiu", organized by the district Iasi - national; "Valcovici", Galati - regional; "Evrika" Braila - national and others).

Participated at the Olympiad not only by training students, but also in the team of teachers who correct papers and propose topics.

Participated every year in the teachers' teams for the national exams at the final of studies' cycle, baccalaureate and others (school-leaving examination).

The competition's participation and results raise the prestige of the school, so the best children from town choose our school to attend the 9-12 level courses.

Organized many extracurricular events. Excursions for one to 10 days, with different and multiple objectives. The last one was a visit to planetarium. (It was great to correlate this the subject of the chapter we are studying: Forces: the gravitational force, the centrifugal force.) We camp at the sea side, in the mountains, visit cultural objectives like monasteries and museums, and meet students from other regions.

I am participating in a project for introducing IT in teaching, the AEL (Assisted Electronic Learning) project.

July 1990
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September 1990

Librarian

Panait Istrate Public Library, Braila, Romania

Reviewed new books to determine likely reader interest.

Physicist

Intreprinderea de Utilaj Tehnologic, Spectral Laboratory, Bistrita, Romania

Worked to increase speed and precision of material composition analyses by using spectral methods in place of previously used chemical methods.

During this time I attended a one-week course on spectral analysis by fluorescence.

Student

Bucharest University, Bucharest, Romania