DAVID P.

EISENBERG, MLIS 

SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS

• Awarded 2010 MLIS from Rutgers University with School Librarian (SLMS) Certification
• Ten years experience as Information Specialist & Special Education Technology Teacher
• Recipient of numerous awards for community service, leadership and librarianship

CERTIFICATIONS: Library (K-12), English (K-12), Science (K-8), Special Education (K-12) & Elementary (K-5).
Highly Qualified in Math (K-8), Biology (K-12), English (K-12), and School Library Media Specialist (K-12)

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

• Maplewood Middle School Library Fieldwork. Maplewood, NJ. Grades 6-8. 150 supervised hours. 2010.
o Leading a professional development seminar for teachers on Apple Smart Board and EDU-Blogs in the classroom.
Approved for professional development credit hours by the district technology supervisor.
o Teaching classes, collaborating with and assisting teachers on curriculum-related student research projects
o Assisting students with book selection by reading level, curriculum or research needs, or student interest.
o Helping organize the Maplewood Middle School Annual Book Fair; supervising student and parent volunteers
o Assisting student supervision, collection development, circulation, book cataloging, and computer instruction
o Creating displays & book selections for Black History Month, Women’s History Month, and Poetry Month

• Middle School Library Research Teaching Intern. Discovery Charter School. Newark, NJ. Grades 4-8. 2010.
o Teaching and creating lessons on information literacy, involving essay writing, reading comprehension, and life
science with web 2.0 instructional technology and computers
o Teaching through active reading, guided inquiry, analysis and discussion of current peer-reviewed research articles
o Students each produce original research proposals, including persuasive essays and multimedia presentations.
• Rutgers Libraries Instructional & Reference Assistant. Part-time. Piscataway, NJ. June 2009-Present
o Teaching classes to high school students from Ocean County Vocational & Technical Schools and New Brunswick
Public Schools, under the supervision of the Instruction Librarian. Assisting students and faculty with research
science research questions, redesigning the library’s websites, and creating multimedia instructional tools.
o Co-authored a poster with Rutgers Libraries on library technology, for the 2010 New Jersey Library Assn Conference
• Technology Teacher and Consultant. DPE Consulting, LLC. Newark, NJ. 2001-Present
o At the Gramon School in Fairfield, NJ.
 Teaching technology for special education students, grades 7-12. Creating hands-on lesson plans,
incorporating real-world applications, including year-end project where my special needs students themselves
independently redesigned the company website www.dpeconsulting.com
o At Essex County Vocational & Technical High School
 Providing students with technology internship training and mentorship. Presented with a certificate of
appreciation from the school district.
o Also served as technology consultant for Newark Mayor Cory Booker, the Elizabeth Housing Authority, and briefly for
Obama America

• Teacher. MEK School. Palisades Park, NJ. 1999-2000. Taught Math, ESL and English classes to grades 7-12.
 EDUCATION

• MLIS with School Librarian Certification. SC&I, Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ. Summer 2010.

o Teacher, Rutgers SC&I Technology Instruction. New Brunswick, NJ. 2009-2010.

 Designing instructional technology on their informational wiki, http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~ruasis/

o Executive, Teachers Initiative for Multicultural Education. New Brunswick, NJ. 2009-2010.
 Helping Rutgers’ Graduate School of Education promote multicultural awareness in schools

 Developing age-appropriate reading lists for teachers and students on multicultural themes

• Teacher Certification Program. Graduate School of Education, NJCU. Jersey City, NJ. NPT-P1. July 2009.
• BA, English & Psychology (Biology Minor / 30 Credits). Rutgers College. New Brunswick, NJ. Highest honors. 1999

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & AWARDS

• American Library Association Scholarship Recipient. To attend the 2010 National Conference.
o Invited to read a children’s book I wrote to 1,000 librarians at the 2010 Conference in Washington, D.C.
• New York Technical Librarians Association Conference. Selected to Represent Rutgers University in 2010.
• Rutgers Council for Children’s Literature. Invited attendee in the Young Adult Fiction division. 2009.
• Annual Conference Attendee. Society of Children’s Writers & Illustrators (2007-2010); New Jersey Association of
School Librarians (2009-2010); International Thriller Writers (2008-2009); San Diego State University Writers
Conference (2008), World Fantasy Conference (2007); Science Fiction Writers of America (2007)
• Helen G. Michaels Librarian Scholarship. Awarded from Rutgers University toward my MLIS degree. 2010.
• 2006 Outstanding Teamwork Recognition. Received from the North Essex Chamber of Commerce.
• Columbia University Writing Fellowship. For fiction, playwriting, and nonfiction. Awarded, 1997 & 1998.

VOLUNTEERING & MEMBERSHIPS

• Youth Development Mentor, Friends & Families United. Newark, N.J. 2005-Present. Program board member.
o Volunteer for after-school programs and mentorship for at-risk elementary through high school kids
o Co-authored a substantial technology grant that helped kids and staff gain access to better computers

• Leadership Newark Fellowship. Graduated from two-year leadership training program. 2003 – 2005
o Received the Prudential Financial Entrepreneurial Achievement Award, 2003

TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE

• Adobe graphics design; QuarkXpress publication layout; Flash, Dreamweaver & Fireworks web development
• Windows NT-2008 & exchange servers; wireless networking; system backups & disaster recovery; data
transfer & restoration; blackberry handheld PDA repair; Cisco firewall security; networking equipment repair;
remote access & VPN; phone system & Internet repair; spam filtration & virus protection; printer repair
• For examples of my technology capabilities, please visit my website @ davidpaul.weebly.com