Theodore Patrick Spreng 726 Branch Drive | Garland, TX 75041 | (972) 333-4508
acmewebpages.com - spreng@acmewebpages.com

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position teaching English or Applied Technology at the high school level.

CERTIFICATIONS

I have completed the A+ Texas Teachers' Alternative Certification Program classroom training and now have a Texas Probationary Certificate. I have passed the TExES Exam #131: English, Language Arts and Reading 8-12 and the TExES Exam #139: Technology Applications 8-12. I am also "highly qualified" in Mathematics with 35 hours of college credits, 27 of which are upper level.

EDUCATION
A+ Texas Teachers, Dallas, TX
Alternative Certification Program
06/2007 - 07/2007
University of Texas - Dallas - School of Management, Richardson, TX
Graduate study in Management and Administrative Science (18 hours)
01/1978 - 12/1981
Texas A&M - Commerce, Commerce, TX
Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics/English (double major)
01/1969 - 05/1972
Academics: GRE score over 1500
Activities: Student Senator (2 years); Delta Tau Chi Fraternity Vice President, Treasurer
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 08/1968 - 12/1968
Academics: Institute of Technology Scholarship
South Garland High School, Garland, TX 09/1964 - 05/1968
Academics: National Merit Scholarship; Engineers' Club of Dallas Scholarship; SAT score: 1407
Activities: National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Physics Club, Chemistry Club, Band, Choir

RELATED EXPERIENCE
CCA - David L Moss, Tulsa, OK 04/2003 - 10/2003
Corrections Officer
Responsible for management of eighty to ninety inmates each day in twelve-hour shifts.
Bent Tree Bible Fellowship, Carrollton, TX 09/1978 - 05/1989
Learning Center Teacher
Taught various classes ranging in ages 3 through 12 over a twelve-year period
Lone Star Gas Company, Dallas, TX 04/1977 - 04/1994
Senior Programmer
Among other responsibilities, I developed and taught in-house classes in Using PCs, MS-DOS, Word Processing, Programming, Database Design, ASYNC Communications, and other computer areas.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Passed the TExES Exam #131: English, Language Arts and Reading 8-12
  • Passed the TExES Exam #139: Technology Applications 8-12
  • A+ Texas Teachers' Alternative Certification Training
  • Attended Harry Wong's The Effective Teacher Workshop
  • Received Madeline Hunter training in lesson planning

  • PUBLICATIONS
    Carol Publishing Company, Secaucus, NJ 08/1997 - 06/1998
    Wrote Everything Rosie: The Ultimate Guide for Rosie O'Donnell Fans Published by Birch Lane Press, June 1998. ISBN: 1559724528
    CMP Media LLC, San Francisco, CA 10/1999 - 06/2000
    Contributing Editor of the "Standards Watch" section of Network Magazine's data.com web site, contributing ten to twenty articles each month on software development standards and best practices.

    WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT
    ACME Web Pages, Garland, TX 05/1995 - Present
    Webmaster - 13 years experience creating and maintaining several very popular fan web sites: acmewebpages.com, ACME Dodgers, ACME Whoopi, Karen Allen, Everything Rosie, ACME Dolly, ACME Animal House, ACME Joe Bob, ACME Katherine Heigl
    Fellowship Bible Church, Tulsa, OK 07/2006 - Present
    Webmaster - fbctulsa.org
    New Life Gambia, Bakoteh, The Gambia 11/2001 - Present
    Webmaster - newlife-gambia.org
    Whoopi.com, New York, NY 11/2000 - 09/2006
    Webmaster for Whoopi Goldberg's official web site: whoopi.com

    OTHER EXPERIENCE
    Fellowship Bible Church, Tulsa, OK 07/2006 - Present
    Webmaster
    State Farm Insurance, Bloomington, IL 01/2006 - 06/2006
    Technical Analyst
    Nielsen Media Research, Oldsmar, FL 04/2004 - 01/2006
    Sr Software Developer
    CCA - David L Moss, Tulsa, OK 04/2003 - 10/2003
    Corrections Officer
    Decision One, Tulsa, OK 10/2002 - 03/2003
    Consultant
    Christ for Humanity, Tulsa, OK 10/2001 - 10/2002
    Network Consultant
    Sabre, Inc/EDS, Tulsa, OK 05/2001 - 10/2001
    Senior Programmer
    Oklahoma Central Credit Union, Tulsa, OK 06/2000 - 04/2001
    Network Administrator
    American Airlines, Tulsa, OK 11/1999 - 12/1999
    Consultant
    Commercial Financial Services, Tulsa, OK 05/1997 - 10/1999
    Senior Applications Analyst
    IBM Credit Corp, White Plains, NY 01/1997 - 05/1997
    Consultant
    USF+G Insurance, Wichita, KS 10/1994 - 06/1996
    I/S Manager and Regional I/S Coordinator
    Lone Star Gas Company, Dallas, TX 04/1977 - 02/1994
    Senior Programmer