Dan Galante

LinkedIn Profiles Email Dan@dangalante.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/dangalante Business http://www.linkedin.com/in/nycteacher Education Blog: http://www.dangalante.me/ http://askdangalante.com Website: http://www.dangalante.com

Summary: I am looking to transition from classroom teaching to a career in Education Marketing and Technology. Prior to teaching, I had a career in outside sales and marketing. My other LinkedIn profile has more information on this. There you will find references and recommendations along with my writings on Sales, Marketing and Social Media. http://www.linkedin.com/in/dangalante

Teaching/Education Experience NYC DOE: Social Studies Teacher September 2014 to Present Help students develop the skills that they need to succeed. Develop and deliver top notch differentiated student-centered lesson plans and presentations to students using state-of–the-art instructional technology. I also collaborate with the Special Education department both as a General Education teacher in the ICT setting serving as the General Education witness during IEP Meetings. I routinely assist fellow Teachers with educational technology related issues during my preparation period in the schools Teacher's Center.

Special Education Teacher February 2013 to September 2014Taught and co-taught courses across the academic curriculum; providing students with the support they need to succeed(Math, Science, English, Social Studies)Reviewed and incorporated student's IEP needs along with instructional/information technology to support lesson objectivesServed as both an ICT (Co-Teacher) and Self-contained classroom teacher

Social Studies Teacher at YABC Program February 2012 to June 2013

Taught independent study courses across the Social Studies Curriculum to Special Education Students two nights a week

Substitute Teacher January 2009 to February 2013 Worked at various Junior High Schools and High Schools as a Substitute Teacher

Sales Representative NYC-Manhattan Territory September 2006- September 2008I ran the day to day operations in the New York City Sales territory for Diversified Dental Sales; a dental equipment distributor. I served as a sales representative. Called on Dentists, selling and marketing products and servicesManaged all details in the territory along with promoting the company's brand to Dentists who were previously unfamiliar with our offeringsRepresented my company at TradeshowsAccomplishments:•Met and exceeded clients' needs/expectations by employing a consultative selling approach•Educated customers on the latest products and industry trends•Provided Dentists with high quality Handpieces, Scalers, Cavitron units and Autoclaves •Increased sales in the most competitive territoryRecommendations for this position http://www.linkedin.com/in/dangalante

Sales/Marketing/Writing/Business and Social Media Skills:

Blogger on Sales, Marketing & Social Media subjects November 2011- Present

I write about the above three topics that I am most passionate about. Knowledge of these topics are drawn from my experiences in outside sales and marketing. The blog is published utilizing the WordPress, tumblr and LinkedIn publishing platforms.WordPress: http://dangalante.me/tumblr: http://www.askdangalante.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/73237753Accomplishments:

•My articles have helped to inform professionals and entrepreneurs in Sales and Marketing•Many people have shared my articles across the web on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and many other social networking sites•Articles featured in various online newspapers dealing with the subjects of sales, marketing, business and social media ex.: Yahoo! finance Blog•Verizon Wireless Promotional Tweet featured on Twitter's Ads Blog •Built and launched a website and blog that I monitor using Google analytics and created a Gmail server with a custom domain name using Google apps and Cloud Computing technology •Indexed my website in the Google, Yahoo and Bing search engines

Education M.S. Education, Wagner College January 2009 – December 2010 B.A. History, University at Albany September 2005- December 2005