• Full-time teacher instructing English Language Arts and American History to 4 classrooms of 22 students in 5th Grade• Encourage students to be empathetic with one another using positive reinforcement and modeling desired behaviors• Enhance student engagement for learning social studies by maintaining collaborative learning classroom environment• Support a balanced reading program through implementation of Reading & Writing workshop curriculum

• Maintained excellent classroom management skills and an ability to keep students on task.• Integrated multiple teaching styles and differentiation to intensify the range of learning.• Taught guided reading lessons to model questioning, clarification, and problemsolving techniques.• Supervised stimulating math learning centers utilizing various manipulatives.• Evaluated student progress and support recommendations for further studentdevelopment.

• Provided quality instruction to a diverse range of students at an inner-city charter school.• Led students to reach individual academic growth targets: last year 100% met or exceeded NWEA math goals (1.5 year's progress), and 87% reached goals in literacy.• Assessed literacy using DIBELS, Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, and Phonics Screener for Intervention.• Collaborated with staff members to vertically align report card standards and design an… Show more • Provided quality instruction to a diverse range of students at an inner-city charter school.• Led students to reach individual academic growth targets: last year 100% met or exceeded NWEA math goals (1.5 year's progress), and 87% reached goals in literacy.• Assessed literacy using DIBELS, Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, and Phonics Screener for Intervention.• Collaborated with staff members to vertically align report card standards and design an inquiry-based science curriculum.• Spearheaded an egg fertilization and incubation project and managed a coop of six, egg laying chickens. Show less

Wrote and edited content for K-6 student editions, teacher editions, ancillaries for publishers, including Pearson Scott Foresman, Kaplan, and McGraw-Hill/Glencoe. Conceptualized educational materials for elementary and secondary education.

Developed and executed innovative supplemental products, including Access for Newcomers, a standards-based middle school program for English learners and Voices Reading, an elementary reading program based on Read-Alouds with character development themes.Acted as manager and lead editor of basal reading programs and ELL supplemental products.