Danielle Gutstein Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Provide developmentally appropriate, inclusive, and cooperative Physical Education programming for students in Nursery through Grade 6. Inspire the love of physical activity, teach safety, movement competence, strategy through a child-centric, inquiry model. Teach self-regulation, mindfulness, team work, collaboration, problem solving and play skills.Collaborate with teachers in planning and teaching integrative, inquiry based health units. Run athletics’ program and coach various sport clubs.

Differentiate for varied personalities, learning styles, and profiles, including English Language Learners, gifted and talented students, and students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Teach character development, social responsibility and encourage student activism, cultural literacy and social awareness. Provide blended learning opportunities by integrating technology in daily learning to enrich communication, collaboration and learning (Google Apps, Haiku Learning, Edmodo, ALEKS etc.)Create inquiry based, meaningful and challenging learning experiences for reading and writing workshops, mathematics, social studies and science. Collaborate with students, parents, learning support teachers, tech-integration specialists, administrators, literacy coaches, and other colleagues to create optimal learning experiences for students.

Plan and provide students with responsive, authentic and inquiry based, cross-curricular learning experiences.Collaborate with colleagues in supporting students’ improvement of understanding, creating performance based assessments and documenting student learning.Learn about and develop myself as a professional in math and literacy PLCs, math lesson studies and on-going teacher-inquiries and research.Offer and enhance extracurricular activities by coaching hockey and skipping teams, pioneering a Latin club, co-leading math club, collaboratively organizing a school-wide arts night.

Implemented and develop educational, behavioral and life-skills programs for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disabilities.Teach communication, social and cognitive skills gearing children towards independence, classroom readiness and a better quality of life.Instruct through Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), Intensive Behavioral Intervention (IBI), Verbal Behavior, Precision Teaching and Direct Instruction.

Haliburton, Ontario

Train, evaluate and supervise unit heads, oversee the supervision of all staff and campers. Collaborate with staff, campers and parents to facilitate children’s adjustment to camp.Co-headed an integration program for campers with disabilities and helped them adjust seamlessly to camp life; trained staff and head-staff on working with campers with special needs.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Child Study And Education

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English And Classics