Bringing shalom bayit to your family.Using simple, heart-based methods and guidance from Jewish sources, I guide parents (by phone or in-person) and groups to leave behind frustration and anxiety so that they can parent the way they want to.Connect more. Play more. Love more.

• Create lesson experiences that help the students to develop meaning behind t’fillot• Use games and other interactive experiences to teach Hebrew through t’fillah• Designed and teach innovative experiential parshiot program for 6th graders• Teach Holocaust studies to 7th graders• Developed and taught lessons about parshiot, chagim, mitzvot, and introductory Hebrew to 2nd graders

• Create lesson experiences that help the students to understand others' situations and challenges• Develop craft activities for students to create helpful and fun items for others

• Teach specialized reading program using visualization to 5-24 year olds struggling with letter recognition, word attack, sight words, and comprehension• Work one-on-one with students ages to increase decoding, encoding and comprehension• Use specialized techniques to help students visualize letters, words, sentences, paragraphs, and pages of content• Students showed up to 3 years of growth during intensive 6-week sessions

• Worked with 3rd and 4th graders to improve their math, reading, and writing skills• Developed individualized strategies to help students overcome learning blocks• Consulted with and advised classroom teachers regarding strategies, practices, and differentiation to improve in-classroom performance

• Modeled and co-taught lessons for new & struggling teachers• Observed teachers’ lesson presentations and provided feedback to teachers • Planned with classroom and AIS teachers to differentiate instruction appropriately • Developed, planned, & facilitated grade meetings, professional development sessions, and parent workshops related to curricular concepts, curriculum development, and teaching practice• Conducted labsites to improve lesson planning, teaching practice and differentiation• Facilitated teacher study groups and region-wide coach academy

• Taught Humanities, Numeracy, Special Education, and Character Education • Evaluated special education needs schoolwide and consulted with teachers on how to meet individual needs of inclusion students • Led Critical Friends Group of teachers to improve teacher practice• Organized and participated in peer observations and feedback sessions• Led study groups to analyze student work to better understand teacher practice and to improve lesson and curriculum plans• Developed and wrote curricula in Humanities, Science, Math, and Character Education

• Taught 1st grade to classes as large as 58 children • Trained teachers in incorporating N.C.T.M. Math Standards, use of math manipulatives, inquiry-based science, computer use in the classroom, and multicultural education• Supervised and guided new teachers in structuring their classes and implementing effective curricular & instructional strategies