Geraldine Cavalli Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Modesto, California, United States

• Planned 5th grade curriculum to meet Common Core Standards and ensure student success in 6th grade.• Elected to School Site Council Committee for three years• Differentiated small group reading instruction • Elected to PBIS committee • Led the implantation for 4th-6th grade of pilot program, Flex Literacy, and trained other teachers to use the literacy program to identify root causes of students’ comprehension struggles, differentiate instruction to address them, and obtain data from the program to use to scaffold daily lesson plans• Accommodated special needs students by differentiating lessons to meet their IEP/504 requirements • Implemented program focused on college aspirations, resulting in students conducting research projects on colleges of choice and articulating justifications for their choices• Communicated student growth and learning to parents through consistent emails, phone contact, conferences, and report cards, this fostered confidence in the classroom community and built trust in the curriculum • Created rich community environment to foster and ensure student confidence and success

Gold Coast

• Acted as Math Lead Teacher and met with district science specialists to learn changes in district math expectations, planned action to implement changes on a campus level, and led meetings with 2nd grade team to strategize how best to carry out the improvements to the 2nd grade science curriculum at the campus level• Recruited for the Technology Committee, a group that is tasked with implementing new technologies in the classroom and ensuring that peers’ technology is working properly• Developed 2nd grade curriculum to meet Texas State Board of Education standards• Mentored students in poverty stricken areas to adjust goals so that attending and succeeding in college became a top priority for them• Discovered creative solutions to students’ reading comprehension and fluency struggles• Adjusted lessons to accommodate special needs students

• Promoted to Team Leader for the 2nd Grade team and given responsibilities that included managing a team of eleven, creating lesson plans, acting as liaison between the team and administration, evaluating the best ways for the team to improve students’ learning and test scores, and implementing those strategies into everyday curriculum• Acted as Science Lead Teacher and met with district science specialists to learn changes in district science expectations, planned action to implement changes on a campus level, and led meetings with 2nd grade team to strategize how best to carry out the improvements to the 2nd grade science curriculum at the campus level• Represented Sneed Elementary on the Shared Decision-Making Committee, a body consisting of teachers and community leaders, and helped to create a Campus Action Plan, a Parental Involvement Policy, and a School/Parent Compact• Volunteered to be a member of the Spark Park Committee and contributed dozens of ideas to the formation of a community park near campus• Administered DORA/DOMA tutorials to 4th graders, a program that utilized technology to help bring students behind in their reading and math development up to grade level• Developed 1st and 2nd grade curriculums to meet Texas State Board of Education standards• Mentored students in poverty stricken areas to adjust goals so that attending and succeeding in college became a top priority for them• Discovered creative solutions to students’ reading comprehension and fluency struggles• Adjusted lessons to accommodate special needs students• Worked as Summer School teacher for the 2009-2010 school year in order to bring first graders below grade level at reading up to the standards expected of them to enter 2nd grade.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), General Studies

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