Gretchen Bruner Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

Led and collaborated with a team of four teachers to plan, facilitate and deliver a dynamic and complete Year 3 programmePlanned, managed, and coordinated several year level school events both inside and outside the schoolResponsible for the observation, development, and appraisal of teachers on my team throughout the school yearInvolved in weekly meetings with the Senior Leadership team and Learning Leaders for school-wide decision making

Auckland, New Zealand

Seattle, Washington

• Taught a wide variety of cooking classes including Thai, Japanese, Indian, Greek, pasta, tapas, and cocktails• Instructed students about history, technique, and terminology of culinary arts• Interacted with14 students in each class to create a warm, welcoming environment and to enrich student experience • Trained new teachers on classes so they could teach independently.

Mercer Island, Wa

• Devised thematic lesson plans and projects in reading, writing, math, and social studies involving flexible grouping, tiered assignments, and small group collaboration suitable for students with a wide range of achievement levels• Partnered with second grade French teachers in twice weekly meetings to ensure harmonization within the grade • Conscientiously maintained informative and synergistic relationships with parents to maximize individual student progress towards learning objectives

San Diego, Ca

• Created the 1st through 6th grade Elementary School English curriculum adapted to teaching English in an immersion school setting and accommodating students learning English as a second language• Trained and mentored English teachers to enhance continuity of content between grade levels

Denver, Colorado

• Developed and implemented multi-level lesson plans for, Pre-K, Kindergarten, first, and second grade classes• Instructed reading, writing, and phonics in a multicultural international language immersion school• Composed the English Language Arts curriculum for Kindergarten and second grade• Collaborated with English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin Department colleagues to ensure curricular excellence across the grade level

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Elementary Education

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Delta Delta, RUF, Law Library employee

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Activities and Societies: Habitat For Humanity Club, Key Club

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