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Brooklyn, New York, United States

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Teaching 6-8 grade Math, using CMP3 Math curriculum and online materials integrated into Co-op School's curriculum. Working with Math Coach to create a unique curriculum for The Co-op School. Focus on group work and projects, student presentations, technolgoy, and debate to enrich math understandings. Teaching Science in the middle school, using Pearson Elevate curriculum Courses 1,2,3 with SAVVAS online for asynchronous, synchronous or fully remote teaching days due to COVID Pandemic. Also teaching middle school students to design lesson plans and create videos for Pre-K students in an effort to promote cross-divisional learning and mentorship opportunities for older students. Also teaching a course on music history and analyzation. Hiring Committee member, 2021

Brooklyn, Ny

Teaching 4th grade at the wonderful Co-op School in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn. Having the most fun teaching writing, reading and social studies skills.Designs Literature and Writing curricula based on 4th grade standards and benchmarks and uses benchmark assessment to track student growth.Teaches TC reading and writing workshop integrated into lessons with The Co-op School’s unique Inquiry curriculum.Integrates ideas of anti-bias teaching into lessons Teaches Imaginative Inquiry experiences from Little Red workshops into social studies curriculumStructures classroom with Responsive Classroom to cultivate a democratic environmentEdits and levels texts to meet curriculum and student needs - includes reformatting articlesEngages students in current eventsDevelops systems of data tracking to address student needs and create groups Teaches into Habits of Mind to promote students self-monitoring behavior and participationCommittees: Technology Committee - helping other staff with common chromebook, mac, PC issues such as installing drivers, formatting a google sheet, organizing google drive folders, and Google system admin stuff like forgotten passwords, etc. Core Values Committee - Worked with principal and other teachers to design school-wide assemblies to highlight themes across the year. This built school spirit and community and gave kids a chance to engage with one another across grades.

Brooklyn, Ny

Planned and taught lessons within Spelling, Literature, Writing, and Mathematics curriculaParticipated in Professional Book Group (Beck's Bringing Words to Life) vocabulary developmentProfessional Development: Responsive Classroom, Educating BoysDeveloped communication skills and report with parents and colleaguesParticipated in musical performances as an accompanist on guitar

New York, New York, United States

- Web and digital copy- Wrote about topics of education, diversity and inclusion, trends, and human-centric stories in the field of education- Understood brand tone and mission of institution

Manhattan Children'S Center

8:1:3 and 1:1 Special Needs Classroom Instructor, student ages 9-11Taught Academic, Social, and vocational skills through ABA instructionWorked with BCBA instructor to design effective programsEditor of and contributor to Staff/Parent newsletterTargeted students' decoding with scripted intervention programs like DISTAR and SRA ReadingCase managementMusic group instruction

Brooklyn, Ny

Taught in year-long placement, 2nd grade and 5th grade, concurrent with K-1 literacy interventionAdapted and led lessons from Shannon Glueck's Banish Bullying: Using Lessons from the Holocaust Volunteered to fill in for 2nd grade teacher during absences, up to one week duration, including field tripLed reading groups in 1st and 2nd grade Literacy Intervention

− Provided mathematics intervention in Tier 3 RTI for 7th and 8th grade− Awarded “CREC Shining Star” Company Award for outstanding work, 2009− More than 10 students advanced more than 3 grade levels in one year− Developed system to track daily and weekly student data to shape classroom instruction needs− Presentation of data to other teachers and supervisors− Lead standardized test distribution team yearly; responsible for alphabetizing 540 students in 3 grades and keeping track of testing materials for 2 weeks of daily testing

Substitute teacher for a wide variety of grades and capacities. Position eventually led to a permanent position as a 1:1 special needs aide. − Modified assignments and worked with team on IEP plans− Collaborated with family and home therapists to provide best intervention

CREC Summer School "Project Choice" Technology Class -- using internet academically with students in summer school programs. Small projects and educational games.

Millwork Sales Associate

Master Of Education (Med), Dual Gen Ed. And Literacy, K-5

Activities and Societies: Orton-Gillingham 2 credit coursework and child study, Student Admissions Blogger 2013-2014, Panelist: Accepted.

Bachelor Of Arts, History

Activities and Societies: Habitat for Humanity, College Swimming; Team Captain, Wheaton Athletic Mentor, Semester abroad - Wollongong.

History

Activities and Societies: International Study Abroad Program