Kerry Taylor Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Milford, Ma

Walpole, Ma

• Support teachers in providing Response to Intervention (RTI) Tier 1 interventions in their classrooms through weekly observations and feedback aligned to their yearly student and professional goals.• Increase collaboration between the two middle schools through weekly meetings with the other math coach and department chair to create shared agendas for Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and Curriculum Meetings, end of unit common assessments, and alignment on teacher observations.• Facilitate weekly math PLC meetings, including topics such as formative assessment, types of questioning, analysis of a teaching video clip, and creating a culture of collaboration amongst staff. • Provide RTI Tier 2 interventions to regular education students by teaching Math Lab, a course I redesigned to asses and address students’ misconceptions from previous years of mathematics. • Support Special Education and English Language Learner teachers in developing interventions, including vocabulary development, one-on-one teaching, in-classroom support, and reference sheets to be used on assessments. • Create professional development sessions for math teachers using theories, activities, and ideas learned at conferences such as the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) “Supporting Students’ Productive Struggle” event. • Collect and analyze student data, including MCAS scores, diagnostic scores, and beginning of the year skills assessments, which I then present to teachers, using visual representations of trends, to build teacher capacity to address student needs. • Build trust and collaboration amongst math staff by being transparent and clearly communicating expectations. For example, using solicited teacher feedback through anonymous google forms I share the common trends in terms of positives, deltas, and where they can expect improvements.

Lawrence, Massachusetts

• Recipient of the Sontag Prize in 2015, 2016 and 2017, which recognizes excellence in urban education.• Member of the Math Curriculum Workgroup, which wrote curricula and chose resources aligned to the CCSS, specifically the CME Project curriculum. • Developed and implemented lesson plans for students who were under-credited and at risk of dropping out of high school in Accuplacer Prep, Algebra I, Business Math, Geometry, and Integrated Mathematics. • Member of the Leadership Team, which created the school priorities, which included running professional development sessions to train educators on writing for EL students in the math classroom.• Member of the Data Team, which analyzed testing data, to help inform teachers and students of their strengths and weaknesses. • Differentiated instruction for ELs using word walls and graphic organizers to teach vocabulary. In addition, for Special Education students, I created leveled worksheets and guided notes. • Participated in a professional development course “SEI Strategies for Mathematics Classrooms” where I learned strategies that are vital for EL students to develop language skills in the math classroom, including text features and classroom discussion strategies. • Taught and developed curriculum for Math MCAS prep sessions with a focus on the four categories that the Massachusetts Department of Education uses to design the assessment. Similarly, I taught Graduation Academy, an after-school program, and Summer School, where I developed curricula to prepare the students for the Accuplacer Exam.

Morristown, Nj

• Taught Algebra I Inclusion, Algebra I Honors, Geometry Honors, Algebra II Honors, and Pre-calculus A-level.• Co-wrote the Geometry and Algebra II curricula to align with the CCSS. • Leader of the RTI Design and Implementation Team for the high school. • Mentored a part-time student teacher from Drew University by helping her implement lesson plans in my classroom in Fall 2012.• Collaborated with teachers as part of the Freshman Experience, where we created common learning outcomes for our cohort of students, met weekly to discuss our students’ progress, and planned cross-curricular projects. • Encouraged students to foster a desire to learn and take ownership of their learning by having the students write a self-reflection on their growth between the beginning and end of the school year. • Organized and chaperoned school functions, including dances, a field trip to the Museum of Mathematics and the New Jersey Future Business Leaders of America two day state competition. In addition, I was the advisor to the Class of 2013, where I organized bake sales, Junior / Senior Prom, and a handball tournament, and the advisor to the Investment Club, where I organized meetings with business mentors and a field trip to the Federal Reserve Bank.• Member of the National Honor Society Faculty Council which was responsible for reviewing candidate applications for admission and overseeing the dismissal procedure when the need developed. • Participated in Curriculum Topic Study to Enhance Achievement in Mathematics and Science at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Master Of Education - Med, Learning And Teaching - Instructional Leadership

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Secondary Education And Double Major Mathematics

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