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Houston, TX, US

Stratford High School, Houston, Texas

Waltrip High School, Houston, Texas

• Integrate multiple response strategies, scaffolding techniques, and higher-order thinking to deliver quality instruction, support diverse needs, and promote an increasing mastery of standards.
• Establish a system for students to monitor academic progress and respond to formative and summative data by engaging in reteach, extension, and enrichment activities.
• Produce a protocol used throughout the ELA department to target and improve student growth and mastery of composition, revising, and editing skills.
• Devise “bootcamp” tutorial sessions and activities in collaboration with colleagues to reinforce and strengthen skills assessed for English I STAAR, English II STAAR, and TELPAS.

Landrum Middle School, Houston, Texas

• Organized and facilitated monthly meetings as team lead to highlight 8th-grade student successes and address areas of growth and improvement.
• Fostered a team environment that was collaborative, communicative, and collective; ensured hallway and classroom campus expectations were being followed.
• Assisted in coordinating 8th-grade field trips throughout the school year; contacted field trip locations/companies and assisted in managing chaperone/bus assignments with the assistant principal.

Landrum Middle School, Houston, Texas

• Planned and delivered, in collaboration with colleagues, targeted lessons and interventions to support student growth and mastery of ELA skills for all Academic and Advanced students.
• Integrated a variety of digital tools (e.g., Flip, Edpuzzle, Nearpod, Google Workplace) to provide effective learning opportunities for students, including the use of itsLearning as an LMS.
• Provided students with feedback (informal, formal, oral, and written) and frequently use rubrics and student trackers to promote self-evaluation and reflection on both short and long-term goals.
• Implemented Blended Learning (Workshop) Model in all classes to enhance differentiation and engagement by providing opportunities for student choice and ownership.
• Established a classroom culture that encourages clear expectations, collaboration, and consistent feedback between teacher and students; utilize the “Four Quadrant” classroom contract.
• Utilized MAP Reading data to set student-determined growth goals from Fall to Spring as well as guide instruction and selection/modification of class texts in addition to interventions.

Landrum Middle School, Houston, Texas

• Coached teachers in response to formal and informal observations of classroom instruction, highlighting their strengths and areas of growth and modeling as necessary.
• Facilitated meetings to assess 7th and 8th-grade ELA benchmark data (unit assessments and STAAR interim) and plan for targeted instruction and interventions.
• Constructed feedback on lesson plans for the 7th-grade ELA team with an emphasis on clear objectives, TEKS-aligned resources, rigorous activities, and English-learner strategies.
• Advised the 7th-grade ELA team weekly with developing and aligning unit roadmaps, assessments, lesson plans, and differentiation using backward design.
• Engaged in goal-setting conversations with teachers for T-TESS and provided support as needed (writing professional and student growth goals, collecting data, etc.).

Landrum Middle School, Houston, Texas

• Organized and facilitated monthly meetings as team lead to highlight 8th-grade student successes and address areas of growth and improvement.
• Fostered a team environment that was collaborative, communicative, and collective; ensured hallway and classroom campus expectations were being followed.
• Assisted in coordinating 8th-grade field trips throughout the school year; contacted field trip locations/companies and assisted in managing chaperone/bus assignments with the assistant principal.

Superior High School, Superior, Wisconsin

• Created literature circle, Odyssey, research writing, Romeo and Juliet, and To Kill a Mockingbird lessons aligned to Common Core State Standards.
• Provided students with detailed feedback as well as rubrics to promote peer/self-evaluation and reflection on short/long-term goals.
• Collaborated with teaching staff and parents to ensure student success during team/department collaboration, staff development, and parent-teacher meetings.
• Participated in school functions by assisting in after-school events (Poetry Out Loud, track and field, drama), evaluating Senior Projects, and chaperoning a school field trip.

Academic Support Center, Swenson Hall, University Of Wisconsin-Superior

• Tutored a diverse group of students in various academic subjects, utilizing effective instructional strategies and strong communication skills
• Administered tests to students from all backgrounds and disciplines, providing them with appropriate accommodations (additional time, test read orally, record student answers) for each individual as indicated by a.
• Documented and maintained carefully written records of lab activities (student check-ins, test taking, program sign-ins) for the Student Support Services department

UWS Athletics, Marcovich Wellness Center, University Of Wisconsin-Superior

• Solicited efficient communication skills professionally when interacting with an array of guests, students, players, coaches, and co-workers
• Performed numerous duties to help ensure events ran smoothly: ticket seller, ID scanner, entry gate monitor, promotions operator, and equipment collector

Master Of Education - Med, Curriculum And Instruction, 4.0 Gpa

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Education, 3.8 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Alliance, Dean's List, English Club, Future Teachers Association, UW-Superior A Cappella

Education record

Activities and Societies: Chorus, Drama, National Honor Society, Spanish Club