Scheduled and administered 2024 ACCESS test for ELLs.Continued classes at a Master's level to progress towards English Learner license.Collaborated with staff daily to meet ELL needs.Co-taught ELL clustered students in push-in model for Levels 2-5.Taught Newcomer Spanish students in small group pull-out in bilingual language acquisition approach to support developing L2 while honoring the L1 and cultures.Instructed students with the VHL curriculum to improve ELL language acquisition.Communicated to Spanish-speaking parents directly to better collaborate and inform on progress of their students.Worked with classroom and special education teachers to ensure modifications for ELLs including through IEPs are implemented to ensure student success.Monitored student academic progress and made arrangements or modifications to enable student success.

Scheduled and administered 2022 ACCESS test for ELLs.Resumed classes at a Master's level to progress towards English Learner license.Collaborated with staff of two buildings daily to meet ELL needs.Instructed students with the National Geographic Inside/Edge/Reach curriculum to improve ELL language acquisition.Communicated to Spanish-speaking parents directly to better collaborate and inform on progress of their students.Worked with classroom and special education teachers to ensure modifications for ELLs including through IEPs are implemented to ensure student success.Monitored student academic progress and made arrangements or modifications to enable student success.Adapted 8th Grade Create-a-Country project for Special Education ELL students to learn basic map and global studies content.Incorporated technology such as IXL to differentiate instruction to meet students individual needs.Taught students in study skills strategies, reading skills, listening /communications strategies, among other subject matters.Created Kenyon-Wanamingo Chess Club and taught chess twice a week.

Accepted position after need grew to split a fourth grade classroom in early October.Created welcoming climate in our virtual environment classroom through PBIS.Delivered Wonders and MyMath curriculum with fidelity during first year of implementation. Led a Professional Development training to teach school district GoGuardian to prepare for full distance learning in November.Held students to high expectations and communicated frequently with parents in distance environment to ensure maximum learning.Helped to transition a teammate's 2 maternity substitutes to distance learning.Transitioned from Fourth Grade Distance to Sixth Grade Distance to enable sixth grade students to have a full distance option when hybrid model turned to in-person in late March.Led guest speaker discussions in a COVID environment to teach young students about disabilities

• Developed connections with middle school students who have special education needs.• Worked with classroom teachers to ensure modifications made through IEPs are implemented to ensure student success.• Monitored student academic progress and made arrangements or modifications to enable student success.• Taught students in study skills strategies, reading skills, listening /communications strategies, among other subject matters.• Communicated with veteran teachers concerns or needs to ensure success of students and teacher.• Appraised classroom teacher of special education of student and parental concerns.• Utilized Infinite Campus and other systems to monitor IEP and academic progress.• Collaborated with the office manager to ensure coverage for the day.• Instructed students according to the lesson plan developed by the classroom teacher• Appraised the classroom teacher of the status for the day taught using written or verbal feedback on individual students and classes as a whole.

• Instruct students according to the lesson plan developed by the classroom teacher.• Appraise classroom teacher of the status for the day taught using written or verbal feedback on both individual students and classes.• Communicate with other team members regarding students with special needs to serve their best interest.• Monitor student lunchroom and hallway activities

• Developed connections with high school students who have special education needs.• Worked with classroom teachers to ensure modifications made through IEPs are implemented to ensure student success.• Monitored student academic progress and made arrangements or modifications to enable student success.• Taught students in study skills strategies, reading skills, listening /communications strategies, among other subject matters.• Communicated with veteran teachers concerns or needs to ensure success of students and teacher.• Appraised director of special education of student and parental concerns.• Utilized Skyward, SpedForms, and other systems to monitor IEP and academic progress.

• Established Kindergarten classroom environment.• Instructed students in kindergarten curriculum and assess progress through ESGI progress monitoring.• Created welcoming climate and helped to teach student behaviors in the classroom through Responsive Classroom, PBIS, and ENVoY strategies.• Communicated with parents through social media on Twitter, through text messaging with Remind, and through written and phone conversations student progress and situations.• Collaborated with grade level peers to help bring current technologies such as SeeSaw into the classroom

• Accepted position after another teacher left the school in late September.• Created welcoming climate and helped to transform many student behaviors in the classroom through PBIS and ENVoY strategies.• Delivered literacy instruction to students with a balanced literacy approach to help increase student achievement. • Had building's highest growth gains by winter NWEA in literacy for homeroom students. • Incorporated website development and coding with Code.org to introduce students to coding who have not had the opportunity to do so and close the opportunity gap.• Volunteered to be on committee to review student rights and responsibilities that will clarify for both parents and students while creating a better system for teachers to have consistent discipline expectations and consequences.• Mentored indirectly many newer teachers on advice how to have better classroom systems for discipline and literacy.

• Collaborated with the office manager to ensure coverage for the day.• Completed Crisis Prevention Institute training to help with student safety in December 2016.• Instructed students according to the lesson plan developed by the classroom teacher• Appraised the classroom teacher of the status for the day taught using written or verbal feedback on individual students and classes as a whole• Transitioned to First Grade Spanish Immersion for staff who moved positions.• Responsible for teaching Everyday Math lessons and district curriculum for science.• Provided parents updates through email, social media, and telephone.• Utilized technology to teach coding including Code.org, BeeBot, Scratch Jr. among other applications.

• Implemented Leveled Literacy Instruction curriculum to help students who are behind in their reading.• Performed Developmental Reading Assessments in collaboration with the teacher to assess where the students' current reading level is in the Fall, Winter, and Spring.• Monitored student progress through AIMSweb and TIES ICUE websites to collect data on student fluency and comprehension.• Facilitated student book groups for at risk readers.• Substituted for classroom teachers when there was no available substitute.• Participated on the Education Minnesota Executive Council as a new teacher to the district. Volunteered to be a delegate to Education Minnesota's convention in April and the NEA national convention in July.

• Responsible for delivering developmentally appropriate content to students from sixth grade to eleventh grade.• Utilized Ipad Initiative with eighth grade students to incorporate interactive learning activities such as Kahoots, Quizlets, Notability learning applications.• Reflected on Assessment and Grading practices during formal and informal work of the AGR committee.• Informally mentored new Spanish teacher and collaborated on curriculum.• Collaborated closely with professional learning community in American History to create common assessments that met state Social Studies standards.• Communicated with four distinct learning teams to provide quality instruction to students.• Collaborated with faculty, students, and parents in three buildings to deliver the Avancemos Spanish curriculum effectively.• Balanced personal and professional obligations within a challenging work structure.

• Visited every classroom in the school to discuss my disability and proactively answer questions about my own story to better familiarize students to me.• Met families repeatedly in their home on home visits to increase the family/school connection• Collaborated with Augsburg College MIS department to develop a database for student data for Read Well program to better facilitate sharing information across classrooms.• Led the Gifted and Talented cluster both years in fifth grade.• Worked with Mr. Cacek to pilot a flipped math classroom utilizing user created YouTube videos with the Everyday Math curriculum to better prepare high ability students for their classes in middle school that use Schoology.• Taught a personally created class in the after school program ENCORE for two years for chess instruction as well as added a second class for the Highland News. This included creating both print and online news sources.• Was selected to lobby in the state capitol for two years on behalf of the education agenda to support more funding and protect students.• Organized a visit from our state representative to discuss civic duties.• Focused on project based learning for students that included a multidisciplinary projects on time management, student autobiography, "wax museum," early explorer journals, and other projects.• Volunteered to liaison with the Latino parents at a family dinner at North Park Elementary weekly.• Co-taught with the science specialist and the EL teacher to foster more student achievement in reading and science.• Promoted college and career readiness in students and encouraged STEM in the classroom through stop motion animation, website design, and video creation.

• Long-Term Maternity Substitute for Spanish. • Communicated with outgoing teacher to transition into the classroom teaching role.• Collaborated with faculty, students, and parents in two buildings to effectively deliver the Avancemos Spanish curriculum.• Joined as a mentor in the Office of Educational Equity to help assist at-risk students.

• Implemented curriculum to meet the essential standards for Spanish and Success Students.• Enhanced Success course with added depth of content, in particular related to lessons on Time Management, Motivation, and Interviewing Skills• Created daily Spanish lessons with Smart Notebook software to engage student learning• Assessed student learning and communicated with parents the status of their student’s achievement• Organized and managed the Falcon Ridge Middle School Chess club. Sixth Grade Team earned fourth place in Minnesota K-6 State scholastic competition

• Taught curriculum to meet the Bloomington School District essential standards for the development of Third and Fourth Grade Students.• Developed a balanced literacy program that included utilizing the Making Meaning Reading Comprehension program, Mondo Bookshop Guided Reading /Shared Reading curriculum, and Literature Circles to increase student literacy achievement• Collaborated with grade level colleagues to give at-risk students additional personal attention through flexible grouping in Everyday Math curriculum• Classroom management through Responsive Classroom theory utilizing Morning Meetings, cooperative games, problem-solving with peers, and modeling. • Cooperatively taught with third grade and fourth grade teachers in a push-in capacity as well as designed instruction for at risk students in a pull-out capacity• Trained and implemented Read Naturally software program to help improve at risk students’ fluency and comprehension