I have a professional educator's teaching certificate (002) in Connecticut and an initial administrator's certificate (092). I am a Master Mentor for the State of Connecticut and New Haven Public Schools. I am a trained TEAM (Teacher Education and Mentoring) program presenter for new TEAM mentors/cooperating teachers (IST Training) and also provide update certification for current mentors in the program. I am also a trained TEAM Reviewer for the state.I assist with managing the TEAM… Show more I have a professional educator's teaching certificate (002) in Connecticut and an initial administrator's certificate (092). I am a Master Mentor for the State of Connecticut and New Haven Public Schools. I am a trained TEAM (Teacher Education and Mentoring) program presenter for new TEAM mentors/cooperating teachers (IST Training) and also provide update certification for current mentors in the program. I am also a trained TEAM Reviewer for the state.I assist with managing the TEAM program for New Haven Public Schools: providing orientation workshops to beginning teachers, assigning and monitoring beginning teacher/mentor pairs and assisting them through the TEAM module submission process. I hold district Module 5 workshops and yearly mentor meetings.I also handle student teaching and field placements from area universities, and collect data on successful, newly certified teachers who might be willing to teach in New Haven.Dual Language Education is another of my passions. I previously worked at John C. Daniels International Communication Magnet School, the first dual language school in New Haven, CT, as a dual language consultant for their very successful program. John C. Daniels has won several Magnet Schools of America Awards, is a HOTs (Higher Order Thinking) school and is NEASC accredited.I have presented at several NABE, CABE and CARLA International conferences around the United States on this dual language program including ones in Phoenix, Arizona, San Antonio, Texas, Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Orleans, Louisiana and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Show less

I provided P.D. in literacy, math and dual language instruction to the staff. I also organized all student data for the building and kept an updated summary of each classroom's progress. I handled ordering of all instructional materials and assisted with building supervision especially when the administrators were not there.

I taught kindergarten, first, second and third grades.