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Niagara Region, ON

Faculty Of Education, St. Catharines, ON

• Undergraduate Education Course (21st Century Literacy Across the Junior/Intermediate Curriculum)
• Marked students’ participation during class lectures and graded individual or group papers

Faculty Of Education, St. Catharines, ON

• Undergraduate Education Course (Integrating Curriculum and Assessment Primary/Junior)
• Marked students’ participation during class lectures and graded individual or group papers

Brock University, St. Catharines, ON

• Prepared and taught children and youth a variety of subjects through experiential learning
• Facilitated initiatives and recreation games that promoted teamwork and confidence building

Faculty Of Education, St. Catharines, ON

• SSHRC – Insight Development Grant Project “Digital Texts to Enhance Science Vocabulary and Comprehension” Dr. Tiffany Gallagher and Xavier Fazio
• Reviewed standardized and criterion-referenced assessment tools for grades 3-6 students
• Reviewed trade books for elementary teachers available from 2000-present on integrating language and science and using digital texts

Faculty Of Education, St. Catharines, ON

• Updated a literature review by searching and summarizing recent journal articles related to literacy coaching and demonstration classrooms
• Compiled data that have been analyzed and formatted according to APA 6th Edition for manuscript

Grapeview Public School, St. Catharines, ON

• Taught a Fosnot Fractions unit through problem based learning strategies and congresses
• Developed a Novel Study Unit to teach effective strategies for answering discussion questions
• Used a variety of assessment strategies to measure students’ learning progress and development

Grapeview Public School, St. Catharines, ON

• Tutored small groups of students in math and literacy through explicit instruction techniques
• Improved their academic achievements in the classroom and during EQAO testing

Ferndale Public School, St. Catharines, ON

• Implemented an early intervention reading program to improve students’ emergent literacy skills in phonological awareness, print knowledge, oral vocabulary and sight words

College Street Public School, Smithville, ON

• Taught Making Connections and Procedural Writing units in Language Arts
• Developed a Math Data Management unit to teach how to conduct surveys and organize data
• Utilized SMART Board technologies and a document camera during lessons
• Assessed students using diagnostic, formative, and summative assessment strategies
• Facilitated the Eco-Kids Club to teach environmental stewardship

Crossroads Public Schoo, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON

• Tutored small groups of students in math and literacy through explicit instruction techniques
• Improved their academic achievements in the classroom and during EQAO testing
• Scribed for an English Language Learner student during EQAO testing

Vineland Public School, Vineland, ON

• Tutored students in math and literacy through educational applications on iPads and math manipulatives to help improve students’ reading, writing and mental math skills

Power Glen Public School, St. Catharines, ON

• Implemented programming before and afterschool based on a Play to Learn Curriculum to inspire children to explore their interests

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Teaching, Learning, And Development

Currently studying how tablets can foster 21st century skills to enhance science and literacy learning.

Additional Qualification, Special Education Part 1

Additional Basic Qualification, Intermediate History

Bachelor Of Education (B.Ed.), Primary/Junior Division

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Child And Youth Studies

Completed an undergraduate honours thesis in Child and Youth Studies. Researched the effectiveness of the Learning Disabilities.