• TEM Level 4 score for 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 (above average teacher)• 2018-2019 4th Grade ELA Teacher. Overall student growth on TVAAS (state testing) scored at Level 5 (highest).

• Facilitate day to day class instruction and communication for Music Appreciation: Medieval to Contemporary for the school of Graduate, Adult, and Professional Education. • Transformed 8-week lecture courses into 5-week online only courses in a variety of subject areas for adult learners using D2L LMS. Content was created using ADDIE design principles. • Courses Taught: MUSI 104, Music Appreciation: Medieval to Contemporary • Courses Developed: MUSI 104, Music Appreciation: Medieval to Contemporary (8 weeks hybrid & 5 weeks online)PLSC 102, American Government (5 weeks online)MGT 268, Managing Workplace Relationships (5 weeks online)

• General education 3rd grade teacher (15-16 school year)• Implementation of the Mooseheart Model of Care in classroom to assist with learning age appropriate skills and behaviors.• Consistent communication with family teachers, administration, and support staff to ensure a community approach to meeting the needs of each child and providing a whole child education. • Provided general music instruction for students Kindergarten through 8th grade (14-15 School Year). • Director for Christmas musical K-5th grade (14-15 school year)• Choral director for 6th-12th grade students (14-15 school year)• Assisted high school seniors with researching, writing, and editing senior paper (14-15 school year)

Responsibilities • Provided daily instructional leadership and supervision for elementary students, staff, and community to transform school culture, enhance student performance, and manage daily operations.• Increase school achievement and best practice through the use of personal learning plans (PLP), differentiation, and individualization of instruction.• Improve overall school performance through support and participation in weekly teacher to teacher professional development including Professional Learning Communities (PLC), Critical Friends, and Readers Insights. • Interpreted and analyzed various data points including Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) to monitor and increase student learning. • Communicated and collaborated with all stakeholders to create, organize, and execute various events over the school year that directly connected to common core curriculum.• Conducted classroom observations and evaluations for all certified staff based upon Danielson Frameworks for Teaching. • Co-Taught/Accompanied two music classes per week for 120 3rd & 4th grade studentsHighlighted Achievements• Creation of new school wide positive based intervention and supports (PBIS) management system derived from PLC data that promoted positive intrinsic motivation for all students.• Student growth average for the 1st grade student population was above the normative growth lines in both reading and math for the 2012-2013 school year. • Creation and successful implementation of yearlong school action plan that includes building goals, objectives, activities, rationale, resources, and dates. Presented and accepted by the Board of Education on 10/9/2012.

• Differentiated instruction for students in general education music for ~540 students in preschool (3 years old) through 8th grade. • Responsible for preparing liturgical music, playing and cantoring during mass, and organizing student choir for all school masses.• Facilitated implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) • Extracurricular director for Lights Out Chorus 4th-8th grade, Spring Musical 6th-8th grade, Christmas Musical K-5th grade, Sunday Mass Children’s Choir

Communicated with parents and managed online gradebook with Teacher EaseHeld parent teacher conferences Completed 1st quarter report cardsTaught Saxon math

• Responsible for the daily instructional needs and care of ~25 6th grade students during each school year. • Implementation of CHAMPS as a classroom management aid• Assessed student progress through a variety of assessments that included the use of AIMSweb• Differentiated instruction for all students in a classroom that contained ability levels in reading ranging from K-11th grade• Met Illinois State Social Emotional Learning (SEL) standards with Caring School Community classroom (pilot classroom for upper elementary district wide)• Technology leader through piloting program of SMARTboards and SMART technology.Highlighted Achievements• Trained all district 6th teachers on Caring School Community program• 100% of students met or exceeded on ISAT math testing (2009-2010)• Used guided reading to increase class reading fluency average by 1 word read correctly per week

Accompanied several different types of groups for rehearsals and concerts including elementary chorus, vocal soloists, instrumental soloists, and chamber ensembles.

Prepared lesson plans and provided private instruction to students (ranging in age from 5-15) on the fundamentals of playing piano and French horn.

Full takeover of all teacher roles and responsibilities for 6 weeks. Also attended all teacher institute days, helped set up room in August, and participated in all parent teacher conferences and meetings.

Managed student learning in accordance with the goals and directives of the teacher, school, and district.