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{Teaching Experience}
Student Teaching: Grade 1,
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Created objectives and lesson plans with differentiated
instruction based on the Connecticut Common
Core State Standards
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Responded to students’ needs by differentiating lesson
plans/ used assessments to drive instruction.
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Implemented Responsive Classroom strategies like morning
meeting every day
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Collaborated with first grade teachers for curriculum
planning and attended data team meetings
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Facilitated Reader’s Workshop and Writer’s Workshop
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Organized Martin Luther King Jr. dedication performance
with first grade teachers
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Administered Spelling and Math tests to assess learning
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Consulted with Literacy and Math specialists when
planning units
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Incorporated technology like: songs, animated programs,
and videos in lesson plans
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Utilized classroom management techniques like Class Dojo
to decrease behavioral issues in the classroom
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Administered Dibels tests to students once a week in my
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Created Math intervention mini lessons when additional
instruction was necessary
Intern:
Grades K-6,
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Long-term substitute in 6th grade classroom: October
2013-November 2013
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Held parent teacher conferences for first marking period
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Created lesson plans for spelling, science, social
studies, health, and language arts
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Substituted in grades: K-6
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Assisted in Kindergarten classroom during first two weeks
of school/ helped in special education
classroom.
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Administered Dibels tests to students in grades
K-6/administered MAZE tests to select students
in grade 3
Field
Study: Grades 2 and 6, Fair Haven K-8
School, Fair
Haven, CT September 2012-May 2013
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Worked in small
groups for extra math help/ taught lessons on long division (Grade: 6 during
Fall)
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Assisted
students in creating and observing biomes (Grade: 6)
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Conducted DRA testing on several students (Grade: 2 during Spring)
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Created lessons with differentiated instruction and worksheets to
assess student progress (Grade: 2)
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Worked with small groups and individual students to build fluency and
comprehension skills (Grade: 2)
Observational
Field Study:
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Worked with
fourth grade students on: science experiments, spelling, and social studies
projects.
{Education}
Education
Master of Arts in Teaching, Elementary Education K-6 - certification
pending
May 2014
Master
of Arts in Teaching, Secondary Education 7-12 - certification pending May 2014
B.A.
Degree in English May 2013
{Related Work Experience/
Activities}
Volunteer Bible Class Teacher:
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Teach students
from ages 5-8.
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Facilitate
Children Devotionals once a month which involve activities that reinforce
what is taught in class.
Teaching Pre-school Math,
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Presented a
professional development for 50 Pre-school teachers from
regarding how to teach their students math based on the cognitive domains
using centers, manipulatives,
technology, movement, art, and music.
Yearbook
Committee, Church Street Elementary School, Hamden, CT March 2014-April 2014
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Responsible for
taking pictures of students in grades Pre-K-6 in class and during school
events.
Drama
Club, Church Street Elementary School, Hamden, CT
March 2014-June2014
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Responsible for
assisting the director of the Wizard of Oz play.
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Helped students
practice and remember their lines for the play.
Raising Readers: Church Street Elementary School, Hamden, CT November 2013-June 2014
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Helped students
read and listened to them read
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Helped students
complete art activities
Morning Program:
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Watch students
and play board games with them for an hour before school begins because
parents
have to work
Open House:
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Helped set up
for event, greeted parents, and inform them about programs offered at the
school.
PTA Member:
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Attended
meetings and provided ideas to promote more parent involvement and activities
for students.
Teacher’s Assistant: Leila Day Nurseries, Inc., New Haven,
CT. August 2010-June 2013
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Practiced
number and letter recognition.
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Taught students
their colors and how other colors can be made through exploration of paint.
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Encouraged the
use of dramatic play to develop social skills and new learning.
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Helped students
learn various techniques for coping with anger and disagreements.
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Explored and
observed nature outside.
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Facilitated
afternoon meetings: reading two books, discussing the books, and singing
songs.
Hamden Symphony Orchestra
September 2009-present
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Cellist
Art, Quinnipiac University July 2013
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Learned how to
incorporate art and music into the curriculum along with the Common Core
State Standards.
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Familiar with:
drawing, using watercolor and acrylic paint, oil pastels, chalk, paper mache,
pottery and sewing.
Student’s Institute for Future
Teachers: Eastern Connecticut State
University, Eastern CT.
June 2009
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A four week
program where I learned how to create lesson plans and a blog.
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Created
presentation on the film, F.A.T. City
Workshop: Understanding Learning Disabilities (2004) regarding
learning
disabilities and the importance of differentiated instruction.
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Read aloud to
the class and assisted first grade teacher with ELL students at Natchaug
Elementary to
strengthen fluency in reading.
{Skills and Training}
Professional DevelopmenT:
Teaching
Health, Quinnipiac University October 2013
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Learned how to
incorporate health into the curriculum using different activities.
Teaching
with Common Core, Church Street School November 2013
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Learned ways to
incorporate state standards into curriculum in beneficial ways
Bloomboard and SBAC, Church Street
School December 2013
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Was introduced
to the program online and how it works with regards to setting teaching goals
Positive Behavioral Interventions and
Supports (PBIS), Quinnipiac University February 2014
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Focused on what
PBIS is, strategies to implement it in a school community, and its impact on
learning environments.
Data and the Data Team Process,
Quinnipiac University March 2014
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Discussed the
purpose of data analysis and the impact data has on students’ achievement
within the classroom.
Teacher’s College: Reading and
Writing Project, Columbia
University March 2014
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Attended
several workshops throughout the day about strategies for teaching poetry
with
song lyrics, reading through videogames, and ways to teach students to
enjoy close reading.
Technological:
Using the SmartBoard, Quinnipiac
University November 2013
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Learned how to
integrate technology into the classroom
iPads
November 2013 – June 2014
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Assisted fourth
and fifth grade students with iPads in order for them to complete research
projects and presentations.
TumbleBooks
November 2013-June 2014
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Used this
program as a center during guided reading.
Lexia December 2013- March 2014
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Computer
program used to help English Language Learners advance their reading skills
in English.
Moby Max February 2014-June 2014
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Used this math
program as a way for students in grades 3-6 practice math skills for the
Smarter
Balanced Test.
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My goal is to provide the teaching community with innovative activities that correspond with the Common Core State Standards. These activities will help teachers engage their students and get them excited about learning so that they equate their education with positive memories in the classroom!
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