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Work History

Clark County School District

NV
Aug 2007 - Present
6th Grade Reading and Writing Teacher 

  • Led whole-group staff development sessions: Effective Use of TeachingBooks.net and Reading Aloud Across the Curriculum
  • Increased classroom student reading levels by as many as five years of growth in nine months
  • Presented to the Clark County Public Education Foundation on behalf of Clark County READS
  • Served as Member of the Library Committee
  • Served as Support Team for At-Risk Students (STARS) Chair; created strategic plans for success
  • Served as Adviser for the school newspaper: The Bailey Planet
  • Participated in the Urban Teacher Leadership Coop (UTLC) with other teachers
  • Participated in the New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP) with other teachers

 

CCSD/UNLV

Aug 2006 - Jun 2007
Intern in UNLV/CCSD Cohort 

  • Served as model for co-teaching in mathematics along with Practicum II cooperating teacher
  • Named fondly by peers as “Cohort President” because of organization skills and helpfulness
  • Completed three-month study on the emergent writing workshop in kindergarten
  • Fulfilled Practicum I requirements in a general education first grade classroom at Petersen Professional Development School (August 2006 – October 2006)
  • Fulfilled Practicum II requirements in a general education kindergarten classroom at Petersen Professional Development School (November 2006 – March 2007)
  • Fulfilled Student Teaching requirements in a general education second grade classroom at Paradise Professional Development School (March 2007 – June 2007)
  • Key deliverables included unit plans, short-term and long-range lesson plans, classroom management, observations, administration of assessments, and more

Clark County School District

Aug 2005 - Jun 2006
Special Ed Guest Teacher 

  • Opened the Primary Autism program at brand-new Aldeane Comito Ries Elementary School (SW Region); supervised one aide and five students with autism; served on Student Intervention Team and Behavior committees (August 2005- November 2005)
  • Took over the Primary SLD program at Lincoln-Edison Elementary School, Title I (NE Region); supervised one aide and eight students with SLD, MR, ED, and OI; served as SLD lead for technical issues (January 2006 – March 2006)
  • Filled in for a resource room teacher on medical leave at Hayes Elementary (SW Region); supervised one aide and 20 students with various learning exceptionalities (June 2006 – August 2006)
  • Key deliverables included IEPs, behavior intervention plans, functional behavior analyses, lesson plans, parent communications, student progress reports, proposal for learning center, and more
  • Maintained active status during 2006-2007 school year with administrative approval while completing the PPDS Cohort

Education

California State University, San Jose

San Jose, CA
Aug 2009 - Present
Master's in Library and Information Sciences, Youth Librarianship

Second master's degree

University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV
2007 - 2009
Master's in Education, Curriculum and Instruction (School Library Science)

First master's degree

University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV
2005 - 2007
Bachelor's in Education, Elementary Education (K-8)

Fullerton College

Fullerton, CA
2004 - 2005
Associates of Science, Administration of Justice with Honors

Interests

School Libraries and Student Achievement

Visual Literacy

Collaboration

Action Research

Literature in the Classroom

Educational Technology

Teacher Education

Reading and Writing Workshop

Balanced Literacy

Differentiated Instruction

Constructivist Teaching Practices

ELL Learning Strategies

Certifications

Library Media Specialist Endorsement (K-12)

(Nevada Department of Education)
Aug 2009

Elementary (K-8) Teaching License

(Nevada Department Education)
Aug 2007 - Aug 2012

Substitute License

(Nevada Department of Education)
Aug 2005 - 2012