STEAM Lead teacher for my team and project based learning teacher for classes of 29- 35 students. Teaching, Social Skills, Math and Science principles, NGSS aligned curriculum, implementing engineering design process, The 5 E method of inquiry, math talks, Interactive notebooks, argumentation writing process and research design instruction.
Designing and Teaching hands on NGSS Aligned STEM based science lessons, Designing and Training Curriculum , and Managing Teachers and site directors. Training and suggesting classroom management/ instruction methods including GLAD and . Lessons in: Physics, Earth Science Robotics, Rocketry Science, Chemistry Basics, Biology, Health and Motion Science.
Substitute teaching grades TK-12th grade.
Responsibilities: Carrying out lesson plans, administering tests, planning for future units of study.
Work with English language learners, Special Day Classrooms, and Resource Classrooms as well as traditional classrooms in all subjects as well as multiple subject classrooms.
Short term and long term teaching assignments ranging from one day to 3 weeks.
Student Teacher in a 1st and 2nd grade combination classroom. I create and teach lesson plans and units of study for the 27 students in my classroom. I give literacy, math, and social studies assessments and make instruction choices based on their outcomes. 12 week internship, where I am taking over the classroom from the master teacher while she assesses my ability to teach with my student teaching adviser and professors. I am at school for 40 plus hours a week, where I am learning, planning, classroom management, assessment strategies, and instructional strategies.
During my time at the Kathleen Muth Literacy center, located at Chapman University I was responsible for assessing the reading and writing abilities of my student. After completing my student's formal assessments, I would create and implement a customized weekly lesson plan to improve my students literacy needs. together we completed directed lessons in fluency, word study, vocabulary, reading comprehension, writing stamina as well as strategies for forming written arguments and creative writing endeavors.
through this program I became proficient in administering the:
-San Diego Quick assesment
- Informal Reading Inventory ( we used the DRA)
- Yop Singer phonemic awareness assessment
- Taking and assessing weekly running records
- Qualitative Spelling Inventories and how to develop lessons for the results.
- metacognitive writing surveys
and assessing stregnths and weaknesses in a students writing sample.
Expected in July 2019
Cumulative GPA 3.25
Received January 2017
Cumulative GPA: 3.65
Graduated with highest honors
Cumulative GPA 3.99
Suma Cum Laude
Cumulative GPA: 3.99
Received Award for Academic Excellence from the School of Education and Leadership May, 2012
Inquiry Based hands on projects Trainer during the summers as well as mentor teacher for NGSS aligned curriculum program.
Through the pillars of character, social development skills and using conversational development through academics and play. I have been trained and train others how to teach students how to work together constructively and form lasting friendships.
Creating and maintaining classroom websites, parental connection systems and classroom newsletter blogs. Proficient in Microsoft Office, Outlook, Smart Notebook and Google classroom among other platforms.
Emphasis in Social Cognitive development for academic success.
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