Renee Mac Dermott

References are available upon request.

• Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
• Google Apps for Learning (documents, spreadsheet, calendar, forms, site, presentation)
• iPads for student learning
• Interactive Whiteboard (SMART Board, Promethean)
• Website Construction (Google Sites, Weebly)
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Various Web 2.0 Tools (Voicethread, Glogster)
• Movie Editing (imovie, movie maker)
• Image Editing (Adobe Photoshop)
• Student Learning Management Systems (Moodle, Blackboard)

• Targeted Instruction for Implementing Common Core Curriculum - ELA
• Fundations Training (K, 1, 2, 3)
• Project - Based Approaches - Intel
• Confratute at University of Connecticut - training for school-wide enrichment and gifted education
• Thinking Mathmatically with Rachel MacAnallen
• Differentiation of Instruction: Strategies for School - Wide Enrichment/Enrichment Clusters
• Consultant Team Teacher Training
• Administration/Analysis of Records of Reading Behavior
• Guided Reading/Literature Circles
• Autism Team Training

• Awarded the Baldwin Teacher Center Technology Grant
• First Place in the K'Nex Classroom Challenge 
• Recipient of the Richard L. Canuteson Education Scholarship
• Dean's List (8 semesters)

• Lead weekly literacy meetings to aid in the staff development of current literacy practices (Guided Reading, Literature Circles, Literacy Centers, Strategies that Work)
• Establish, organize, and maintain book rooms to assist teachers with daily literacy lessons
• Pilot a new reading program and facilitate is subsequent adoption
• Design and maintain a Literacy Wall to analyze current literacy data to guide instruction
• Facilitate the analysis of data from ELA exams to set learning goals and guide instruction
• Implement a Literacy Celebration Week to build enthusiasm for literacy among the students and staff

District Differentiation Mentor

• Assist with staff development of differentiation and school-wide enrichment
• Guide teachers to successfully differentiate grade level curriculum
• Develop formative and summative assessments to guide instruction

Professional Development Instructor (Baldwin UFSD, Valley Stream UFSD #24, Spencerport Central Schools)

• Developed and instructed a 15 hour in-service course-"Making the Most of Your Classroom Library"
• Presenter at a Multi-District Differentiation Training with Carol Ann Tomlinson

Curriculum Development

• Develop a scope and sequence to align curriculum with the New York State Common Core Learning Standards
• Identify and develop resources to support instruction

School Committees

• District-Wide Language Arts Committee and Enrichment Committee
• School-Wide Differentiation Mentor
• District Curriculum Committee
• District Math Development Committee