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Professional Resumé

Education

Michigan State University                                   East Lansing, MI  2011-2015

  • Master of Arts in Education (MAED), May 2015

 

 

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point      Stevens Point, WI 1993-1996

  • Bachelor of Science Degree, May 1996

  • Major:  Elementary Education 1-6

  • Minor:  Emotional Disturbances K-9

  • Highest Honors and Deans List for Five Semesters

  • Honored for academic excellence in Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society

 

 

University of Wisconsin-Marathon County       Wausau, WI  1990-1992

 

 

Work​  Experience​

 

East Lansing Public Schools, Marble Elementary  

East Lansing, MI 

 

First Grade  2011-present

  • Classroom teacher for 22-27 students in all core subjects.  Implemented new reading curriculum, Reading Street by Pearson.

 

Kindergarten 2010-2011

  • Classroom teacher for 19 students in all core subjects.
  • Implemented Kindergarten Peer Assisted Learning Strategies and one-on-one interventions using Road to the Code.
  • Member of School Improvement team and Michigan's Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative (MiBLSi).

 

Grade K-4 Resource Classroom  2009-2010

  • Worked with students with varying Learning Disabilities, providing reading interventions and progress monitoring.
  • Scheduled, developed, and implemented IEPs.
 
East Lansing Public Schools, Whitehills Elementary
East Lansing, MI
 
Grades 5-6 Resource Classroom  2008-2009
  • Instructed 12 students with varying Learning Disabilities in English Language Arts and Mathematics. 
  • Scheduled, developed, and implemented IEPs and administered standardized reading assessments for all 6th grade students.
  • Involved in the Newspaper Club and 4-H programs. 
 

 

Additional Teaching Experience
 
Hartford School District, White River School 
White River Jct., VT
Grades 1-2 Intensive Language Classroom 2000-2002 
 

 

Windsor Central Supervisory Union, Woodstock Elementary Woodstock, VT
Grade K-6 Integration Facilitator/Special Educator 1999-2000 

 

 
Merrill Area Public Schools, Kate Goodrich Elementary School
Merrill, WI
Grade K-2 Emotional Disturbance Class 1998-1999 
 
 
Merrill Area Public Schools, Jefferson Elementary School
Merrill, WI
Grade K-3, Grade 4-6 Emotional Disturbance Class 1996-1998 
 
 
For more details about additional teaching experience see full resumé.

Literacy Workshops:

  • Kindergarten and First Grade Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (K-PALS and PALS), 2010-2011.

  • Rode to the Code training, 2010-2011.

  • Anita Archer training, including Direct Instruction and Comprehension Strategies for grades 2-8, 2010-2011.

  • Developmental Reading Assessment training, 2001.

  • Project Read-Written Expression, 2001.

  • Professional development activity titled: Implementing a Language-Based Program in the Classroom, 2000.

  • Completed Structured Language Reading Methods course, Orton-Gillingham method, 1999-2000.

  • Workshops on Nonverbal Learning Disabilities and COACH (Choosing Outcomes and Accommodations for Children).

 

Autism/Other Special Education Workshops:

  • START Overview/Universal Training on Autism, 2009

  • Nonviolent Physical Intervention certification, 1999

  • Member of four-person team presenting multi-day, six-hour workshop on autism to Kate Goodrich staff, 1998.

  • Level 3 Wisconsin autism training, 1998.

  • Workshops and conferences focusing on autism, inclusion, anger management, and de-escalation techniques, 1996-1999.  

Professional Development

 

Technology Skills

  • iMovie

  • Blogging with Blogger

  • Vimeo

  • Microsoft Publisher (Docs and Powerpoint)

  • Social Networking with Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Google +, FaceTime, Skype, 

  • Google Applications (Docs., Gmail, Google +, Google Drive)

  • Website creation using Weebly and WiX

  • SMART Notebook software and SMART projectors

  • Wiki Spaces

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