ESE Specialist

• Feb 2022 - Present

Title 1 Interventionist

• Jun 2020 - Feb 2022

Title 1 Interventionist

• Jan 2020 - Jul 2020

Substitute Teacher

• Aug 2019 - Jan 2020

Teacher Gifted

• Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

Elementary School Teacher

• Oct 2017 - Jul 2018

Mathematics Teacher

• Aug 2014 - Jun 2017

• Selected new textbook series to bridge the students from Everyday Mathematics in 6th grade and Algebra 1 in 8th grade • Helped to create 2 new mathematics classes in the middle school to better prepare students for algebraic concepts • Developed a new, division wide, master schedule that maximizes instruction time and provides time for collaborative planning within and across divisions • Mentor to three beginning teachers • 7th Grade Level Leader • Created a new rotating schedule that changed class times, lengths, and the amount of instruction students receive in each subject per rotation and then created the entire master schedule for every student and teacher • Introduced a classroom structure that has three learning centers to allow for differentiated, flexible grouping • Created a flipped classroom model that consistently integrates student use of technology • Introduced multi-unit math projects that require students to use previously learned skills in real-life situations Show less

Math Department Chair and Teacher

• 2010 - Jun 2013

• 7th Grade Team Leader • Time on Task Correlate Team Leader • Building Leadership Chairperson • Member of the Division Leadership Team at Fredericksburg City Schools • Service on the ETS Praxis II standard setting panel to set passing scores of the Middle School Mathematics Assessment in Virginia • Virginia School University Partnership member responsible for creating assessment items for a statewide test item bank • Collaboration with other Math teachers to create and implement yearly pacing guides, unit tests, nine weeks assessments, course offerings, course descriptions, and daily lessons • Continuous integration of technology into lesson planning and delivery • Use of the Revised Blooms Taxonomy in lesson and activity planning • Establishment and maintaining of positive working relationships with peers, supervisors, parents, and co-teachers • Lead an initiative to realign the flow of the Math classes that are offered at Walker-Grant Middle School • Participation and attendance at meetings, training sessions, before school tutoring sessions, after school remediation, and after school extra-curricular activities • Daily in class differentiation for up to sixteen groups a day and as many as four distinct student groups Show less

Teacher

• Aug 2008 - Jun 2010

• Adoption of AVID strategies in the classroom • Implementation and design of Math and Science lesson plans weekly for each period of instruction • Establishment and maintaining of positive working relationships with peers, supervisors, parents, and co-teachers • Formation and actualization of a classroom management plan that includes a positive approach to discipline, rewards, consequences, procedures and routines • Yearbook Adviser • Adoption of AVID strategies in the classroom • Implementation and design of Math and Science lesson plans weekly for each period of instruction • Establishment and maintaining of positive working relationships with peers, supervisors, parents, and co-teachers • Formation and actualization of a classroom management plan that includes a positive approach to discipline, rewards, consequences, procedures and routines • Yearbook Adviser