Experience

Woodlawn School
• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Substitute Teacher

  • Sep 2014 - Present

Davidson Day School
• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Substitute Teacher

  • Sep 2014 - Present

Pine Lakes Elementary School
• Substitute Teacher

  • 2014 - Present


Clearview Early Learning Center

• Teacher - WEE 3s Early Childhood Program

  • Aug 2006 - May 2014

  Selected by Superintendant as lead preschool teacher (Even Start) to create a Early Childhood Program for three year old at-risk children who would then move on to the four year old Virginia Initiative Preschool Program . Created a program that is experiential in nature using hands-on, center-based instruction which focuses on play to motivate children to scaffold their learning. Combined a research based curriculum with the Virginia Foundation Blocks for Early Learning: Comprehensive Standards for Four-Year-Olds (2007). Positive tests scores resulted in the school board adding two more classes. Accomplishments: Develop age appropriate lesson plans to promote social and academic growth, as well as emotional and healthful well being. Plan and implement small and large group instruction to help children scaffold their own learning using what they know. Facilitate building that knowledge to a new level through play. Create theme based, interactive instruction including integration of reading and writing during learning circles and small group instruction. Keep portfolio with samples of student work, a monthly behavior chart, parental communications, assessment checklists monitoring student progress and needs areas, include pictures of the child at play/work. Update web site weekly as a communication tool to increase parental involvement in the program. As team leader (2006-10): Met with team weekly to plan lessons and discussed concerns about children. Made schedules for field trips, school events, other special events. Created and sent out notifications, newsletters, updating web master with articles and pictures of children weekly. Communicated progress of the team to the principal and the District Leadership Team showing results about how children were progressing. Professional Development: VAECE Conference (4 years); Effective Schools Leadership Team- training, Scottsdale, AZ; ULL Leadership Academy; District Leadership Team. Show less



Patrick Henry School and Albert Harris School

• Teacher - Even Start Program

  • Aug 2003 - Aug 2006

  Appointed lead teacher of a federally funded Even Start program (2004) where parent and child attend school together. The class of combined three and four year old children who attended preschool while their parent/s attended school working toward his/her GED. Parenting classes were a component of the program. Activities were designed to promote daily interaction between parent and child. Accomplishments: Planned differentiated instruction for three and four year olds using center based play and thematic units with ample opportunity for story time, use of finger plays, nursery rhymes, and music and movement activities . Co-planned activities with the GED teacher for parents to participate with their children during Parent and Child Time (PACT). Communicated with parents daily and also went to home visits bi-weekly to provide one on one instruction to parent and child. Helped redirect families to agencies who could help them with private concerns. Tested children and reported results to Director weekly. Professional Development-CLIO Early Childhood Education curriculum training for certification, Richmond, VA; Reading First Academy for certification, Richmond, VA; Even Start Fall Institute Bethesda, Maryland; Even Start Summer Institute San Jose, CA. Show less



Albert Harris School

• United States

• Fifth Grade Teacher & Team Leader

  • Aug 2000 - Aug 2003

  Obtained a position as a regular education fifth grade teacher in a self-contained classroom. Initiated a team teaching approach becoming team leader in the third year. Introduced writing and reading workshop, a checkbook math incentive program, and integration of writing and reading into core subject areas. Accomplishments: Developed creative lesson plans that focused on integrating core subject areas, to create exciting activities that accommodated all styles of learning. Had children maintain individual portfolios in reading/ writing workshop, working in cooperative groups with teacher as facilitator. Integrated social studies into a reading and writing workshop. Used the scientific method to create hands on lessons, helping children understand Standards of Learning for Science. Employed manipulative materials to help students understand math concepts. Introduced a Math Club for students struggling in math. Implemented a checkbook activity to practice math skills using grades as money, and payment of “bills” as a life skill activity. The incentive was an action with a real auctioneer allowing the children to buy donated items with “cash”. Created newsletters, and used Grade Pro to communicate progress to parents. Students achieved 86-94% pass rate on all VA SOL tests. Professional Development: Math, Social Studies aligned Summer Workshop, “Intel Teach to the Future”. Show less



Sidney Central School District

• Fifth Grade Teacher

  • Sep 1992 - Jan 2000

  Senior member of a six person team, who transitioned from a self-contained classroom environment to a departmentalization program. Responsible for the integration of reading, language arts and social studies while partner taught math and science. (See above accomplishments-grade five above) Extra Curricular: Volunteered as parent coach for Odyssey of the Mind. Was appointed the District Coordinator for Odyssey of the Mind (17 teams in the district coached by volunteer parents (1997-99). Many teams went on to State Finals and two teams made it to World Finals. One team placed first. Show less



Sidney Central Schools

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• French Teacher

  • Sep 1987 - Sep 1992

  • Selected by Superintendant to create an exploratory foreign language program that became a full time program after one year. Accomplishments: Taught introductory French to 7th and 8th grade students. Each group was required to take one semester of Spanish and French in seventh grade and then concentrate in one area for 8th grade. The 7th grade course included introductory French with a concentration in speaking and understanding cultural diversity of French speaking countries. The 8th grade year was pre-French with a concentration on conversation and basic grammar. Show less


Tri Town Nursery School
• Nursery School Teacher

  • Sep 1984 - Jun 1987