Experience

St. John the Apostle Catholic Church

• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• 6-8th grade Teacher (ELA, Spanish, Religion)

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  ● Create a scope-sequence for ELA 6-8, tied to priority standards, with multiple modalities, to assess (including retake opportunities) for each standard. Introduce proficiency grading at the middle level. ● Collaborate with Archdiocesan PLC+ grade- and content-level teams. ● Integrate interactive, comprehensible input (CI)-based, proficiency-centered Spanish lessons differentiated for a variety of language levels (novice beginner to intermediate). ● Utilize Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and inclusion practices to ensure the increased number of students enrolling with existing IEPs and 504s have their academic and behavior needs met, and can be successful. Show less



Oregon City Public Schools

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Instructional Coach, Gardiner Middle School

  • Jul 2019 - Jul 2020

  ●Collaborated with teachers (grade-level teams, PLCs, and district PLCs) to develop and sustain standards-based best-practices teaching, including PBL units and integrating AVID strategies.● Guided 4-20 person teams in the following: identifying priority standards andstandards/proficiency-based assessments including CFAs; analyze data and assist in creating responses to data (intervention and extension); create/revise Scope & Sequence maps, including deconstructing priority standards; Brainstorm positive behavior support systems PBIS and MTSS (multi-tiered systems) for responses to interventions-both behavior & academic; help teachers problem solve various classroom issues.● Used a Coaching Cycle format (pre-conference, set goals, observe, reflect) supported by Danielson rubric and AVID content classroom observation tool, to increase student engagement and rigor.● Trained/supported teachers in technology use (Google classroom, Flipgrid, Zoom, Google suite,Padlet) and provide professional development on equity with technology (providing audio recordings,video recordings, etc) to scaffold/differentiate comprehensive distance learning (April-June 2020).● Planned, Led, and Facilitated AVID school-wide and district-level Professional Development oninstruction, system, culture, and leadership domain skills and strategies for AVID and other best-teaching practices (this includes overseeing smaller committees of teacher-led training). Show less

• 7-8th grade ELA Teacher and AVID coordinator, Gardiner Middle School

  • Aug 2014 - Jul 2019

  ● Collaborated with PLC and created/implemented 8th grade Common Core language arts standards-based curriculum that was rigorous, enriching, and addresses needs/interests of students through differentiated choice activities, and interventions/enrichment options.● Established/Maintained positive communication and relationships with students and parents, through weekly email updates, use of Google Classroom, and Fall/Spring Student-Led conferences.● Integrated 21st technology tools (SMART activities, Google suite, use of devices) as a tool for collaboration, and provided authentic assessment opportunities to support real-world application.● Created CFAs with my PLC, and discussed data from CFAs (and STAR test); responded to data in atimely manner, through creating flexible grouping with differentiated instruction.● Used AVID strategies and incorporated college & career readiness in my curriculum and classenvironment.● Gave students ownership of their own learning through creating activities where the teacher was thefacilitator, and students led the learning process (Socratic method).**One class of 7th grade Spanish Language Arts (part of a dual-language immersion program) for 2018-2019 school year. Show less



Salem-Keizer Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• 6th grade ELA Teacher and AVID elective teacher, Stephens Middle School

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2014

  ●Taught two blocks (four, 1-hour periods) of sixth grade language arts reading and writing each day. ● Integrated technology, mentor texts, and authentic assessments into a reader's and writer's workshop structured environment where students created their own meaning. ● Collaborated with a PLC that was focused on data-based instruction, backwards planning, and interventions for all subpopulations once to twice a week, in addition to Data Teams & RTI groups. ● Implemented SIOP, Teach Like a Champion, AVID, GLAD strategies, and best practices through sentence frames, flexible grouping, use of ELD forms/functions, rigor, 100% engagement, and word walls for the large EL and migrant student population. Show less