Experience

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  Valley View School District 365U

  • Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States

  • Fifth Grade Teacher

    • Aug 2019 - Present
    • Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States

    • Collaborate with a Special Education co-teacher to develop and implement individualized and appropriately challenging goals for 4 IEP students. • Meet monthly with the Fifth-grade team to analyze English Language Arts and Math data to guide future lessons. • Manage an interactive classroom by using online instructional tools and teaching strategies for 30 students.• Prepare, create and teach lessons in all areas of the District Curriculum. • Design and deliver rigorous lessons and units aligned to Common Core Learning standards.• Use data from formal and informal testing to form small, highly-individualized, math and reading groups.• Use manipulatives, interactive media (SmartBoard, videos, etc.), and teacher-made differentiated assignments to make concepts accessible to students with different learning styles.• Create and implement a consistent classroom structure to provide students with a safe learning environment.• Utilize students' strengths to build self-confidence and become successful learners.• Foster positive relationships and rapport with families on a daily basis through the use of email, instant messaging, video conferencing, and phone.• Grade level leader - 2017-2018

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  Valley View School District 365U

  • Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States

  • Third Grade Teacher

    • Aug 2018 - Jun 2019
    • Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States

    -• Prepared, created, and taught lessons in all areas of the curriculum using a multitude of online resources.• Fostered positive relationships and rapport with families on a daily basis through the use of email, instant messaging, video conferencing, and phone.• Differentiated lessons and instruction to meet the needs of various learners in the class based on readiness, interest, and multiple intelligences.• Met with the Third-grade team to revise and further develop all areas of the Third-grade curriculum.• Grade level leader - 2018-2019

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  Valley View School District 365U

  • Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States

  • Fifth Grade Teacher

    • Aug 2017 - Jun 2018
    • Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States

    • Collaborate with a Special Education co-teacher to develop and implement individualized and appropriately challenging goals for 4 IEP students. • Meet monthly with the Fifth-grade team to analyze English Language Arts and Math data to guide future lessons. • Manage an interactive classroom by using online instructional tools and teaching strategies for 30 students.• Prepare, create and teach lessons in all areas of the District Curriculum. • Design and deliver rigorous lessons and units aligned to Common Core Learning standards.• Use data from formal and informal testing to form small, highly-individualized, math and reading groups.• Use manipulatives, interactive media (SmartBoard, videos, etc.), and teacher-made differentiated assignments to make concepts accessible to students with different learning styles.• Create and implement a consistent classroom structure to provide students with a safe learning environment.• Utilize students' strengths to build self-confidence and become successful learners.• Foster positive relationships and rapport with families on a daily basis through the use of email, instant messaging, video conferencing, and phone.

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  Valley View School District 365U

  • Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States

  • Middle School Mathematics Teacher

    • Aug 2015 - Jun 2017
    • Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States

    Seventh Grade Math Teacher• Planned and presented lessons aligned with the District Math Curriculum to facilitate students' understanding and application of mathematical concepts. • Introduced and implemented STEM lessons. • Ensuring that the classroom remained safe and conducive to learning.• Graded assignments, quizzes, and final examinations in a timely manner.• Documented and reported on students' progress.• Attended meetings with parents and staff.

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  Calumet Middle School

  • Calumet Park

  • Sixth Grade Math Teacher

    • Aug 2014 - Jun 2015
    • Calumet Park

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  Government of the US Virgin Islands

  • Pearl B. Larsen Elementary School, St. Croix, USVI

  • Fourth Grade Teacher

    • Aug 2010 - Jun 2012
    • Pearl B. Larsen Elementary School, St. Croix, USVI

    • Instructed fourth grade curriculum which met the academic, social and intellectual needs of a twenty-three student inclusive group.• Created a dynamic environment which encouraged community building in the classroom and the success of each student. • Delivered intensive tier of response to intervention which provided scaffolding to propel students to the next academic level. • Conducted IEP meetings to ensure that the special education population received all the services that addressed the needs of the whole child.

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  Government of the Virgin Island

  • St. Croix, USVI

  • Math Coach

    • Aug 2008 - Jun 2010
    • St. Croix, USVI

    • Monitored how math is taught in the classroom and ensured differentiated instruction is evident in the execution of the math lesson. • Shadowed new teachers to offer support in teaching the Everyday Mathematics curriculum. Collected mathematics data from various assessments and helped teachers to interpret and use the information to plan more effectively. Organized the math intervention block for the school. • Took a Math Counts group to competition which resulted in a place in the top ten line-up.

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  Governemnt of the Virgin Islands

  • Pearl B. Larsen St. Croix USVI

  • Sixth Grade Teacher

    • Aug 2006 - Jun 2008
    • Pearl B. Larsen St. Croix USVI

    • Instructed sixth grade curriculum for a 24 student inclusive group. • Facilitated smooth transition from fifth grade curriculum to a sixth grade curriculum.

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  Government of the US Virgin Islands

  • Alfredo Andrews Elementary School, St. Croix USVI

  • Math Resource Teacher

    • Aug 2005 - Jun 2006
    • Alfredo Andrews Elementary School, St. Croix USVI

    • Provided math lab resource support to students of all grade levels. Provided alternative hands-on strategies for teaching mathematics concepts.

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  Government of the US Virgin Island

  • Claudo Markoe Elementary

  • Fifth and Sixth Math/Science Teacher

    • Aug 2004 - Jun 2005
    • Claudo Markoe Elementary

    • Administered departmentalized instruction in mathematics and science to 29 fifth and 21 sixth grade students.• Participated in the initiation of a looping program so that the body of knowledge taught at the sixth grade level was intensified at the sixth grade level.• All the fifth grade students moved to the sixth grade level