6th Grade Math and Social Studies Teacher

• Jul 2016 - Present

I love what I do. I helps working with the best coworkers ever. I love what I do. I helps working with the best coworkers ever.

8th Grade Social Studies Teacher

• Jul 2014 - Present

5th-8th Grade English and 8th Grade Math Teacher

• Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

• Created arts-integrated projects designed to improve student independence and investment • Utilized Common Core Maps Testing to inform whole class and individualized instruction • Implemented state-of the-art online math program Digits by Pearson • Integrated google school and smart board technology into everyday practice including online group work, improving research methods and developing a new Middle School website • Assisted with discipline, curriculum development, technology and other administrative duties as the Middle School Lead Teacher • Founded and directed after school music ensemble Show less

7th and 8th Grade Teacher

• Aug 2008 - Jun 2013

7th & 8th Grade Social Studies, 7th Grade Math Teacher and Ensemble Director August 2009 – June 2013 • Designed upper middle school curricula driven by an understanding of the learning process as essential to student success • Taught students effective strategies to become independent learners by guiding them on how to set goals, conduct effective research, organize their information, and self-evaluate • Prepared students for transition to a variety of high school programs by exposing them to a cornucopia of teaching approaches, projects and forms of assessment • Instructed the advanced music ensemble in a variety of genres and music theory • Produced and directed the play The Odyssey with the 7th& 8th Grade students • Student Body Government Coordinator 5th & 6th Grade Self-contained Classroom Teacher August 2008 – 2009 • Guided students through a variety of hands-on integrated projects o Projects included plays, sculptures, models, musical performances, a model human body, community service initiatives and a wax-museum • Used place based learning, such as creating a blue-print of the school for geometry, using hiking trails for nature journaling, and local buildings for architectural studies to enhance students interest and understanding of the curriculum and the world around them Show less

Research Assistant

• Sep 2007 - Aug 2008

Teachers Assistant

• Jul 2006 - Jul 2007

Lower Elementary Teaching Assistant/P.E. Teacher • Assisted head teacher in a Montessori lower elementary class with 23 students • Tasks included assessing work, organization and maintaining of material, and assisting with lessons • Coordinated and facilitated an outdoor education program for twenty-three lower elementary students. Focused on creating creative, team building games activities Lower Elementary Teaching Assistant/P.E. Teacher • Assisted head teacher in a Montessori lower elementary class with 23 students • Tasks included assessing work, organization and maintaining of material, and assisting with lessons • Coordinated and facilitated an outdoor education program for twenty-three lower elementary students. Focused on creating creative, team building games activities