ESL Department Chair

• Aug 2023 - Present

Instructional Coach

• Jul 2019 - Jun 2023

-Develop and maintain positive, mutually respectful relationships with teachers and staff in order to boost morale, retention, and growth. -Share theory, research, and resources to support best instructional practices. -Provide teacher support and targeted improvement through instructional feedback with a clear, specific, high leverage action step. -Facilitate data driven instruction meetings with teachers in order to impact student outcomes. -Assist teachers in managing and organizing their Google Classrooms, creating and formatting docs and forms. -Provide opportunities for, and facilitate reflection and self-assessment among teachers. -Collaborate with coaches to design and lead targeted staff department and data meetings based on needs assessment. -Design a resources website that helps students and parents target individual test prep -Help onboard new teachers with the admin and instructional coach team. Show less

English Teacher

• Jul 2014 - Jun 2019

I taught English Language Arts and Reading to 9-12th graders. My responsibilities included collaborating with teachers to plan for instruction, aligning curriculum with standards, assessing and planning for intervention , working with at-risk students, scaffolding for students of various abilities. I... *Collaborated with teachers to align curriculum with standards, assess data, and plan for intervention. *Worked with and differentiated instruction for ~120 regular, at-risk, inclusion, EL, GT, or ECHS students. *Prepared work and assignments for various levels of ELA, including Business English for 12th grade students. *Taught reading with Lead4Ward curriculum to at risk 9th and 10th graders. *Instructed students in reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, test preparation. *Assessed student work, data and planned accordingly for instruction. *Developed relationships with students, enable students to have confidence, ownership, and responsibility for learning. *Found resources to enhance curriculum. *Communicated with colleagues, administration, parents and students. *Prepared for and attend 504, SPED meetings. *Attended professional development, student athletics and activities. *Organized and managed efficient classroom routines and student behavior. Courses taught: English I English II English III Business English Show less

Supplemental Instruction Teacher

• Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

My responsibilities as an English II SIT included teaching English II curriculum, preparing students to retake their English I & II STAAR test and working with at-risk students. I collaborated with other teachers and district specialists to meet student’s needs and worked with early morning ESL students. My responsibilities as an English II SIT included teaching English II curriculum, preparing students to retake their English I & II STAAR test and working with at-risk students. I collaborated with other teachers and district specialists to meet student’s needs and worked with early morning ESL students.

Literacy Coordinator

• Nov 2012 - Nov 2013

During my year with Arlington Reads as an AmeriCorps VISTA, I managed literacy based programs with a team. I implemented and coordinated sites for a new literacy based program, Reading Corps, for students between prekindergarten-4 through third grade that focused on improving basic and fundamental reading and writing skills. In order to sustain the Reading Corps program, I recruited, trained, and managed volunteers from the community. I also collaborated with the Arlington Public Library to promote programs and literacy events, and to recruit volunteers. I documented programs and events through photos and write-ups; and data entry. I coordinated Stories to Our Children, a story-writing resource class for parents and Life through Literacy, a program for teen parents. Show less

Film Crew

• Feb 2012 - Aug 2012

February 2012 Employee of the Month February 2012 Employee of the Month

Teacher's Assistant

• Jul 2010 - Aug 2010

Teacher’s Assistant at Mercersburg Academy ESL+ Summer Program -Taught and supervised international teenagers in an English intensive summer program Teacher’s Assistant at Mercersburg Academy ESL+ Summer Program -Taught and supervised international teenagers in an English intensive summer program