Experience

Saugerties Central Schools

• Teaching Assistant



Academy of the Holy Names

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• First Grade Teacher

  • Sep 2014 - Present

  • Using grade level domain objectives found on Engage NY in combination with school curriculum guides, developed fifteen interdisciplinary units incorporating STEM learning and culminating projects and presentations • Created variety of interactive activities for curriculum reinforcement using Smartboard Technology • Developed balanced literacy program using Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Program, Daily CAFÉ style rotations, and daily modeled writing • Advanced students average of four Fountas and Pinnell levels in four months • Using NYCCLS for Writing, Language, Reading for Literature, Reading for Information, and Reading Foundations as guides, developed individual conference assessment sheets for reading and writing • Involved and kept parents well informed through daily parent volunteering program and weekly newsletters • Developed and maintained class web page including links to enhance each unit, weekly parent newsletters, photos, and weekly spelling lists • Continued development of grade 1 curriculum mapping using Rubicon Atlas Show less



Saugerties Central School District

• Saugerties, New York

• Teacher Assistant

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2014

  • Assisted in developing and teaching math lessons to intermediate AIS students and phonics and writing to kindergarten students based on Common Core Learning Standards • Assisted in development of theme-based, interdisciplinary learning centers designed to prepare students for STAR and Local Post Assessments • Assisted in developing and teaching math lessons to intermediate AIS students and phonics and writing to kindergarten students based on Common Core Learning Standards • Assisted in development of theme-based, interdisciplinary learning centers designed to prepare students for STAR and Local Post Assessments



Bethlehem Central School District

• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Teacher, grades K, 1, 2

  • Sep 1989 - Dec 2001

  • Taught Kindergarten for six years, 1-2 combination for two years, and second grade for five years • Developed literacy program designed to meet the needs of varying levels • Created interdisciplinary learning centers to reinforce and enrich grade level curriculum • Developed two math programs using published materials, manipulatives, and learning centers • Involved students in community outreach through grand-parent adoption program and pen-paling/meeting with children from Albany’s Center for the Disabled • Served on District Science, Math, and School Safety Committees Show less