Work Experience

Kindergarten Teacher at Bay County Public School Academy, Bay City, MI

August 2011 - present

• Creating a positive and nurturing classroom environment with sensitivity to students’ strengths and personal learning styles

• Tutoring  students twice a week to work on benchmark reading an mathematics skills

• Following school-wide Michigan's Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative (MiBLSi) behavior procedures

• Creating and implementing Personal Student Achievement Plans for each student in my class

•  Instructing after-school tutoring for a group for strategic and intensive students

• Leading Parent/Teacher conferences three times per year

• Participating in fifteen Professional Development days per year with staff and administrators

Teaching Intern (3rd Grade) at Woodbridge Elementary, Zeeland, MI

August 2010-May 2011

• One-year post-undergrad internship completed in conjunction with graduate courses

• Took on all teaching responsibilities during a 10-week lead teaching period (designed, planned, and assessed units in all subject areas)

•  Developed extensive unit plans for literacy, math, science, and social studies based on district curriculum and Michigan GLCEs

•  Evaluated student performance using various assessment techniques

• Preformed Response To Intervention (RTI) assistance and instruction to Tier 2 & 3 students

• Conducted spring parent/teacher conferences and co-facilitated conferences in fall

• Provided translation for a Spanish speaking family

Student Teacher (3rd Grade) at Dimondale Elementary, Holt, MI

October 2008-May 2009

• Observed classroom activities and management techniques of an experienced lead teacher in a third grade classroom

• Worked with small groups in the content areas of literacy and math

• Led whole class instruction for a cross-curricular Social Studies plan about Constitutional rights

• Managed classroom behavior during classroom instruction and library time

• Graded weekly homework assignments