Curriculum Vitae
*Note: For privacy of students and school staff, no identifying school information is given below. If you would like to know more about the specific schools and districts I have worked with, please contact me!
Licensure:
Illinois Professional Educator License K-9, endorsements in Middle School Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts
Education:
Masters, Educational Technology & Leadership
Concordia University Chicago
05/2018 – 05/2020
Bachelors, Elementary Education
Northern Illinois University
08/2014 – 05/2017
Associates of Arts, General Studies
Florida State College at Jacksonville
01/2012 – 12/2013
Professional Experience:
08/2017 – Present Licensed Educator, 8th Grade Science & ELA
Licensed Middle School Educator
8th Grade Life Science & Language Arts
Classroom Info: 70 students from diverse backgrounds
District Info: Suburban, 3.7k students, 9 schools, 38% low-income
Accomplishments:
- Professional Development Instructor
- National Novel Writing Month Club Sponsor
- Pride Club (Genders & Sexualities Alliance) Co-Sponsor
- Member of building Excellence & Equity Committee
- Member of building Tier 2.5 FBA/BIP Committee
08/2016 – 05/2017 Student Teaching, 2nd Grade
Year-Long Co-teaching Placement
Classroom Info: 27 students from diverse backgrounds
District Info: Suburban & Rural, 7k students, 60% low-income
Accomplishments:
- Support school culture and community outreach events through volunteering at school-sponsored functions
- Seek opportunities to improve practice by attending school and district-sponsored professional development
- Observe, plan, teach and assess practice to inform and modify instruction for multi-cultural class with many levels of ability and various behavioral needs
- Assess students and analyze data to improve delivery of instruction
Other Clinical Experiences
- Spring 2015 – K-5 Music Placement
- Fall 2014 – Kindergarten Placement
- Spring 2014 – 5th Grade Placement
011/2012 – 06/2013 Paraprofessional
ESE/ Inclusion Paraprofessional Grades K-5, Florida
Related Experience
- January 2016 – Educate U.S. Scholar, Texas
- 2008-2012 – Volunteer, Elementary School, Florida
Areas of Professional Development
- Basics of PBIS
- Guided Reading
- Whole-Brain Teaching
- Guided Math
- Teaching Children with Trauma
- Classroom Management