Language Arts – Grade 8, Creative Writing, and Reading Support

Norview Middle School                                         

August 2020-Present

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• Wrote and implemented a new Creative Writing curriculum for mid-high performing and gifted students that focused on improving basic writing skills, grammar and punctuation, as well as encouraged creativity and the individual voice.

• Engaged students with online virtual instruction for the 2020-2021 school year, making use of varied educational technology options, virtual programs and teacher-created content while cultivating accountability and student led instruction.

• Led 30+ educators in a co-taught professional development session that focused on the varied and creative uses for video-centered educational technologies in the face-to-face and the virtual classroom.

• Saw growth in Writing and Reading test scores, despite virtual learning and the lack of previous state testing during the 2019-2020 school year.

 

 

Honors and Standard 11th and 12th Grade English 

John A Holmes High School 

2017-Present

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• Developed curriculum and anchor-text based Common Core units that were implemented within Standard and Honors English classrooms.

•  Facilitated success and growth in NCFE state testing, seeing growth every semester for three years.

• Worked with English department members, Media staff, and administration to create and implement school-wide reading programs and year-to-year classroom continuity.

• Differentiated instruction for young adults of varied learning abilities and English language learners.

• Implemented formative and summative instruction to check for both individual comprehension as well as overall understanding and application.

• Instituted positive classroom management strategies as well as disciplinary processes that effectively handled varied and challenging behavior issues.

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English IV/English IV Honors/English 10 Lead Teacher

Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow

​2012 - 2017

 

• Motivated lower-achieving students to personalized levels of success through academic differentiation and individual reinforcement.

• Developed Common Core-based curriculum that was implemented successfully in both English and Honors English classrooms.

• Applied current and up and coming technology to actively engage students of varied levels of learning in creative lessons that reinforced necessary reading and writing concepts.

• Maintained positive parent-teacher communication through frequent phone calls, monthly newsletters, and virtual parent-teacher open house sessions.

• Provided constructive and detailed feedback to student work, emphasizing areas of growth as well as highlighting areas that needed additional or continued instruction.

• Taught students from a wide variety of cultural and socio-economic groups, providing individual instruction and differentiated options based on learning style and level of understanding.

• Provided extended availability in order to facilitate active participation by meeting students where they are.

 

 

Rotating Substitute Teacher

Woodridge High School

Peninsula, OH

​2010-2012

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Long-Term Substitute 

11th & 12th Grade Honors English / Speech / Drama

Woodridge High School

Peninsula, OH

​2009-2010

 

• Created and implemented lesson plans for advanced language arts students based on varied genres and styles of literature

• Encouraged and fostered positive parent-teacher relationships through active communication

• Cultivated positive and productive relationships with fellow educators, administration, and staff

• Adapted teaching materials and methods according to individual student strengths and needs to ensure a challenging and supportive learning environment

• Improved student’s analytical skills and critical understanding of varied American and British Literature

• Discussed and demonstrated acting styles, character development, and personality projection as well as proper public speaking protocol

• Fostered creativity and freedom of expression in a theater arts setting through a variety of both teacher-led, and student-led performances