Third Grade Teacher

Grand View Elementary, Grandville Public Schools, Grandville, MI

​June 2017 -  Present

 

• Member of the district wide Vertical Language Arts team.

• Implemented Reading and Writing Workshop as well as Unlocking the Reading Code in a district initiative.

• Served on the school Multi Tiered Support System (MTSS) team as the third grade representative.

• Co-Planned a Reading Workshop for all District Elementary Teachers (K-6)

 

Third Grade Teacher

Townline Elementary, Kentwood Public Schools,      Kentwood, MI

August 2016- June 2017

 

• Designed a globally diverse curriculum for a very diverse classroom of 26 students.

• Participated in a research study with Michigan State University and the University of Virginia, filming and studying first year teachers.

• Used iReady as a tool to analyze data as well as inform instruction and interventions.

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Year Long Intern Teacher

​Collins Elementary, Forest Hills Public Schools,

Grand Rapids, MI

September 2015- May 2016

 

• Collaborated with a mentor teacher for a full year in a kindergarten classroom and assumed responsibility of all aspects of planning, teaching, and assessing.

• Assisted mentor teacher in materializing an Engineering Technological Grant won for $2,500.

• Developed and implemented a Global Education program by creating daily lesson plans through a “Global Passport” activity with students.

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Technical Intern in Education

Michigan State University, College of Education,

East Lansing, MI

January 2013- May 2015

• Learned, taught, and implemented new technologies in courses within the college.

• Assisted faculty with using and developing new technology in classrooms.

• Two-time presenter at the College’s Annual Technology Conference.

• Assisted graduate students on research and technological development projects.

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