Second Grade Teacher

Berea City Schools

June 2023 - August 2024

• Developed engagning and age-appropriate lessons to meet curriculum objectives

• Incorporated UDL into daily lessons and activites in order to meet students unique learning needs, acadmic goals and social goals

• Implemented the Secret Stories Program to enhance phonics instruction and improve reading fluency among second-grade students

Kindergarten Teacher

Berea City Schools

August 2022 - June 2023

• Collaborated with the kindergarten team to best serve all students and school community

• Designed hands-on-play based strategies such as games and experiments for experiential learning

• Fostered a supportive and nurturing classroom atmosphere conducive to learning and social-emotional development

Kindergarten Long Term Substitute

Berea City Schools

January 2022 - June 2022

• Designed hands-on play-based strategies such as games and crafts for experiential learning.

• successfully planned and utilized learning station rotations for Language arts, writing, reading, and math.

• Managed students' behavior by creating an environment adjusted to their physical, social, and developmental needs.

Title One Long Term Substitute & Building Substitute

Berea City Schools

August 2021 - December 2021

• Assessed and analyzed testing data to develop strategic groups based on students' skill levels.

• Administered Dibbles every two weeks.

• Worked with three Kindergarten Title One groups and provided extra support in Kindergarten classrooms.

Teacher Assistant | Summer BCSD Reading Camp

Berea City Schools

June 2021 - July 2021

• Worked with students in small groups with students in grades Kindergarten through fourth.

• Implemented engaging games and fluency activities

• Monitored student engagement

• Assisted teachers in fluency activities

First Grade Long Term Substitute | Brook Park Elementary

March 2021 - June 2021

• Designed, planned, and implemented engaging math, language arts, science, and social studies lessons based on Ohio Learning Standards.

• Established a rapport with both students and parents.

• Conferred with parents and guardians to keep them informed on their child’s performance and educational progress.

• Developed an effective classroom management plan that used routines and expectations to teach time management, organization skills, and responsibilities to students.

• Assessed students regularly and evaluated data to create small group instruction that catered to the students’ needs.

• Collaborated with the first-grade team during TBT meetings to work to strengthen teaching and learning for all students through collaborative planning.

Clinical Practice | Brook Park Elementary 

January 2021 - May 2021

• Was put in a long-term substitute position while completing Clinical Practice at the request of the Director of Personnel & Employee Relations of the Berea City School District due to a shortage of substitutes.

• Collaborated with a mentor teacher to create developmentally appropriate and engaging lessons.

• Participated in parent-teacher conferences.

• Co-taught developmentally appropriate lessons with a full class.