Newest Bulletin Board!

After teaching a reading unit on fairy tales, we discussed the important aspects of a fairy tale and modeled what their fairy tale should look and sound like. At the end of our lesson the students wrote their own rough drafts! Their final copies were posted outside our room in our "castle"!

My Little Cheerleaders!!

My SLDM 3rd grade cheerleaders who I have volunteered for as their assistant coach throughout their football cheer season! They are such a joy to work with and put forth great effort and enthusiasm during practices and games!

2nd grade Student Teaching @ SLDM!

Second grade @ St. Louis de Montfort! Student Teaching has been an amazing experience! Here are some pictures of our math meeting board and discipline system, using colors and their number clips!

Unit on the Great Depression @ Poston Road Elementary 4th grade!

My co-teacher and I created integrative lessons on the Great Depression. We had the students participate in groups and create Tableau's (still pictures, motionless acting) describing a scene during this time. They had so much fun with it (seen in the 3rd picture)! When we tapped on their shoulder they gave a brief summary of what their part was and why it was important during the Great Depression. The first 2 pictures were our 'remembering' the Great Depression day where we dressed up as people from Hoovervilles during this era and gave the students old, torn and burned paper to write a reflection of the unit while they listened to music from this time.

2nd grade field experience @ Sugar Grove Elementary

Education and Experiences

Education:

Indiana University Bloomington, IN

Bachelor of Science (December 2012)

Major: Elementary Education; Concentration: Reading

Reading License Addition

Bachelor’s Degree: Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education

Mission Statement:

I believe that an outstanding teacher must have certain qualities, which include, a positive, outgoing personality, an organized curriculum, which is focused on meaningful, engaging work to promote lifelong skills students need to become community leaders. I believe an outstanding teacher must be compassionate to a variety of learners within the classroom and incorporate different learning styles and methods to help each individual student reach their full potential.

Employment:

Monon Trail Elementary School, 3rd grade Teacher (December 2012-June 2013)

·       Taught class of 28 students for maternity leave

·       Planned and taught lessons in all subject areas

·       Collaborated with Instructional Assistant to differentiate learning

·       Attended IEP meetings and case conferences for specific students

·       Conducted ISTEP, IREAD and NWEA testing

·       Volunteered for Fun Friday Night, sponsored by PTO

·       Volunteered for Book Fair & Science Night

West Side Montessori Center, Substitute Teacher/Summer Camp Instructor (May 2011-Aug. 2012; Summers)

·       Supervised between seven and ten preschool-aged children while attending summer camp

·       Created activities and lessons to keep the children engaged and entertained

·       Encouraged students to be independent, respectful and responsible

Monroe County Community School Corporation, Supervisor: School Age Care Program (Aug. 2011-May 2012)

·       Supervised 50 elementary school children K-6 during after school program

·       Implemented a structured setting for students to learn study habits

·       Produced educational activities for students to participate and develop addition skills

Professional Experience:

St. Louis de Montfort Catholic School- Fishers, IN (August 2012-December 2012)

Student Teacher, Grade 2

·       Taught class of 26 second graders

·       Planned and taught lessons in reading, writing, math, social studies and science

·       Coordinated with supervising teacher

Poston Road Elementary School- Martinsville, IN (January 2011-May 2012)

Practicum Teacher, Grade 4

·       Successfully created and let 24 students on a unit about the Great Depression

·       Practiced classroom management skills

·       Implemented assessments for one focus student in areas of reading and writing to gain understanding behind assessment tools

Eastern Greene Elementary School- Bloomfield, IN (August 2010-December 2010)

Practicum Teacher, Grade 1

·       Learned additional lesson planning skills

·       Collaborated with small group of peers to create custom enrichment activities and lessons for learning math and science

Templeton Elementary School- Bloomington, IN (January 2010-May 2010)

Practicum Teacher, Grade K-6

·       Facilitated reading sessions with small group of students 4 hours a week.

·       Assisted cooperating teacher with reading, writing and spelling lessons

Sugar Grove Elementary School- Greenwood, IN (August 2009-December 2009)

Practicum Teacher, Grade 2

·       Observed the classroom to gain knowledge on daily management ideas and balancing classroom time

·       Facilitated spelling tests

·       Conducted read alouds