My Expert Service

For the last six years I have been a Montessori trained educator and specialized tutor in the Primary and Elementary Divisions. I’ve been a teacher’s aid, a substitute for all grade levels, a head teacher for grades K-4th, and a certified resource tutor for gifted students with learning differences for pre-K-12th grade. My talent is the ability to connect with my students teaching concepts and advanced topics through music, theater, and art. I believe in alternative methods when working with traditional learning difficulties such as ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia, and gifted students.I will help with school projects, organizational skills, homework, test preparation, and classroom management ideas.

Experience & Qualifications

Areas of knowledge include:

• Student Motivation~
• Creative Lesson Planning~
• Interactive Games~
• Life Skills Training~
• Multicultural Awareness~
• Oral & Written Communication~
• Inspiring Educational Environment~
• Analytical & Problem Solving~
• Phonics~
• Individual Education Plans~
• Performance Assessment~
• Certified in a special education program for an integrated classroom~

  SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Six years of experience teaching Montessori, regular and special education, and theater for grades K-6 in a private school.
• Substitute for grades K-12
• Extensive experience on school improvement committees and after-school activities / programs
• Advise and counsel parents on their child's specific cognitive or emotional problems
• Taught K-4th grade students in a self-contained 15:1:1 classroom setting.
• Used behavior modification techniques as a motivator for improving conduct and encouraging participation.
• Integrated multiple teaching styles to intensify the range of learning, created weekly lesson plans, which included visual, tactical, and auditory materials to reinforce or simplify complex concepts, such as Sand Letters that assist in cursive letter recognition by feeling formations.
• Supervised stimulating math learning skills utilizing various manipulatives, I used the hands-on Montessori math program, my students reviewed and learned: carrying and borrowing, double and triple digit multiplication, squares and square roots, cubes and cube roots, place value through the units of millions, and long division.
• In the Mortensen math program the students worked in spatial math. There are five strands: arithmetic, problem solving, calculus, algebra and measurement.
• Expanded the range of learning through whole class, individual, and small group instruction, cooperative education, and math, science, reading, art, drama, music, and multi-sensory learning centers.
• Led integrated social studies/writing units that allowed students to bridge the gap between real world issues and course material through library and Internet research, interviews, and creative writing exercises, and projects.
• Taught guided reading lessons to model questioning, clarification, and problem solving techniques.
• Assisted with the formulation of Individual Education Programs, and generate quarterly report cards.
• Evaluated student progress and support recommendations for further student development.
• Administered Standardized Testing
• Attended and participate in Special Education Staff Conferences.
• Incorporated special learning strategies for learning disabled students encompassing self-questioning, rehearsal and review, cognitive behavior modification, organization, memory strategies and modeling.
• Skilled at keeping students on-task and tailoring lessons to meet specific needs.
• Attended faculty meetings to review and evaluate teaching methods.
• Utilized computer in the classroom as part of the learning experience. Integrated technology into the learning process with assignments using self-paced programs such as Math Blaster/Reader Rabbit for ages 6-9 that develop students’ cognitive abilities and basic computer/keyboarding skills.
• Communicated with parents to acknowledge superior work and areas of concern through weekly newsletters, and encouraged parent-volunteer assistance throughout the year.