1Melissa Carruth

1303 Longfellow Avenue, Royal Oak, MI 48067 248-770-8615

mcarruth@novischools.net
EDUCATION

Oakland University, Rochester, MI - 2015 (Graduate May 1st), Educational

Specialist Degree

Marygrove College, Detroit, MI 2009, Masters of Education in Educational

Technology

Lourdes College, Sylvania, Ohio 2000, Certification Program in

Elementary Education

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 1999, Bachelor of Science,

Child Development Major

CERTIFICATIONS

State of Michigan Professional Education Certificate

o Endorsements - Elementary K-5 All Subjects (K-8 Self CC), ZA (Early
Childhood Education Pre K-K), NP (Educational Technology 6-8)

State of Michigan School Administrators Certificate

EMPLOYMENT
School Teacher, Novi Community Schools, Village Oaks Elementary School,
Novi, MI, 2004 to Present

Currently in my 8th year as the media specialist where I am part of the

specials teacher release rotation allowing me to teach about 450 students a
week in reading, library and research skills, and 21st century technology skills
while maintaining a library

Prior to being the media specialist, taught 4th grade for 3 years

Relationship Manager Assistant, Ennis Knupp + Associates, Chicago,

Illinois, 2001-2004

Prepared quarterly performance reports, proposals, presentations and

research materials for 33 clients with assets of just over $30 billion,
maintained the Manager Information Exchange database, created and
distributed quarterly and annual questionnaires to money managers and
served as the firms liaison with all money managers across the traditional
asset classes.

School Teacher, Sylvania Public Schools, Maplewood Elementary School,

2000-2001

Taught 4th grade

DATA AND STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY QUALIFICATIONS

District manager of the Renaissance Learning program

School NWEA and M-Step facilitator, trainer, and liaison
Building technology liaison and technology coach to staf
Content Area Team (CAT) member that allows me to work on diary mapping,
common assessments, work closely with Heather Curton, and populating
Atlas
Created and maintained Data Wall at the building level

TEACHER LEADER AND ADMINISTRATIVE QUALIFICATIONS

Member and have chaired the school Continuous School Improvement team
Member of the district Continuous School Improvement team
Member of district MTSS team, focused on data in this committee
Created initial district-wide MTSS / RtI model for the district
AdvanceEd Quality Assurance Review team member, 2012
Co-author state documents at the building level AdvancEd, school
improvement, and Program Evaluation reports
Developed and carried out Title 1 summer school program 4 years in a row
Led building-wide book study for example, Mindset by Carold Dweck
Trained in and trained staf on Hatties Visible Learning and Teaching Efect
Presented at and a member of MACCUL
District mentor
School crisis team member
Steven Covey 7 Habits Trained
VOICE teacher liaison between staf and PTO

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Marzanos iObservation Training

MLPP Grade 3-5 Teacher
The Daily Caf Literacy Training
Brain-based Strategies Marcia Tate
Project Based Learning
SmartBoard Trained by SMART Interactive Solutions
Dufour Professional Learning Community
Restorative Practice
Next Generation Training
Cultures of Thinking

ACCOMPLISHMENTS / ACHIEVEMENTS

Galileo Leadership Academy 2013-2015cohort (will graduate in May)

Elementary Teacher of the Year, Novi Community Schools 2011
Recipient of three grants from the Novi Educational Foundation 2010 and
2011

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST