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Professional Experience
3rd grade teacher at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary since August of 2015
Tutor for A.P. Tutors, a professional tutoring company, from June to
October of 2015
Third grade academic support teacher at Shawmut Hills for LOOP
summer school
Third grade academic support teacher at North Park Montessori
Academy after school LOOP
Acted as a substitute teacher in kindergarten through high school
classrooms from December 2014 to June of 2015
Completed 15 weeks of student teaching in a third grade classroom
with Mrs. Wendy DeBoer at Cherry Creek Elementary located in
Lowell, Michigan
Volunteer at Kent District Library, Englehardt Branch in Lowell,
Michigan
Completed 80 hour placement in a second grade classroom at Palmer
Elementary in Grand Rapids, Michigan with Mrs. Vicki Boase
Consulted on an educational computer game based on my unit plan
for Ferris State University Game Design students
Completed a 40 hour placement in a fourth grade classroom at Palmer
Elementary in Grand Rapids, Michigan with Mr. Chad Riffle
Completed a 25 hour service learning project at Cesar E. Chavez
Elementary in Grand Rapids, Michigan during the spring semester of
2013
Completed three rotational observations for Child Development at
Breton Downs Elementary in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand
Rapids Community College Lab Preschool, and Cesar E. Chavez
Elementary in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Volunteered in a first grade classroom for six months at San Francisco
de Asis Catholic School in Flagstaff, Arizona in 2012
Volunteer docent from 2010-2012 at Riordan Mansion State Historic
Park in Flagstaff, Arizona
Worked closely with special needs students my senior year of high
school through the local chapter of the Future Educators Association
Capabilities
Able to work and communicate well with adults and students
Familiar with Common Core Standards, Next Generations Science
Standards, and GLCEs
Able to analyze student data and apply what is learned to inform my
teaching
Can speak, read, and write basic Spanish
Familiar with backwards planning and curriculum design
Able to write lesson plans with accommodations
Able to perform grade level reading assessments
Achievements
Completed School Safety Leadership Academy course
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Passed the Elementary Education Michigan Test for Teacher
Certification (2014)
Passed the Michigan Basic Skills Test (2012)
Completed an English as a second language integration course
Completed an arts integration course
Kappa Delta Pi nominee
Member of Phi Theta Kappa
Deans List
National Society of Collegiate Scholars nominee
Student teaching classroom featured on Fox 17s Classroom of the
Week segment
References
Andrea Barber-Campos, third grade teacher at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
in Grand Rapids, Michigan. barbera@grps.org
Samarez Hernandez, Kent Social Services Network community school
coordinator at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
samarizhernandez@kentssn.org
Wendy DeBoer, third grade teacher at Cherry Creek Elementary in Lowell,
Michigan. (616)-862-3070
Jacklyn Krygier, Literacy Leader at Cherry Creek Elementary and University
Supervisor for Ferris State University. (616)-291-3755
Jody Pratt, adjunct professor at Ferris State University, Grand Rapids,
Michigan campus. (269)-792-0481