Teaching Experience

September 2009-November 2009
Reading-Fleming Intermediate School, Flemington, NJ
Literacy Support Skills Teacher, 5th and 6th Grade

  • Scheduling students
  • Administered and scored reading assessments
  • Designed and taught lessons on reading strategies
  • Push in to classrooms to support struggling readers
  • Communication with colleagues, administration and parents

January 2009 to June 2009
Reading-Fleming Intermediate School, Flemington, NJ
Social Studies Teacher - Sixth Grade

  • Responsible for the creation and implementation of lessons aligned with the NJCCCS and district standards
  • Incorporate differentiated instruction to meet needs of diverse learners
  • Participate in team, department and staff development meetings
  • Facilitate open communication with parents via open house, phone and e-mail communication

Fall 2008
Reading-Fleming Intermediate School, Flemington, NJ
Student Teaching Experience – Fifth Grade

  • Gained experience in a main-stream class which included six LLD students
  • Planned and taught a unit on personal narrative writing based on “Launching the Writing Workshop” Lucy Caulkins
  • Designed and led guided reading groups
  • Instructed students using the Everyday Mathematics curriculum
  • Developed and taught a social studies unit on exploration and explorers
  • Participated in parent/teacher conference

Spring 2008
Dutchneck School, Princeton Junction, NJ
Junior Field Experience – First Grade

  • Provided instructional assistance to students on literacy strategies
  • Created and administered mathematics and literacy lessons
  • Administered and scored literacy and mathematics assessments which determined levels of knowledge (decoding strategies, comprehension, fluency, math concepts)
  • Created instructional lessons for remediation

Fall 2007
Millstone River Elementary School, Plainsboro, NJ
Junior Field Experience – Fourth Grade

  • In-class support teacher for writing, math, social studies and science
  • Created and taught lessons in literacy and social studies

Spring 2007
Stony Brook Elementary School, Pennington, NJ
Sophomore Field Experience – Fourth and Fifth Grades

  • Observed advanced math classes for fourth and fifth graders
  • Assisted students with a computer-based stock market unit

March 2006 - June 2006
Lambertville School District, Lambertville, NJ
Substitute Teacher – Kindergarten to Sixth Grade