Ellen Tannebaum

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Hampstead, MD 21074

410-***-**** acro4g@r.postjobfree.com

Qualifications and Personal Strengths:

Energetic, insightful, resourceful teacher dedicated to helping children identify and

enhance their unique potential for academic and personal achievement

Diligent teacher who blends innovative and traditional methods in order to maximize each

students achievement

Promote scholastic and social development by:

o Determining individual student interests, traits, and needs o Applying a variety of

methods to fulfill the needs of students with diverse abilities and circumstances

o Establish trust with students by applying discipline with fairness and consistency o

Promote the essence of multiculturalism by honoring and celebrating the diversity of

cultures present in my classroom

Professional Teaching Experience:

The Forbush School Reisterstown, MD 2011- present

Education Assistant

Conducted Intense Reading Instruction with an Autistic Elementary Student utilizing

the following activities:

1. Commercially made Letter Puzzles

2. Rainbow Writing- Student traced a word using many different crayons or markers

3. Art- Student painted words in order to recognize each individual letter in the word

4. Art- Student created letters and whole words out of Modeling Clay

5. Game- Student used Teacher created frisbees to match Lowercase

Letters with Uppercase Letters

Attended the Singapore Math Conference in Baltimore City on December 7, 2012

Attended and participated in the Handwriting Without Tears Kindergarten- 5th

Grade Workshop in Baltimore City on July 13, 2012

Attended and participated in the Get Set for School Literacy and Math Workshop and

the Get Set for School Readiness and Writing Workshop

Acted as the Substitute Teacher for the Art Teacher

Assisted the Classroom Teachers by writing the Anecdotal Records utilized during

Individualized Education Program, IEP, meetings

Assist the Eighth Grade Teacher to instruct Autistic and Emotional Behavior Disabled

Students in all content areas

Consistently analyze Behavior Data during Team Meetings

Trained in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention

Attended the Notre Dame Summer Institute of Classes and received a 4.0 in 2014

Columbia Academy Columbia, MD 2007-2008

Prekindergarten Teacher

Was the author of an Interdisciplinary book on Dinosaurs that supplemented the

regular curriculum

Designed and implemented an Integrated Curriculum on the Beijing Summer

Olympics

Co-taught Spanish Class

Utilized the Handwriting Without Tears Program to instruct the children in Early

Literacy

Skills

The Gateway School Westminster, MD 2004-2007

Reading Teacher

Provided Intense Reading Support to a High School Student utilizing the Wilson

Reading Program

Taught the Read 180 Reading Program to High School Students

Participated in Intense Professional Development related to Reading Instruction

Baltimore City Public Schools Baltimore, MD 1999-2004

Second Grade Teacher, Soar to Success Teacher, Fifth Grade Teacher, Seventh Grade

Language Arts Teacher

Designed and implemented a Science Unit for Sinkers and Floaters

Planned and implemented a Cooking Enrichment Club for Kindergarten- Second

Grade

Created an original Incentive Program called Going for the Gold

While teaching Soar to Success, the students improved their Reading Performance by

three grade levels

Was chosen to pilot the Maryland State Assessment Math Coach Program

Created and implemented a Mock Trail based on the Goldilocks and the 3 Bears

Fairytale for Seventh Grade Language Arts Students

At the completion of the Mock Trial, the students had the opportunity to ask

questions to a New York City Family Court Judge

Education:

2010 Carroll Community College Westminster, MD

School Age Care

Child Care Administration

1995-1998 State University of New York New Paltz, NY

Master of Science

K-12 Reading

3.84 Grade Point Average

1991-1995 Curry College, Milton MA

Bachelor of Science

Child Psychology

Elementary Education

Awards from Curry College, May 1995

Graduated Cum Laude

Education Award

Deans List

Certifications:

Maryland Advanced Professional Certificate in:

General Special Education: Grades 1-8

Early Childhood Education

Elementary Education

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