Michael D. Benedetto
**** ****** ***. #***, *****, NY 10463 *********.*******@*****.*** 845-***-**** (C)
CAREER OBJECTIVE: To utilize my talent management and professional development skills to
enhance the productivity and performance of a company’s workforce.
EXPERIENCE:
Kindergarten Assistant Teacher – Academy of Saint Joseph (New York, NY)
September 2012 – Present
● Create, differentiate, and implement lessons
● Provide one-to-one academic support for struggling students in literacy and math
● Establish and implement a balanced literacy approach for reading instruction
● Conduct daily literacy centers targeting reading strategies and skills in phonemic
areness, phonics, comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary
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● Assist classroom teacher with daily responsibilities
5th Grade Classroom Teacher - Middletown City School District (Middletown, NY)
March – June 2011
● Prepared, differentiated, and implemented lessons using state standards
● Implemented Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Collaborative
● Studied student data such as benchmarks and item analysis to drive instruction
Record Keeper (Technology Department) – Middletown City School District (Middletown, NY)
July – December 2010
● Maintained student database – data entry, updating/purging of files
● Utilized and managed educational assessment software to develop district reports
● Administrative and clerical duties
Substitute Teacher - Middletown City School District (Middletown, NY)
2009-2012
● Substituted for special education, inclusion, ESL, bilingual, dual language, and general
ucation classrooms for grades K-5.
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Third Grade Teacher- Emma C. Chase Elementary School, onticello School District (Wurtsboro,
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● Prepared, differentiated, and implemented lesson plans using state standards
Took part in the International Bacceelaurate (IB) program
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● Became familiar with the Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Framework
Sixth Grade ELA Teacher- Valley Central Middle School, Valley Central School District
(Montgomery, NY) August – October 2009
● Created and implemented an integrated ELA and technology unit on story elements
● Designed lesson plans to help students understand reading, writing, and grammar
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Program Aide - Boys & Girls Club (Pine Bush, NY)
2008-2009
● Provided after school assistance with homework and activities for disadvantaged
students
Administrative Assistant – Jewish Family Service (Middletown, NY)
March 2005 – December 2007
● Maintained database / data entry duties / clerical support
● Responsible for record keeping and bookkeeping, digitized records
● Paired volunteers with elderly members of the community and organized home visits,
coordinated transportation for doctor visits and everyday activities such as grocery
shopping
COMPUTER SKILLS: PC and Mac environments, Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, SMART
technologies, Prosper Assessment software, database/CRM
LANGUAGES: English, Basic Spanish and French
ADDITIONAL SKILLS/QUALITIES: Conflict resolution, resourcefulness, team player, highly
organized, excellent writing skills, research skills, leadership skills (single handedly taught 28
children in 5th grade)
EDUCATION:
Mercy College
Master of Science in Literacy Education (May 2013) GPA: 3.9
The State University of New York at New Paltz
Bachelor of Science Major: Elementary Education/History (December 2009) GPA: 3.47
New York State Initial Certificate
Early Childhood Education (B-2)
Childhood Education (1-6)
Literacy (B-12)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
International Reading Association
New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education
REFERENCES:
Available upon request