Teacher Assistant

Ivorye V. Riesterer

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Chicago, IL 60619 773/488-5134 ***********@*****.***

EDUCATION Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, M.A.T. Early Childhood Education,

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Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, BGS Public Administration,

01/1981

CERTIFICATION Illinois 04 Certificate – Initial Level#2194434,

` Issued 07/2005 - Expires 06/2017

EXPERIENCE

• 04 Teacher (Substitute-FT) – IL Action for Children, 773 -356-8112 - Two classrooms 3

to 4 years and 4 to 5 years, daily, 2.5 hours each. Developed ideas from children, based

on KWL and webbing to broaden their understanding of Restaurants (Nov.) and Store

(December). Hired to replace staff on Maternity Leave, 10/24/2012 to 01/07/2013 with

Xmas break starting 12/21/2012. Some responsibilities were: maintaining individual

portfolio samples, photographs of children engaged in task, anecdotal observations,

small group and individualizations, safety, health, modeling best practices for parents

and teachers and meeting with classroom teachers to reflect and plan for students.

• 04 Teacher, 4 hrs a day – Firman Community Services, 37 W. 47th St., Chicago, IL,

60609. 04-2012 to 06-2012 - a.m. classroom Observations. Met with parents,

Completed Checkpoint 3, Portfolios, Educational Binders, and Lesson planning using

Teaching Strategies Study Starters. Weekly meetings with teaching team and/or as

needed; assessments/implementation plan/follow up/bulletin boards.

• O4 Teacher, 4 hrs a day, IL Action for Children, 773-***-****, 11/2011 to 03/2012.

Lesson Plans according to Scholastic Studies. Completed Developmental Screenings,

observations/planning, small groups (literacy learning/Math Games), photographs,

documentation panels representing the investigations; bulletin boards depicting current

work- pictures of field trips, nature walks, healthy habits for safety and community

health; observed/discussed seasonal changes utilized letters and numbers in the

environment as learning tools.

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Secured guest speakers (parents) for study topics. Held parent- teacher meetings and

conferences, as required. .

• 04 Classroom Teacher-FT, Effie O. Ellis Center – YMCA, 10 S. Kedzie, Chicago, IL,

773-***-**** - 08/2011 to 11-2011. Classroom teaching team consisted of one assistant

and one aide. Completed Checkpoint 1 Assessment; Anecdotal notes,

Individualizations, /screening, COPA Entries; Lesson Planning according to Teaching

Strategies Gold Studies; Study documentation panels, nature walks to

discuss changing seasons and building walks observations to compare/contrast (Building

Study) size/Bus, Pedestrian Safety; obstacle course planning and set-up; weekly

meetings with team and Site Director, newsletter to parents.

• 04 Teacher Under Carrey’s Care – 09/2010 to 04/20/11 1/708-***-****

AM & PM Classroom – Worked with Classroom Teacher to develop the “Components

of Literature” across the curriculum in meaningful ways in the different learning centers.

Encouraged conversation in small groups about whatever the children were doing –

math, writing, tasting, feeling, using open ended questions and building on what they

were saying. Used small groups for Number games, songs, book discussions.

Maintained Educational Binders, Portfolios, anecdotal notes, Developmental Screenings

& Parent Surveys, Gold Assessments (tool kit used), parent conferences,

documentation, as required.

• 04 Teacher - All About Kids Learning Academy, 319 E. 75th Street,

Chicago 02/10 to 06/10 – Temporary appointment 773-***-****. Classroom team

consisted of an assistant and me. Observations, team planning to facilitate

engagement of different learning styles to meet the learning needs of all students.

Earth Day Celebration: Hands on activity that included students wearing gloves

and picking up loose paper on the West, North, East, and South streets around the

school. Read story, Trashy Town, Children noticed trash being thrown from moving

cars, paper/trash on the streets around school and the same grown-ups always sweeping

and picking up the trash on the streets as we walked in the neighborhood. We decided to

help several times a month beginning with Earth Day. Our plan was to pick up paper

only and place it in our garbage bags. The adults sweeping in front of the different

buildings encouraged our litter collection. Our parents approved especially since we

wore gloved and did not gather broken glass. The children drew pictures with dictation

to share their

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experience with families. Later, some artwork/pictures were placed in a binder for the

classroom library.

• 04 Teacher - Ezzard Charles Montessori School, 7926 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL,

10/2009 to 02/2010 - 773-***-****

Team consisted of classroom teacher and teacher assistant in 3-5 year old

Classroom. Promoted giving all children in a small group the same material – allowing children

to explore materials at their developmental level – teacher interact with each child verbally to

give them words to describe what they were doing and move them to next level. Discussed

observations; set clear expectations and evaluated results - worked together on next steps.

• 04 Teacher – Firman Community Services (Head Start, PFA, Collaboration) 07/2006 to

10/2009 – 773-373/3400

Classroom teacher for 2 years; and Project Coordinator for 1 year. Active in one of two

classroom 2.5 hrs per day (observing, interacting with children and materials in small groups and

individually; contributed to accurate compilation of Portfolios, Education Files, Screenings,

attendance reports, Food Forms. COPA Entries Completed Lesson Planning, anecdotal notes;

participated in Parent Conferences, recruitments, home visits; fire drills, Team Meetings, Family

Reading Nights, Trainings/Modeling what I learned for other team members.

• 04 Teacher/Lead – Through a Child’s Eyes, AM & PM Head Start, 09/2005 to

06/2006 ; Office: 1620 N. La Salle – 312/943/3400 (Supv. Maleka) Attn: Bob

Cammaratti, Coordinator

English Immersion Program. Co-taught with a bi-lingual teacher. Anecdotal Notes,

Individualizations discussed with social workers; parent teacher conferences

Creative Curriculum, Edition 4 – manual assessments, weekly meetings with supervisor and

weekly meetings with teaching teams to discuss site information, bulletin boards, neighborhood

walks; learning centers, small group individualizations for literacy and counting games; daily

safety inspection of classroom, gym and toilets; practiced fire drills, classroom concerns.

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NAEYC Expiration date; 04/24/14

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