Teacher English

LISA M. MARTINELLI

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An organized professional with proven teaching, guidance and counseling skills. Dedicated and motivated to encourage student growth through carefully monitored academic progress. Focused on designing an effective high school curriculum geared towards meeting realistic goals. Ability to use databases and automated systems to complete grading and progress reports in a prompt manner. Experienced with the latest teaching software and technologies. Well equipped with many proven methods to direct the Social and Emotional learning of students and staff.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office

Progress Monitoring

Instructional skills

Classroom management

Modern Classroom Technologies

SEL with Mindfulness

Program Facilitator

Curriculum Design

Special Education Teaching & Instruction

Student Goal-Setting

Facilitate critical thinking

Individual Educational Programs (IEPs)

Creative Lesson Planning

Learner Engagement, Evaluation & Inclusion

Engagement-focused learning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tottenville High School – Staten Island, NY

High School Teacher, Sept 2002– Present

Foster a classroom environment conducive to learning and promoting excellent student/teacher interaction.

Collaborate, plan, and implement vocational curriculum with other lead teachers.

Advise and counsel high school students in personal and academic areas.

Teach English Language Arts to classrooms of up to 34 students in grades 9-12th.

Develop and plan curriculum for ICT, Honor’s and Institute levels.

Establish rapport with students, parents and critical family members.

Enhance student engagement for learning English through maintaining collaborative learning classroom environment via google classroom.

Observe, plan, teach and assess practice to inform and modify instruction for multi-cultural classes with many levels of ability.

Perform classroom benchmark assessments and used assessment to intervene with special needs children. Data driven results through varied assessment practices.

Lafayette High School – Brooklyn, NY

English Teacher, Sept 2001 – Sept 2002

Assessed development of students and modified teaching style to accommodate different learning needs.

Observed and evaluated student's performance and development.

Designed, planned and implemented reading, writing and social skills lessons for small groups of varying skill levels.

Prepared individual behavior plans and appropriate rewards and consequences.

Associated with Teachers of Tomorrow through NYC DOE.

Created rich instruction for students with diverse needs.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Gotham Copy

Copy Writing and Freelance editor/CEO, 2014 – Present

Established my own freelance copy writing business.

Edited several books as well as created content for several websites.

Sovereign Equestrian Center – Colts Neck, NJ

Camp Leader, Summer 2007 –2015

Assisted in handicap riding instruction to children with varies disabilities.

Taught horse husbandry to children with varying disabilities.

NYC Arts Cypher – Staten Island, NY

Volunteer, Fall 2013 –2015

Mentored program volunteer- a program designed to promote literacy through arts and entertainment curriculum and events.

Facilitated fundraising for various charities for NYC Arts Cypher.

Home Instruction Teacher, Fall 2010 –2013

Designed and taught Ela and History to “homebound” children.

Aligned curriculum to match NYC DOE standards.

Gay Straight Alliance

GSA Monitor, Fall 2005 –2009

Promoted school-wide awareness through various performances, fundraisers and the National Day of Silence.

Created a “safe-space” for LGBTQ youth to meet and network.

CERTIFICATION & AWARDS

Certification - State of NY

Certified Teacher

Awards - Dean’s list recipient

GPA 3.9 1998 and 1999

EDUCATION

MASTERS IN English

CUNY-College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY / May 2007

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH

CUNY-College of Staten Island

Staten Island NY / May 2000

Senior Teacher

Driving Success Through Team Leadership, Relationship Development and Continuous Improvement

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