Middle School History and Technology Teacher

I am an exceptionally diligent middle school teacher with years of experience across specializations such as educational technology, student and faculty coaching and professional development. My goal is to instill a love of learning in my students and encouraging civic participation.

COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHER

The Ursuline School New Rochelle, NY Sept. 2020 - present

Creating engaging lessons to facilitate learning of Computer Science topics for grades six through nine

Creation of lesson plans that reflect accommodations for individual student needs

Creation of lessons to help students develop coding skills via “blockly” style, JavaScript like, and Python coding languages

Professional development for faculty, presented throughout the year for Screencastify

Model UN Faculty Moderator

MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER

Resurrection School Rye, NY 2019 – 2020

Creating engaging lessons to facilitate learning of Social Studies topics for grades five through eight

Creation of lesson plans that reflect accommodations for individual student needs

Plans and uses appropriate instructional/learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment

Organization of field trips that illustrate “history in your back yard”

Conducts assessment of student learning styles and uses results for instructional activities

Utilization of technology throughout planned lessons, reviews, and assessments

Presenter for various professional development sessions for faculty in Archdiocese schools

FIFTH GRADE TEACHER

Resurrection School Rye, NY 2014 – Present

Creating a welcoming classroom environment while providing instruction to improve students’ grammar and reading skills.

Administration of MAP and New York State Assessments

August 2016 – Presentation at Central Westchester Archdiocese Principal’s Meeting

Development and execution of plans for the fifth grade English Language Arts curriculum

Creation of lesson plans that reflect accommodations for individual student needs

Plans and uses appropriate instructional/learning strategies, activities, materials, and equipment

Utilization of technology throughout planned lessons, reviews, and assessments

WEB CONTENT DEVELOPER

Resurrection School Rye, NY 2014 – 2018

Assisting the school and parish in development of their respective websites, adding data into the parent portal for ease of communication between the school and families.

Researching, writing, gathering, organizing, and editing information for publication for school and parish web sites

Development of school’s social media presence (Twitter)

Update and management of the school's learning management system (LMS)

Editing photographs and converting video for a more user-friendly experience on school web page

COMPUTER TEACHER

Resurrection School Rye, NY Jan. 2013 – 2014

Development of technology curriculum and cooperative instruction on various grade levels.

Coordination with subject teachers to create multifaceted projects for students

Instruction of students ages five to eight on the basic uses of the computer and various software packages

Implementation of iPads as a part of the elementary school technology curriculum

Participation in school activities

Coordination with technical support and professional development associates

Basic repair of teacher network, computer, and Smartboard/ Promethean issues

COMPUTER TEACHER/ SPECIALIST

Preston Center of Compassion Bronx, NY 2013 - 2015

Developing a safe and welcoming environment while monitoring computer usage during camp and helping develop tutoring tools

Supervision of campers while utilizing technology to ensure a safe experience while at camp

Organization of contests among campers for camp Olympics

Participation in various special events for the summer program and tutoring center

COMPUTER TEACHER

Our Lady of the Assumption & St. Frances de Chantal Bronx, NY 2012 – 2014

Part time positions in both schools as computer teacher (PK-3 – 8 in OLA, K- 8 SFdC)

Creation of Smartboard presentations to introduce various topics to students

Use of various web 2.0 applications such as Glogster, Prezi and Penzu to create student projects

Creation of online assessments in preparation for standardized assessments

Instruction of students ages three to thirteen on the basic uses of the computer and various software packages

Participation in school activities

Coordination with technical support and professional development associates

Basic repair of teacher network, computer, and Smartboard issues

SALES SUPPORT COORDINATOR

HarperCollins Publishers New York, NY 2004 – 2011

Managing all cooperative advertising accounts on both independent and national retail levels for HarperCollins clients: Disney Publishing, Hyperion Publishing, and Tokyopop.

Calculation of annual advertising budgets for all HarperCollins and client accounts

Analysis and forecast of annual budgets based on prior year retail sales.

Analysis and distribution of monthly sales and promotion reports to key members of company

Management and distribution of policy changes to all accounts

Properly processing coop claims and account auditing

Maintaining advertising budget summary grids for clients and in-house staff

Timely execution of cooperative advertising and justifying accounts. This included cooperative advertising contracts, annual cooperative advertising budgets, monthly cost reports for accounts

EDUCATION:

MS, Adolescent Education – Social Studies 7 – 12 in progress

MS, Teaching – General Education Grades 1 – 6, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY 2012

BA, Communications, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY 2002

CERTIFCATIONS & SKILLS:

New York State Teaching Certificate – Professional, 2017

Google Certified Educator – Levels 1 & 2; Trainer certification pending

Microsoft Partner in Education

Nearpod Certified Educator

Teacher coaching & training

Project based learning

Learning management systems

Adobe Creative Cloud

Basic computer repair

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