San Lorenzo Unified School District San Lorenzo, CA
4th Grade - Teacher 08/21/07 - Present
• Responsible to teach 4th grade Standards in all subject areas to California Standards and differentiate instruction to reach multi-leveled learners, using Houghton Mifflin Language Arts & Mathematic Curriculum and Harcourt Brace Science.
• Trained in GLAD strategies and utilize them in all instruction across curriculum.
• Responsible to follow mandated pacing guides to teach Houghton Mifflin strategies to improve writing, reading, comprehension and vocabulary for all students.
• Personally working with one student who’s scores are the lowest in the class and using strategies to improve his ability to use phoenemic awareness to read and write.
• Integrate technology into the classroom; as an eLearning school, each student has their own laptop.
• Maintained classroom climate using professional classroom management skills, and implement IEP’s according to behavioral and goal oriented modification specifications.
• Used District Assessments to determine intervention strategies and students progression.
• Used various diagnostic tools and strategies to help students reach academic goals and grade-level benchmarks.
San Lorenzo Unified School District San Lorenzo, CA
6th Grade -Math/Science/PE Teacher 08/21/06- 06/15/07
• Responsible to teach 6th grade Math, Science and Physical Education to California Standards and differentiate instruction to reach multi-leveled learners, using Harcourt Brace Mathematic Curriculum and Holt Science and Technology Earth Science Curriculum.
• Created varied Science Projects to enhance Science curriculum for students and help them gain a deeper level of learning.
• Teach Health and Family Life curriculum using Holt Heath Curriculum.
• Maintained classroom climate using professional classroom management skills, and implement IEP’s according to behavioral and goal oriented modification specifications.
• Attend and participate in semi and annual IEP’s for 8 out of 85 students.
• Create grade level subject projects for Math and Science to reinforce standards and reach students on multi facets; kinesthetically, visually and auditorilly.
• Organize fundraising events for annual 6th-grade camping excursion
• Volunteer duty on the Technology Committee.
• Taught specific mathematics to help my 85 students achieve target scores on varied tests being given throughout district.
Oakland Unified School District Oakland, CA
Fifth Grade Teacher 8/14/05- 06/14/06
• Taught Low-income students using Open Court Curriculum and Harcourt Mathematics
• Taught Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Science to California Fifth Grade Standards
• Used District Assessments to determine intervention strategies and students progression.
• Used various diagnostic tools and strategies to help students reach academic goals and grade-level benchmarks.
• Taught “Into English,” for ELL intervention group.
• Used workshop and individual preteach/reteach pedagogical methods to help lower achieving students in the area of math and language arts.
Hayward Unified School District Hayward, CA
M.L. King Middle - Summer School Teacher 6/22/05- 8/8/05
Taught Pre Algebra to 8th graders that were below basic skills or who failed to pass Pre Algebra in the 7th grade. Topics covered;
• Unit 1 - Order of Operations, Variables & Expressions, Properties, Solving Equations and Inequalities.
• Unit 2 - Adding/Subtracting/Multiplying/Dividing Integers.
• Unit 3 - Solving Equations: Adding/Subtracting/Multiplying/Dividing
• Unit 4 - Factoring, GCF, LCM, Simplifying Fractions, Multiplying/Dividing Monomial
• Unit 5 - Rational Numbers, Adding/Sub Decimals, Adding/Sub Like/Unlike Fractions
• Unit 6 - Writing Fractions as decimals, Multiplying/Dividing Fractions/Decimals, Statistics, Solving Equations and Inequalities
• Unit 7 - Problem Solving Strategies, Solving/Writing Two Step Equations, Relations and Functions, Scatter Plots, Graphing Linear Relations
EDUCATION
Cal State Eastbay Hayward, CA
M.S. Teaching Credential
Admission date: 6/07- 6/08
University of Phoenix Phoenix, AZ
B.S., Information Technology. 6/27/04
Graduated with honors.
Chabot College Hayward, CA
A.A., Computer Science, Mathematics Emphasis. 6/17/92
Graduated with honors.
Author:
Dawnette Brenner
Last modified:
4/10/2009 1:02 PM (EST)
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