EXPERIENCE
Third and Fifth Grade Teacher, Idylwild Elementary School, August 2013 - present
- Served as third grade team leader
- Sponsored Odyssey of the Mind Team
- Nominated for Teacher of the Year 2016-2017
- Worked with gifted, ESOL, and ESE students
- Participated in a block schedule; taught English/language arts and social studies
- Selected as Kagan representative
Title I Extended Year Teacher, Shell Elementary School, June 2015 - July 2015
- Taught rising first graders during summer school session
- Implemented phonics curriculum
- Used data to drive instruction
TEACHING CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Certificate, Alachua County Schools, issued 2015
- Gifted endorsement
- ESOL endorsement
TRAININGS
- Kagan, July 2013
- Fifth Grade Science Cohort, 2014 - 2015
- Response to Intervention, September 2015
- Idylwild Book Study - The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, 2015-2016
- Planning for Standards-Based Instruction, July 2016
- CRISS, November 2016
- Workstations that Work PLC, 2016-2017
- Kagan Structure-A-Month, 2016-2017
- Idylwild DCP The WRITE Project, 2016-2017
EDUCATION
Master of Education in Educational Psychology - Gifted and Creative Education, May 2017
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, May 2012
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, May 2012
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Overall grade point average: 3.86 / 4.00
GRE: 164 V / 160 Q / 5.5 AW