Summary

• Experienced Reading Specialist at the elementary level.  

• Strong instructional leader with significant education experience across grade levels.

• Skilled practitioner who continues to expand knowledge of current best practices for teaching struggling readers.

• Professional who excels in cultivating and maintaining positive and productive relationships with staff, administrators, children and families.

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Professional Experience

Manatee County School District, Bradenton, FL August 2019 – Current

Reading Coach at Oneco Elementary

 

• Collaborated with grade level teachers to plan standards-based lessons, activities, stations and assessments

• Collected daily and monthly data to help drive teacher instruction

• Organized and implemented Oneco Literacy Night

• Successfully implemented the state mandated SRA program

 

Washington Township BOE, Long Valley, NJ September 2008 – June 2019

Reading Specialist

• Collected daily and monthly data to drive instruction

• Evaluated students using DTKR, MAPS, Fountas and Pinnell Running Records, and DRA

• Organized and Implemented 3 Reading Incentive programs per year

• Developed and implemented a remediation plan for regular ed students who have not met the benchmark

• Utilized the Fountas and Pinnell method of intervention and instruction for primary students, particularly in grades K-2 

• Responsible for maintaining the literature collection

• Planned and conducted periodic evaluations to assess the need for changes in reading levels

• Assisted classroom teachers in the diagnosis of students and collaborated in planning the instructional strategies

• Assisted in the selection of appropriate materials utilized by the classroom teacher for corrective measures

• Provided demonstrations of new methods and materials (i.e. team teaching)

• Attended reading workshops to enhance knowledge 

• Formed a PLC to collect all assessments used for reading

• An integral part of the I &RS team and contributor at IEP meetings