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The students in my classroom loved their finished products and many of them chose to share them at their student-led conference when reflecting on their work with character analysis.
For students who may need some extra support, here is a website that offers a long list of character traits: http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/kochan/charactertraits.html
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I am currently in my 17th year of teaching in an urban, public school. For the past 15 years, I have taught at Central Academy, a multi-age, democratic school, which serves students from Kindergarten through 8th grade. For my first 10 years at Central, I taught 8, 9, and 10-year olds, or the equivalent of 3rd and 4th graders. I now teach 9, 10, and 11-year olds, or the equivalent of 4th and 5th grades. Since moving to the 4th/5th grade level, which we refer to as Intermediate, I have taught in a team teaching setting, where we have a large double room and share 52 students. I have also had experience as the literacy coach for our district's summer school program, where I assisted with implementing the Four Blocks framework for literacy instruction. I have been a visiting instructor for a social studies methods course at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). I was a member of our district's equity leadership team for five years, as well as a member of our school's CARE team, which focused on culturally relevant teaching, for six years. Other experiences include: •Shared building leadership through weekly consensus meetings, grade level meetings, and vertical grade level meetings •Direct work with Dr. James Beane to enhance student-based research •Comprehension strategy work with Eve Hayes •Multi-age, project-based math instruction with Dr. Beatrice D’Ambrosio •Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) with Dr. Stephanie Smith to strengthen mathematical number sense •Assisted Middletown City Schools in developing a math pacing guide •Participation in professional book clubs (Through Ebony Eyes, Learning to Trust, Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way, and Quality Questioning) •Visit to Mission Hill School in Boston, MA to deepen my understanding of multi-age education •Participation in the League of Democratic Schools in Seattle, WA •CARE (Collaborative Action Research for Equity) training for five years •Sessions with Dr. Tom Poetter on interest-based research •Training from Dr. Tom Poetter on supervising and cooperative teacher roles for Miami University student interns (student teachers) •Praxis training to mentor first-year teachers through Butler County Educational Service Center
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