Night Pre-Reading, Historical Background, Memoir, & Propaganda PP

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

*English teacher for below, on, and above grade levels for 9th, 10th, and 12th grades. I have also taught summer school, remediation programs, and SAT classes. *After-School SAT Program *Curriculum Writing *Reading Apprenticeship- learning strategies to teach students to read actively and to increase comprehension across subject areas *HSA Workshops- focus on creating and refining HSA warm-ups and curriculum-based activities in order to increase scores on the HSA *BER Seminars- focus on adapting writing instruction for LD students and helping reluctant readers *Assessment Writing Workshops- involved in rewriting Quarterly County Assessments in order to better reflect CLGs represented on the HSA public releases *Co-teaching Intervention Workshops- focused on increasing assessment scores, sharing activities, and increasing the effectiveness of co-teaching teams *MD Governor's Academy Workshop- workshops and creating curriculum-based HSA activities on the county and state levels *MD English Bridge Projects- writing Bridge projects for the state of MD *Governor's Academy 2007-2008- a wide variety of experiences relative to the teaching of the skills, concepts, and processes of the English Core Learning Goals. Included on-going assessment, direct instruction, demonstrations, observations, lesson study, discovery, feedback, and reflection while investigating the content, pedagogy, and resources related to the teaching of the English Core Learning Goals. Master teachers from local school systems and specialists from the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) will deliver the program, which will include: -Content based on the English CLGs -Application of pedagogical techniques appropriate for instruction -Analysis of the student work that can be used during instruction to prepare students for the English HSA -Research-based strategies for differentiating instruction -Coaching models (MSDE) *Certification in TEFL

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