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After 32+ years of teaching in New York City, I retired on January 1st. I celebrated my career with a ten day trip to Iceland - it was awesome! Though I miss my students and school community, I do not miss the ever constant call for teachers to add more responsibilities to their already full plates. So now I'm enjoying naps, reading, and swimming at the local Y, and I finally have time to update and upload more of my resources to TPT. I hope you find something inspiring to lighten your load.
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*For three years I taught in the Project Freire Saturday Literacy Program in Brooklyn.
*For three years I worked developing teachers as a literacy instructional specialist for the Brooklyn High Schools Superintendent's Office. My double period literacy class acted as a "fishbowl" and springboard for workshops.
*I was a co advisor for my school's Peer Group Connection Class, where I taught upperclassmen to facilitate weekly mentoring activities with small groups of freshmen in order to make their transition to high school successful. This turned out to be one of the most meaningful experiences I've had as an educator.
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Classwork Rubric w/ Exemplars | Expectation Setting
Want to hold students accountable for minor assignments like Warm Ups ?? Tired of having to explain how you graded simple classwork? Review this rubric and three writing sample sets with students, display a poster-sized one in your classroom as a reminder, and make plenty of copies so you can grade quickly and staple the rubric to each assignment before returning to students. I promise you'll never again have to explain yourself to students, parents, or admin. The rubric is editable if you'd l
6th - 12th
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After 32+ years of teaching in New York City, I retired on January 1st. I celebrated my career with a ten day trip to Iceland - it was awesome! Though I miss my students and school community, I do not miss the ever constant call for teachers to add more responsibilities to their already full plates. So now I'm enjoying naps, reading, and swimming at the local Y, and I finally have time to update and upload more of my resources to TPT. I hope you find something inspiring to lighten your load.
Highlights
*For three years I taught in the Project Freire Saturday Literacy Program in Brooklyn.
*For three years I worked developing teachers as a literacy instructional specialist for the Brooklyn High Schools Superintendent's Office. My double period literacy class acted as a "fishbowl" and springboard for workshops.
*I was a co advisor for my school's Peer Group Connection Class, where I taught upperclassmen to facilitate weekly mentoring activities with small groups of freshmen in order to make their transition to high school successful. This turned out to be one of the most meaningful experiences I've had as an educator.
Teaching style
Teaching style is directly related to learning style. As a learner I am curious, enthusiastic, passionate, hard working and determined. My teaching style follows suit.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I have been nominated for the Disney Hand Teacher Award and The New York City Apple Award. I am amongst the founders of a theatre arts high school in Brooklyn. I appeared in a Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes documentary with a student I taught to read who was inspired by Seedfolks to transform an abandoned lot into a garden for teenagers in his community. He went on to graduate, attend college on a scholarship and is currently working in the NYC public school system.
My own education history
Brooklyn College
B.A. English with a minor in Secondary Education
M.S. Special Education
NYS Permanent Certification in English 7-12,
NYS Permanent Certification in Special Education,
NYC Permanent License Teacher of English Day High School,
NYC Permanent License Teacher of Special Education
Additional biographical information
Special Training:
Adult Literacy Media Alliance / TV 411
Americas Choice Ramp Up To Literacy
Bader Language Assessment
Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
Theatre for a New Audience
Theatre of the Oppressed
Wilson Direct Instruction Reading Program
Peer Group Connection
CUNY LINCT to Success Pre College ELA: Exploring the Social Sciences
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