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                SKILLS                      Reflective and Inquisitive                                                                                                                                                Intuitive and Optimistic                                                                                                                                            Playmaker  and   Visionary                                                                                                                                       Data-driven Decision Making

A proven track record of and commitment to working with community groups to create a variety of learning opportunities for young children and their families.  
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Decades of experience with diverse communities and families of English-language learners,  has provided opportunities for working with foster care families, homelessness and other trauma, as well as students with physical disabilities, severe allergies and other medical  conditions, hearing and vision impairments, transgender students, and explosive behavioral needs. 
Curriculum Development
  • Understanding by Design
  • Technologies Integration and Adaptation
 Student Advocacy
  • Executive Functioning, Zones of Regulation, Brain Gym, Sensory Seeking Behaviors and Diets, Focusing Exercises 
 Training
  • Stop the Bleed,  Darkness to Light Training, CPR, Restraint, Ethics, EPI pen
  • Managed Math Workshop based on the Eight Principles of Mathematics
  • Empowering Writers John Collins Writing Program
  •  Daily Five CAFÉ Model Reading Strategies
  • SEI Course 
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In order to meet the needs of such diverse learners, I have been involved in various mentoring scenarios and cross curricular partnerships with technology specialists, speech and language specialists, school psychologists and guidance counselors, occupational therapists, school librarians and ELL specialists. Therefore, I have ​​​the ability to mentor and leverage the skills of talented individuals across a wide range of generations, experiences, and backgrounds.
Collaboration
ELL: Framing Our Thoughts
School Psychologist: Thinking Thoughts and Feeling Feelings
OT: Brain Gym , Zones of Regulation
Technology Specialist: ​Website Workshop, PowerPoint Projects, Photostory3, Kid Blog,
​Bee-Bots, Buzz Platform training, Sway, One Note, Clever Platform

Librarian: Green Screen App, Play Aways, Author Studies, Fourth Grade Slideshow
Website Read Alouds, "One" Play
Guidance Counselor:  Mindfulness, Whole Body Listening, Calming Corner, Sensory Station, Value of the Month, Vocabulary Videos 
Grade Level Colleagues: Cultural Connections, Igo Airlines, Stone Soup Play,
Differentiated Writer's Workshop, Family Math Nights, Covid Remote Learning 
Parent Volunteers: Hosted Second Grade District Wide Dance

​Proposed funding for at PTO meeting, advertised and managed permission slips, purchased and prepared food and decorations, hired school custodian for D.J, collected and delivered cans of food for the Foxborough Food Pantry
School Committee Science Curriculum Feedback :
Students shared feedback on their hands on experiences during our pilot of Sangari Science  

School Committee Ancestry Projects:
Students explained the process of using technology to create informational PowerPoint Presentations featuring their family's historical artifact
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Historical Artifacts
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All the while, educating myself through professional development workshops and graduate courses, sharing student successes through school committee presentations, or working collaboratively with various educators at Mass Cue Conference  or district wide Family Math and Game Nights. ​
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​​PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2014  Social Studies Core Standards
2014   Pearson Inform
2014  Social Studies Standards/Common Core
2015   Literacy Writing Rubrics
2015 Is it in You? The Power of Optimism in Education: Life is Good
2015  Math Literacy
2015  SMART Board Software
2015  Engineering Expo/Implementing 
Common Assessments in Science
2015  Close Reading
2015  MyOn Digital Library Webinar
2015 Making the Most of Instructional Time, Managing Math Block and Using Data
2016   Meeting the Needs of Transgender Students
2016 Restraint Updates
2016 Darkness to Light Refresher
Meeting Sensory Needs in the Classroom
Rethinking School Discipline
2016  ELL and SEI Instructional Practices that Improve Educational  Opportunities of Els
Reading and Writing for Comprehension
Best Practices in the Era of Next Generation Assessment
2016  Between a Rock and a Hard Place Effective Strategies for Students with Anxiety related and Oppositional Behaviors
2016  Social Emotional Regulation
2018Assessment, New Website for Guided Math
2016  Keeping It Concrete: Great Manipulatives for Number Sense for Evidence Based and Best Practices
2016  Teaching Students to Read Like Mathematicians
2015   Think Kids-Collaborative Problem Solving
2016    Understanding By Design Framework Planning Process and Structure to guide curriculum assessment and instruction
2017 Using UbD Framework
2017  Making the Most of Inspire Science
2017  Grades 1,2,3, Elementary Science: Exploring the Energy Around Us 

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This meant collaborating with colleagues to establish meaningful partnerships with high school and middle school programs, Foxborough's civic, educational, and community groups, the philanthropic community, and educational professionals and influencers. 
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Photographed school wide concerts and events.
  • Igo School Field Day
  • ​Ahern School Field Day
  • ​Special Olympics ​
  • Ahern Graduation Parade
  • Ahern 8th Grade Class Trip
  • ​High School Musicals
  • Igo and Burrell Family Picnics
  • Burrell Dance
  • Exchange City Field Trip
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Follow Your Arrow slideshow
Power of Positivity slideshow
Hulabaloo and JumpOff Too
MusicMixx slideshow
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My service also included participating with district’s executive teams responsible for the districts strategic plan, and key district-wide initiatives that sustain the Foxborough Public School’s reputation, brand, and financial sustainability. 
Highly Collaborative Internal and External Relationships
  • Social-Emotional Learning Committee  
  • Report Card Revision Committee 
  • Technology Standards Review Committee
  • Organized and Facilitated District Wide Family Math Nights
  • Coordinated with organizations and artists for community programs
  •  Organized Yearly Field Trip to Boston Children’s Museum to enrich our curriculum connections
  • Accompanied Foxborough's Historian Jack Authelet on several tours of local landmarks and artifacts on display at Memorial Hall
  • Investigated Seeds with Foxborough Garden Club Members
  • Ocean State Cranberry employee/parent led a bog in a cup terrarium
  • Collaborated with Room Parents  for a Mother’s Day sugar scrub gift to extend our study of plant products.
  • Facilitated Weebly Webpage Workshop for Faculty Members​
Requested funds for, organized and supervised grade level field trips.
Boston Children's Museum
Roger Williams Park Zoo 
Honeypot Hill Apple Orchard 
Special Olympics
Tour of Historical Landmarks and Memorial Hall Museum
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Provided Yearly Baseline Edge Evaluation Evidence for Evaluator
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​Developed and executed plans to deliver existing and new content online and through new interactive products that children and families can access anywhere.
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Link to 2020 Classroom Webpage
  • PhotoStory3
  • PowerPoint
  • SWAY
  • Photoshop
  • Kid Blog​
  • Weebly
  • Clever
  • Baseline Edge
  • Illuminate
  • BUZZ
  • Interactive SMART board
  • KAT Sound System
  • Hover Cam
  • Green Screen
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​ I have a proven track record of exceptional people and systems management. My leadership of  successful integrated, cross-disciplinary, multifunctional teams has given me practical experience in strategic planning, including experience with program evaluation, organizational development, creation of new structures (systems thinking), and goal setting within an organization.
Co-Organized Eighth Grade Semi-formal
(Foxborough tradition not associated with school)
  • Maintained website communications
  • Researched contact information for all students including local private and public schools
  • Designed invitation for email blast for Semi Formal
  • Designed and coordinated ticket sales for the event
  • Coordinated with outside vendors DJ, helium tanks, photo booth etc.
  • Menu options and dietary alternatives.
  • Recruited parent volunteers and chaperones
  • Provided families with access to all photos from the event.
 
Spearheaded District Wide Second Grade Dance
  • Requested funds from PTO
  • Recruited parent volunteers and chaperones
  • Hired Custodian as DJ
  • ​Made fruit kabobs for snacks
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  • RESUME
  • IN A NUTSHELL
  • SCHOOLED
  • Skills
  • Vision
  • AWARENESS
  • CURATED
  • Use Your Words
  • Art
  • Morii