Education
GLOBAL LANGUAGE TRAINING – London, England
150 hour TEFL Course – October, 2012
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION – Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Provisional Educator Certificate – expiring July 25, 2017
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX – Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Master of Education in Curriculum and Technology, January, 2007
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION – New York, USA
Provisional Teaching Certificate, February, 2003
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION – Hartford, Connecticut
Alternate Route to Certification –Graduate, May, 2001
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY – New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics with specialization in Actuarial Science, 1998
UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA – Guyana, South America
Chemistry Major – 1989 to 1991
Teaching Skills / Knowledge
| Curriculum Development | Course Development |
| Differentiated Instruction | Technology Integration |
| Productivity Software (Word ® , Excel ®, Access ®, PowerPoint ®, Publisher ®) | Electronic Grade Books |
| MIMIO ® (Smart) Boards | TI-83/84 Graphing Calculators |
| Document Cameras | Web-Editing Software |
| Data-Driven Decision Making | Working Collaboratively |
Teaching Achievements
Certified Teacher with 8+ years’ experience in private and public education across the K-12 system
Wrote grants to raise enough money to bring a Chamber Theater Production of Eureka! to my school. The production shows students how important math is to everyday life in an engaging and funny performance. (http://www.chambertheatre.com/ourshows/math)
Highly experienced in the use of educational technology and productivity software. In my current position, I am in charge of maintaining auxiliary student data for my data team. This is the data that drives many of our decisions and my technology skills make this process smooth and efficient.
Technology Integration Expert. I integrate technology use into as many lessons as possible where it enhances student understanding of concepts.
Professional Experience/Achievements
Middletown High School Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Mathematics Teacher (Grades 9-12) April 2007 – Present
Duties and Accomplishments
Prepare and teach courses catering to all learning styles on a rotating block schedule, following curriculum informed by data-team decisions.
Teach using the newest of technologies, and integrate appropriate technologies into teaching and learning.
Participate in instructional data team which analyzes student work pre- and post-instruction, adjusts instruction as needed, sets and monitors SMART goals for the team.
Subjects I teach or have taught include Algebra (I and II), Geometry (Advanced and College bound) and Pre-Calculus, with class size up to 28 students.
Use authentic assessments, teamwork and multimedia to stimulate and motivate students.
Create, maintain Microsoft ® Excel spreadsheets which house Student Benchmark and other assessment data for my instructional data team; analyze student achievement data.
Prepare and teach evening math course for students who struggle with the challenges of regular school routines.
Madina Academy Windsor, Connecticut, USA
Teacher (Grades 5-8) January 2001-June 2001, February 2005 – April, 2007
Duties and Accomplishments
Prepared and taught courses on a rotating block schedule of one hour each, following the curriculum specified for each subject.
Subjects I have taught include Earth Science, Life Science, Mathematics, and Language Arts, with class size up to 18 students.
Participated in at least one committee to organize school-based events during the school year.
Prepared comprehensive lesson plans which were perused periodically by principal for compliance with set standards.
Created and used authentic student assessments to help improve achievement and motivate students
Student achievement was above average in all subjects for all years compared with the national average.
