Alta's Place

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Seventh Grade Civics (2005-to present) • Social Studies Department Chair • Mentor Teacher for beginning teachers • Supervising teacher for senior interns • iCivics Drafting Board pilot teacher • Designed and implemented a progress monitoring program for social studies. Sixth Grade Social Studies (2002-2005) • Member of the ESE co-taught team • Incorporated cooperative learning, language experience approach, hands-on/minds-on experiences, and interdisciplinary teaching. • Developed thematic units around major instructional goals and benchmarks. • Implemented a positive discipline plan, which promoted student responsibility, problem-solving skills, and student accountability. Third Grade (1984-1985) Chapter 1 Reading/Language Arts Grades 1-8 (1977-1984) • Administered diagnostic and achievement tests. • Analyzed test results. • Developed curriculum for individualized instruction. • Taught neglected, delinquent, and learning disabled children ages 7-17 in group homes. Fourth Grade (1972-1977) • Used centers for math, science, social studies, health, and writing to complement the child-based hands-on curriculum.

I feel that this is where impressionable, developing minds need a positive role model. As a teacher, I strive to help develop each student’s inherent ability to the fullest extent in an atmosphere that fosters character development, strong ethical values, academic excellence, self-discipline, creativity, and civic virtue. I firmly believe an atmosphere of educational excellence is achieved through a strong educational community consisting of students, faculty, parents, and the community at large.

Teacher of the Year 2014 Social Studies Teacher of the Year 2006

MA Elementary Education-1975, GPA: 4.0 BS Elementary Education-1972 GPA: 3.8 High School, Salutatorian-1968 GPA 3.9

I was a remedial reading teacher for migrant and neglected and/or delinquent children in group homes, instructed elementary, middle and high school students within traditional and open concept classrooms.