25+ years experience in Public Education.
Hands on, TONS of scaffolding, fostering a love of literacy, and child centered and always with a nod to success of state testing.
UTLA Platinum Apple for teacher of the Year 2004. Rotary Club Teacher of the Year, 2007. Rated HIGHLY EFFECTIVE by Los Angeles Times. Winner: Best Thesis 1997, California State University, Los Angeles.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) University of New Mexico, California State University (CSULA), Pepperdine University.
25+ years teaching experience, English Language and Targeted Student Population Coordinator for 5 years, Intervention Coach, and Title III Coach focused on English acquisition for English Language learners.
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Geometry, Numbers, Science, Astronomy, Social Studies, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Other (Art), ESL-EFL-ELL, ELA Test Prep, Geography, Other (ELA), Gifted and Talented, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Word Problems, Study Skills, General Science, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Martin Luther King Day, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Informational Text, Test Preparation, Close Reading