...My love for teaching swimming led me to become a certified DCPS teacher and current doctoral student. I am passionate about meeting diverse student needs, including but not limited to: linguistic, cognitive, medically fragile, autism, adhd, and more. I consider myself a mermaid and I can't wait to explore the water with you! (read more)
...Reading instruction follows a research based sequence and is guided by student performance on diagnostic assessments and frequent progress monitoring. My lessons foster a sense of self-efficacy, sense of community, and utilizing literacy to achieve goals. Students will build language comprehension and word recognition aligned with the Science of Reading. (read more)
...The Lindamood Seeing Stars Program was designed to develop symbol imagery and apply that sensory function to enhance sight word recognition, fluency and spelling. In addition, I am also trained in the Wilson Reading Program which is a multi-sensory reading program based on the Orton-Gillingham M... (read more)
...I have many certifications that support teaching, technology, literacy, and leadership such as; Intel to Teach, Read 180, Wilson Reading, Teachstone CLASS Observer, Google Certified Educator, and Wilson Reading. I have held teaching certificates with DC Office of State Superintendent of Educatio... (read more)