rev. dr. rachel terlop

Guided Reading






Teaching
Experience
First Grade Teacher,
Pine Spring Elementary School, Fairfax, VA
August 2019 - Present
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Implementation of Workshop Model in Reading, Writing, and Math
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Grade Level Team Leader
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Facilitator of Collaborative Team Learning (CLT)
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Family Engagement Coordinator
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Student Teacher mentor during Digital and Distance Learning through George Mason University
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Weekly yoga offering for staff members
Third Grade Teacher,
John W. Ross Elementary School, Washington, D.C.
August 2018 – June 2019
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Daily differentiated lessons for Guided Reading, Close Reading, Writers Workshop, and Mathematics (Eureka)
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Co-Chair for Peace of Mind Implementation and Staff Development
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Point of Contact: Breathe for Change Change Agent Program
Adjunct Professor,
Trinity Washington University, Washington, D.C.
May 2017 - July 2019
EDCC 207: Development of Learning Experiences in Early Child Education
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Plan, implement, and evaluate a developmentally appropriate integrated approach across curriculum areas based on early learning standards
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Select culturally, linguistically, and ability responsive materials that have multiple purposes, are adaptable and varied, and promote learning, including learning about diverse cultures and shared humanity.
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Construct learning environments that support healthy, developmentally appropriate, and positive behavioral and learning expectations.
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EDCC 211: Development of Early Childhood Oral Language and Literacy Skills
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Participants will demonstrate strategies for developing listening, oral language, writing, and reading skills in young learners.
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Participants will demonstrate practices for literacy instruction that are linked to children’s interests and developmental capacities
EDCC 250: Technology in Education
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Demonstrate the ability to effectively and intentionally integrate technology into the curriculum for young diverse children.
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Plan developmentally appropriate creative, cross-curricular lessons using the Common Core and Early learning standards while incorporating technology into the early childhood curriculum.
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EDCC 301: Classroom Management
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Understand the importance of organizing, planning, and strategically executing ones time, materials, the classroom schedule, and classroom space that will meet each students’ physical, social, emotional, moral, and cognitive development
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Utilize developmentally appropriate strategies for managing individual and large group student behaviors, transitions, activities, and other arrangements for classrooms to meet the diverse needs of all students.
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EDCC 340: Teaching and Learning
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Demonstrate an understanding of how children, learn and develop, and to provide learning opportunities which support their intellectual, social-emotional, and personal development.
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Explain and describe how learning occurs, how students construct knowledge and acquire skills, and to develop and use a variety of instructional strategies.
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Recognize that the students’ physical, social, emotional, moral, and cognitive development influence their learning and to consider these factors when making instructional decisions.
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EDTE 421: Emergent Literacy
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Explore the developmental continuum of literacy acquisition in early childhood and provide the foundation for learning developmentally appropriate techniques for enhancing early literacy development
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Focus on Guided Reading for emergent through transitional readers, running records, data analysis, and techniques for addressing misunderstandings and foundational gaps
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First/Second Grade Inclusion Teacher,
August 2015 – June 2018
Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Washington, D.C.
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Daily differentiated lessons for Guided Reading, Close Reading, and Mathematics (Eureka)
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Differentiated center activities, ELA and Math, for students based on data collection
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Collaborated with grade level partner teachers, and Special Education teachers, during weekly Professional Development (LEAP)
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Co-Chair of Culture and Climate, Hospitality Committee and STEM Night
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After school tutoring sessions for students significantly below grade level
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Professional development for City Year Corp members on teaching to multiple intelligences
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Self-Contained Autism Teacher,
June 2016 – July 2016
Amidon-Bowen Elementary School, Washington, D.C.
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Planned center activities for students based around IEP needs
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Collaborated with five paraprofessionals to ensure IEP goals were used to drive instruction, and data was collected on a daily basis
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Year 3 Form Teacher,
August 2014 – July 2015
Kenton College Preparatory School, Nairobi, Kenya
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Planned and carried out lessons for all major subject areas, including Art and Social Skills, whilst aligning to IAPS Standards and British National Curriculum
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Differentiated instruction within lessons, accommodating all documented needs
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Participated in weekly Professional Development meetings with Year 3 and Junior School team members to enhance learning experiences
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Planned and carried out Junior and Senior school activities; ballroom dancing and singing
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Co-lead of props in the Senior School production of Bugsy Malone
Long Term Substitute, Grade 5
April 2014 – June 2014
Liberty Elementary School, Frederick, MD
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Planned and carried out lessons for all major subject areas using the Common Core Curriculum
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Participated in weekly Professional Learning meetings with Grade 5 team members
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Teacher, 4 Year Old Kindergarten
August 2013 - March 2014
Good Shepherd Preschool, Green Bay, WI
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Implemented the Gradual Release of Responsibility teaching model for student independence
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Collaborated on a regular basis with a co-teacher and team of 4K teachers within the school
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Participated in PLCs with surrounding schools to build foundation skills for the Creative Curriculum
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Communicated with parents about student progress through weekly newsletters, social media, e-mails and personal conferences
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Related Employment Experience
June 2019 - August 2019
Legends of Learning, Online Gaming for Classrooms
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Played standards related math games up for review on the Legends of Learning site
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Assessed games based on standards alignment, vocabulary, accuracy, and ease of play
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Crafted questions to support teachers in pre-assessment/post-assessment
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Undergraduate Student Teaching Experience
Teacher Candidate, Early Childhood, Grade 3 – Spring 2013
Liberty Elementary School, North Ridgeville, OH
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Teacher Candidate, Early Childhood, Grade 5 – Spring 2013
Liberty Elementary School, North Ridgeville, OH
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Methods Experience Teacher Candidate, Early Childhood, Grade K – Fall 2012
Independence Primary School, Independence, OH
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Methods Experience Teacher Candidate, Generalist Endorsement, Grades 4/5 – Spring 2012
Olmsted Falls Intermediate School, Olmsted Falls, OH
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