Creative and resourceful educator dedicated to building cross-cultural relationships and nurturing students’ personal growth. Extensive experience with students of all ability levels and sensitive to the children with learning disabilities with a commitment to build on strengths to overcome weaknesses. Actively collaborates with other teachers, parents and administrative staff to create a rich and supportive learning environment. Through personal example, encourages individuals to develop themselves to their full potential and in turn, use their talents for the benefit of others. Passionate commitment to excellence, innovative teaching and learning, cultural sensitivity, and service. Areas of expertise include: Standards-Based Instruction Interactive Learning Children’s Literature Student-Centered Learning Guided Reading Multicultural Awareness Progress Monitoring Individual Education Plans Student Motivation Technology Integration Organization Whole Group Learning Implementation Strategies Team player - Collaboration Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.