Marisa Wiens

Vibrant, creative, student-centric Teacher with proven skills at developing differentiated instruction. Competent and well-versed in behaviour management with a focus on fostering a safe, inclusive learning environment. Extremely effective in informing planning and lessons with pre-teaching diagnostics in order to identify gaps in understanding and make adaptations and modifications where need be.

Hard-working, dependable and attentive to the evolving needs of the classroom.

Centre Mountain Lellum Middle School, Grade 8:

• 6 Week Practicum April-May 2023
• Designed and developed many of my own resources and with UDL in mind so that every student could showcase their learning
• Utilized diverse instructional methods such as manipulatives, multimedia, hands-on, and the outdoors to name a few to engage all learners
• Fostered inclusion by implementing team-building and democratic dialogue consistently which saw students making positive, social connections and working cooperatively together for the first time
• Formatively assessed students through regular 'check-ins' and exit slips to learn where to alter and/or implement changes in my instruction and swiftly did so
• Promptly and meaningfully received feedback to then quickly adapt my instruction and meet the evolving needs of the diverse classroom

Dunsmuir Middle School, Grade 6:

• 10 Week Practicum, Oct-Dec 2023
• Differentiated instruction by tailoring instruction and practice to the various exceptionalities in the class meeting all levels of learners and providing multiple opportunities to extend learning
• Created and implemented thoughtful lessons to engage relevant and authentic learning which resulted in meaningful classroom discussions and connections
• Infused interactive tasks and activities throughout lessons to heighten and boost student engagement which saw students connected to and absorbed in their learning

References are available upon request.