ALEEN DUTKANYCH

Experienced professional educator with a strong track record of developing compatible learning plans and fostering a positive team environment. Expertise in curriculum development, classroom management, and differentiated instruction. Firm believer in the power of multi-level collaboration to meet changing education needs; shown day-to-day by engaging personally with students and colleagues to apply research based practices to achieve individual, team and school district level educational goals.

• Illinois Professional Educator License - EC - 6 Generalist, ESL Pre-K - 12
• Texas Teacher Certification EC - 6 Generalist, ESL Supplemental EC-6
• Handle With Care Certified
• Apple Certified Teacher
• Restorative Practices Certified

• Board Advisory, District 90 (08/2023 - Present) : Board Advisory contact. Liaison between our school building and school board.
• ELA Leadership Team, District 90 (08/2022 - Present), Help enhance district curriculum's future state while gaining a better insight to our districts decision making process. This includes writing scope and sequences, choosing best instructional practices and communicating unit plans to team members.
• Contract Negotiation Team, District 90, (01/2023 - 12/2023), Volunteer position where I vote on union contract decisions. As an early educator in the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) I provided a unique perspective to the team.
• Amplify Women's' Mentor, (01/2020 - 12/2022), Member of the AMPLIFY Women's Mentoring Circle at Texas A&M. Each semester, women are paired with current students based on their professional and personal accomplishments/goals to further the Aggie network while bettering our communities.
• New Member Educator, Gamma Phi Beta (08/17 - 05/19), Responsibilities included educating 30-100 new members on the history of our sorority as well as acted as the liaison between the new member class and the entire chapter.