Alyx Rimberg

Created

• Developed comprehensive English units for 6th to 8th grade, catering to both honors and inclusion classes.
• Supervised the creation and publication of the 8th grade yearbook.
• Designed tailored writing strategies to support struggling students.
• Collaborated with parents and specialists to ensure students achieved their highest potential.
• Worked one-on-one with students to strengthen their executive functioning skills.
• Mentored fellow teachers on effective writing instruction techniques for their classrooms.

• Assisted students of all ability levels develop life-long learning skills and good study habits.
• Collaborated with teaching staff to devise and implement coordinated educational strategies and student support networks.
• Improved academic performance by diversifying teaching techniques.
• Developed several social studies curriculums implemented in third, fourth and fifth grade classrooms.
• Developed and optimized rich learning environment by capitalizing on diverse engagement strategies and enriching teaching techniques.
• Communicated frequently with parents about student growth and progress, recommending at-home reinforcement to support struggling students.
• Participated in IEP meetings and impartial hearings
• Observed and recorded assistant teacher methods to suggest improvements and increase professional growth.
• Established positive relationships with parents through regular communication regarding student progress, collaborating on strategies for academic success at home and school.
• Maintained patience and level-headedness in diverse situations to support student development and personal growth.

• Assistant to Team Leader for entirety of 4th grade

• Work in tandem with Team Leader to organize materials, meetings, and lesson plans for grade team.

• Collaborate with Master Teacher to provide individualized immediate feedback to students in the classroom through lesson plans, homework assignments, and in class activities.

• Develop lesson plans for classroom utilizing Orton Gillingham and Teaching Basic Writing Skills (TBWS) models.

• Conduct group and individual classroom activities with students based on specific needs and challenges

• Participate in ongoing staff training programs centered around speech and language disabilities, behavior management, and integrating technology into the classroom

• Facilitate activities that aid in students educational, social, and emotional development

• Certified as in-house tutor at The Windward School, working outside of typical classroom setting to provide additional support utilizing individualized lesson planning and exercises to build skills

• Oversaw the implementation and field test metrics of innovative vocabulary and literacy program focused on closing achievement gap in public school classrooms located in low-income neighborhoods

• Modeled and trained teachers to use World of Words pre-prepared lesson plans in order to properly prepare for in- class implementation.

• Observed and recorded teacher progress as they integrated new vocabulary based curriculum into their classrooms.

• Monitored progress, conducted quantitative method analysis on students of program, made necessary adjustments to program methodology, as well as liaison with World of Worlds development team as needed.