Angela J. McVitty

• Built positive relationships with families through parent contacts and volunteering.
• Focused on positive behavior support by having consistent expectations and adapting the environment to students’ physical, social and developmental needs
• Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor, and establish lesson plans.
• Monitored and evaluated student progress through regular assessments and observations.
• Instilled excitement in students, just starting on their educational journey, by developing daily experiences so students grew socially and academically
• Connect with team members to provide authentic and rigorous content for all learners

• Rosebud Ceramics and Cakes
• Custom design cakes and other desserts for all occasions tailored to customer’s desires in a state licensed bakery
• Experiences with all stages of ceramics, from slip, greenware, to the finished product

• Planned and deliver instruction to motivate learners through active learning
• Facilitated daily progress of students’ social-emotional, Math, Social Studies, and Writing growth through instruction that was driven by how students learn, data, positive rapport, humor, individualization, prior knowledge, technology, standards, and research-based practices
• Collorbated with the fifth grade team daily through a various forms of communications

• Delivered support for staff and students using technology to expand learning and solve issues
• Lead grade level, whole groups of students, for Target Times(RTI)
• Assist with standardized tests so staff can revise core curriculum where needed
• Use an ongoing team approach to enhance instructional technology integration
• Substitute for art daily and other classrooms in the teacher’s’ absence
• Supported all technology operations.

• Engaged students in skill-based, hands-on creative courses relating to cake decorating, candy making, ceramics, breads, pasta, kitchen essentials, canvas art, mosaic art, masks, cutout cakes, gingerbread creations, cupcakes, wood painting, and pinecone creations

• Districts of: Somerset, New Richmond, Osceola, Fond du Lac, Lomira, Campbellsport, Rosendale-Brandon
• Incorporated a productive, sensitive, disciplined learning environment for students in grades PreK-6 according to classroom teachers’ lesson plans
• Succeeded in several long-term positions, which included Kindergarten, Speech/Language, Fifth Grade, Early Childhood, CDS/Autistic, and three long-term placements within Four-Year-Old Kindergarten where daily planning, differentiated instruction, collaboration with parents and staff, assessment of students, flexible behavior plans, and cooperative play were essential
• Performed daily responsibilities of Four-Year-Old Kindergarten teacher for eight months
• Joined forces with a paraprofessional, a Kindergarten, and an Early Childhood Teacher to make smooth daily transitions for shared students
• Inaugurated computer lab usage for students to gain basic technology, visual, hand/eye coordination, and listening skills
• Used play-based learning to increase all areas of developmental growth
• Achieved weekly trips to Library and Gym to foster reading and gross motor skills

• Reading and math programs for Pre and Post Kindergarten were six weeks long, four days a week for three hours where students experienced basic counting skills, addition, subtraction, patterns, graphs, name writing, fine motor control, word and letter recognition, and social skills
• Provided reading enrichment for students entering Third and Fourth Grades
• Activities included readings of Elmer by David McKee and James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl; utilized book discussions and constructed a patchwork elephant and a giant paper mache peach

• Designed art and language curriculum for Kindergarten-Grade Six students that involved mask making, dinosaurs, Magic Tree House Book Series, math and reading projects for Kindergarten students, and basic computer skills

• Exposed students to multiple teaching methods that included cooperative learning, guided reading, music, technology, student directed instruction, and American Sign Language
• Engaged students in hands-on learning through math manipulatives using a basal based program, designed and created a scale community model for social studies, weekly cross curriculum art projects while applying cooking into the standards
• Implemented and maintained a classroom management system based on a variety of rewards and self-control
• Involved parents through a PowerPoint display meeting, weekly newsletters, school events, and daily notebooks
• Used flexible grouping to facilitate profound learning in all subjects

· Evans Elementary – Fifth Grade 11/1999-1/2000

· Roberts Elementary – Kindergarten 8/1999-11/1999

· FACES (St. Joe’s Primary) – Pre-K 8/1999-11/1999