Anita Concialdi
McGraw-Hill Education
Brooklyn,NY
23
years of professional experience
Senior Academic Designer • Organized, motivated, detailed publishing professional with 20 years of experience whose primary focus is to create engaging materials that assist teachers in building student literacy skills. • Area of expertise: foundational skills
Work History
Senior Academic Designer
22 Years 1 Month- Managed a team to create content for grade 2 student and teacher components for a large scale reading program.
- Worked with cross-functional teams (design and digital) to develop instructional materials in both print and digital platforms.
- Developed scopes and sequences for phonological awareness, phonics, comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, and writing based on State Standards.
- Created content for the McGraw Hill Pre-K program, Little Wonders.
- Supervised the creation of decodable readers for Kindergarten through Grade 2 WonderWorks, which is a reading intervention program.
- Successfully launched McGraw-Hill Education's digital reading adaptive program by partnering with vendors to create captivating content.
Reading Teacher (part-time)
2 Years 9 Months- Collaborated with kindergarten teachers to improve foundational skills of at-risk children.
- Guided parents in how to help improve their children's reading skills.
History and English Teacher
9 Months- Responsible for improving freshman literacy skills using the Ramp Up to Literacy program.
- Collaborated with colleagues to develop lesson plans and teach freshman United States History.
Education
Master of Science - Reading Education
Bachelor of Arts - History
Skills
Design
plan
and implement reading instruction for teachers of grades K - 2
Comprehensive knowledge of State Reading Standards
Comprehensive knowledge of foundational skills (phonological awareness
phoneme awareness
phonics
sight words)
Proficient in Word
Excel
Adobe InCopy
Timeline
Senior Academic Designer
McGraw-Hill Education
09.2004 - CurrentRead More
Reading Teacher (part-time)
The Children's School
09.2004 - 06.2007Read More
History and English Teacher
Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment
09.2003 - 06.2004Read More
CUNY Baccalaureate Program, City University of New York
Bachelor of Arts from History
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Long Island University
Master of Science from Reading Education
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