APRIL A GREER
Chicago,IL
Summary
Experienced with creating engaging and comprehensive lesson plans tailored to diverse student needs. Utilizes variety of teaching methods to ensure student understanding and retention. Knowledge of classroom management techniques and fostering positive learning environment.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Small Group Math Teacher, Grades 4-6, 8
Frances Xavier Warde School – HNC Campus
09.2009 - Current
- Foster student learning based on the Vygotsky cognitive teaching model
- Implement the Backward Design curriculum model in conjunction with the Standards for Mathematical Practice
- Align grades 6-8 math curriculum with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice
- Craft technology-based and real-life student-centric math tasks to promote social learning in and outside the classroom
- Integrate Canvas Learning Management System as a tool for performance-based assessment, parent-student-teacher communication and digital learning
Resource Teacher
Frances Xavier Warde School – HNC Campus
09.2009 - Current
- Provide inter-disciplinary support services for students who are diagnosed with Learning Disabilities, Non-Otherwise Specified, or Other Health Impairments
- Support students in creating S.M.A.R.T goals that develop executive functioning skills, self-advocacy, time management, note taking and study strategies
- Assess, diagnosis, and plan reading interventions for K – 8 students
- Collaborate with clinical psychologist, parents, and teachers to carry out student accommodations from 504 Plans and Individual Education Plans
- Attend IEP Meetings at the Chicago Public Schools to present Progress Monitoring Data on behalf of FXW students who need Special Education services outside of the private sector
4th Grade Reading Teacher
Frances Xavier Warde School – HNC Campus
09.2009 - 06.2014
- Taught weekly lessons based on 4th grade social studies units related to the regions of the United States
- Customized literacy instruction and activities to develop habits of curiosity and self-reflection
- Created history themed projects to inspire cultural awareness of diverse thoughts, beliefs and practices on local, national and international levels
- Utilized the ELA Common Core State Standards to support student learning in reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills
- Used primary resources, iPad applications, journal articles and websites to keep students abreast of current events
Test Coordinator
Frances Xavier Warde School – HNC Campus
09.2007 - 06.2013
Kindergarten Literacy Teacher
Frances Xavier Warde School – OSP Campus
09.2007 - 06.2009
Homeschool Teacher
09.1998 - 06.2006
Substitute Teacher, Lower Schools
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
09.2003 - 06.2004
Substitute Teacher, Grades PreK - 8
The Ancona School
09.1996 - 06.1997
Licensed Home Day Care Proprietor
09.1994 - 06.1996
Kindergarten, Social Studies Teacher
Academy of St. Benedict the African Elementary School
09.1992 - 06.1994
Education
M.Ed. - Reading
Loyola University Chicago
05.2009
M.A. - Early Childhood Education
Saint Xavier University
08.1996
B.A. - Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
05.1989
Skills
- Adapting to different learning styles
- Group and individual instruction
- Motivating and encouraging
- Student performance evaluations
Certification
- Illinois Type 10 Reading Specialist
- Illinois Type 04 Early Childhood Education
- Illinois Letter of Approval, Early Childhood Special Education
Professional Development
- Common Sense Media and Math Integration
- Backward Design Curriculum Mapping
- Wilson Reading System Introduction and Level One
- Orton Gillingham Multi-sensory Approach to Language Training
- SLANT System for Structured Language Training
- Illinois Reading Council, Presenter
- Illinois Writing Project Leader, Presenter
- Everyday Mathematics and the Common Core State Standards
- Mid-continent Research and Education for Learning (McRel) - ELA and Math
- Educational Technology and Common Sense Media
- Mind-up, A Social-Emotional Curriculum, The Hawn Foundation
- IPad One-to-One Technology Integration
- Canvas Learning Management System
- The Whole Brain Child, Dr. Tina Bryson, PhD
- How Boys and Girls Learn Differently, Michael Gurian
- RUSH Neurobehavioral Center, Executive Functioning Skills
Timeline
Small Group Math Teacher, Grades 4-6, 8
Frances Xavier Warde School – HNC Campus
09.2009 - Current
Resource Teacher
Frances Xavier Warde School – HNC Campus
09.2009 - Current
4th Grade Reading Teacher
Frances Xavier Warde School – HNC Campus
09.2009 - 06.2014
Test Coordinator
Frances Xavier Warde School – HNC Campus
09.2007 - 06.2013
Kindergarten Literacy Teacher
Frances Xavier Warde School – OSP Campus
09.2007 - 06.2009
Substitute Teacher, Lower Schools
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
09.2003 - 06.2004
Homeschool Teacher
09.1998 - 06.2006
Substitute Teacher, Grades PreK - 8
The Ancona School
09.1996 - 06.1997
Licensed Home Day Care Proprietor
09.1994 - 06.1996
Kindergarten, Social Studies Teacher
Academy of St. Benedict the African Elementary School
09.1992 - 06.1994
M.A. - Early Childhood Education
Saint Xavier University
B.A. - Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.Ed. - Reading
Loyola University Chicago
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